Lifelong Learning Institute at Waubonsee Community College

Co-organizer: Evelyn Porter

Registration Deadline: August 22, 2025

Join your fellow LLI members for an afternoon of theatre and learn more about the events of 9/11 outside ground zero. This musical at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora portrays the lives of passengers rerouted from the United States airspace to Newfoundland while the attacks occurred. During that historic time, 38 airplanes carrying 6,579 people from 100 countries spent days in the small town of Gander. This is a moving show that will remind us of the kindness of strangers. 

Please meet outside the Paramount at 1:00 on the day of the performance, Oct. 1, 2025, to pick up your ticket(s) from Carolyn Hopkins (630) 212-8211. 

Parking available on the street, in the Stolp Island Parking Garage ($3-$4), or Valet parking ($17-$22)

Doors open 1:00, Show starts 1:30. Activity level-Easy Going