"Little Airplanes of the Heart" by Steve Feffer Nov. 11 and 12 at 5 PM

Steve Feffer's one act play "Little Airplanes of the Heart" will be presented in a full student directed and acted production in the York Arena Theatre in the Gilmore Complex Sunday and Monday November 11th and 12th at 5 Pm. The performances are free, general admission and open to the public. The play is presented as part of the WMU Theatre's Footlight Series and is directed by Leah Okraszewski, a theatre major who recently took part in the Prague Summer Program and has been a student in English Department playwriting workshops. "Little Airplanes of the Heart" tells the story of Uncle John's ill-fated flight in a homemade airplane from Cape Cod to Montana and the lasting effect it has on his family, especially his thirteen year old nephew Sam. The play has been published in Best American Short Plays 97-98 (Applause Books) and Plays From the Ensemble Studio Theatre 2000 (Faber and Faber).