The Adventures of Stephanie in Puerto Rico
Setting: Arecibo Observatory
Cast of characters:
Summer students:
- Andrew, from Iowa
- Laura, from Wesleyan, a vegetarian
- Samantha, aka Sam, from Wesleyan, lived with Laura last year
- Martha, from Minnesota
- Julia, from Vassar, originally from Bulgaria
- Danielle, from Illinois
- Daniel, aka Dan, from Penn State
- Martin, from Ohio
- Rebecca, my roommate, from Seattle
- Ingrid, from the town of Arecibo
- And, of course, Yours Truly
Observatory people:
- Ramesh, Director of the REU program at Arecibo and my advisor for a project in pulsar astronomy
- Lisa, an engineer and the Social Coordinator for Summer Students
- Diego, a post-doc who studies meteorites and takes students scuba diving
- Naomi, Diego's wife, a stained-glass artist
- Paulo, a pulsar astronomer from Portugal
- Linette, Paulo's girlfriend, a college student who works at the Visitor's Center
- Shikha, a post-doc in atmospheric sciences
- Fernanda, a Brazilian graduate student at the University of Alaska who came here to see about a job
- Mike, a summer student from last year who was back doing some work
- Candace, Laura's friend who came to visit
Others:
- Juan Carlos, the scuba diving instructor
- Elick, the boat captain
- Papo, the cook
Act I
Act II
Act III
Behind-the-scenes photographs
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