Okemos, Mich. resident Dora Ivkovich, 7, and Lansing resident Ryan Dahl, 9, ride on the backs of Lansing resident Kyle Van Zwol, 16, left, and Okemos, Mich. resident Heath Sartorius, 17, on Sept. 17, 2011, at the Mid Michigan Family Theatre, 440 Frandor Ave., Lansing. Ivkovich wrote and acted in a play based on Charlie Waller, a 3-year-old East Lansing resident who is currently battling a rare form of brain cancer. Matt Radick/The State News