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Making WAVES Sets Sail

On March 8, 2026, Kirsten welcomed the audience at the staged reading of her play, Making WAVES, about the Navy women who taught instrument flying to pilots during WWII. The play was inspired by Kirsten’s mother, who enlisted in the Navy WAVES in 1943. Directed by Melissa Lucero McCarl, the performance was part of the Reading Room series at the Vintage Theatre, produced by Beth Foster. In the audience survey that followed, the performance elicited such comments as, “The characters’ lives, so vividly dramatized, filled me with pride, sympathy and compassion” and “I think the story has broad appeal and especially younger audiences need to remember this very important era in America’s history.”