Inside Iowa State: Iowa State University

INSIDE IOWA STATE
April 19, 2002

Play focuses on female Vietnam War veterans

by Debra Gibson
The chronicles of female Vietnam War veterans will wrap up the 2001-02 ISU Theatre season next month.

A Piece Of My Heart, written by Shirley Lauro, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, May 2, 3 and 4, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 5, in Fisher Theater. The play is the ISU Theatre's annual Second Stage/Studio Theatre production, which is directed and produced by students.

Nicholas Anstey, a senior performing arts major from Ottumwa, nominated this play for the Second Stage selection, and is its producer and director. The story follows six women for 20 years, from their recruitment into the U.S. military through their post-war years back home.

Tickets, $3 for adults and $1 for students, can be purchased at the Stephens ticket office.