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

• 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

• Juan Carlos, the scuba diving instructor
• Elick, the boat captain
• Papo, the cook

Act I

• Scene 1: At the Observatory
• Scene 2: La Parguera/Cabo Rojo
• Scene 3: San Juan
• Scene 4: El Yunque

• Scene 1: Isla Verde
• Scene 2: Ponce
• Scene 3: Out on the Town

• Scene 1: Mona
• Scene 2: Loiza
• Scene 3: Into the Woods
• Scene 4: Vieques

Behind-the-scenes photographs

Special Bonus Scenes:

• Martha's photos
• Dan's photos