RAYMIE NIGHTINGALE

April 28-May 21, 2023

Performed in the JAYCEES STUDIO
Recommended for AGES 7 AND UP

Based on the book: RAYMIE NIGHTINGALE, © 2016 by Kate DiCamillo Originally published by Candlewick Press, Used with permission by Pipin Properties, Inc., Play written by Jeannine Coulombe


Directed by Melanie Salmon-Peterson

Growing friendship solves
life’s unanswerable questions.

Florida, 1975. A trio of friends embark on a dizzying adventure fraught with humor, poignant revelations, and the Little Miss Florida Tire Competition to discover that compassion can overcome life’s biggest obstacles. Based on the first novel in Kate DiCamillo’s award-winning trilogy.

MASKING POLICY:
Masks are welcome and encouraged but optional for all patrons attending RAYMIE NIGHTINGALE.

April 28-May 21, 2023

Based on the book: RAYMIE NIGHTINGALE, © 2016 by Kate DiCamillo Originally published by Candlewick Press, Used with permission by Pipin Properties, Inc.,

ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES

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PAY WHAT YOU CAN PERFORMANCE (PWYC): SUN, 4/30/2023 4PM

SENSORY FRIENDLY PERFORMANCE (SF) : SAT, 5/20/2023 10AM

The Cast

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The Creative Team

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - Sandy Boren-Barrett
DIRECTOR - Melanie Salmon-Peterson
FIRST JOB IN THE ARTS INTERN DIRECTING - Demetrius Winegarden
PROPS DESIGNER - Marc Berg
SET DESIGNER - Sarah Brandner
COSTUME & MAKE-UP DESIGNER - Samantha Fromm Haddow
SOUND DESIGNER - Gretchen Katt
FIRST JOB IN THE ARTS INTERN SOUND - Alec Newhouse
LIGHTING DESIGNER - Grant E. Merges
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR - Jim Hibbeler
WARDROBE SUPERVISOR - Christa Ludwig
PRODUCTION MANAGER - Melanie Salmon-Peterson
STAGE MANAGER - Emily Carey
FIRST JOB IN THE ARTS INTERN STAGE MANAGEMENT - Abbi Wood

Resource Guide

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MELANIE SALMON-PETERSONMELANIE SALMON-PETERSON (DIRECTOR)
AT STC: Recent credits include: What Do You Do With An Idea?, Buckets, Leo Lionni’s Inch by Inch, The Most Magnificent Thing, Stone Soup, Swimmy, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Bear Snores On, and at FAIR School Crystal James & the Giant Peach Jr & Lion King Jr.” Favorite Play or Musical at STC: Favorite I cannot pick, but several are special to me for a variety of reasons – Stone Soup for its dedication to community service and the wonderful opportunity to perform a the Ivey Awards. Swimmy-stunning design work and a wonderful ensemble with which to create, Dandelion Seed as our first TFVY, working with Jim & Nate & Abbee to create it; Zen Shorts for its zen-like process, so peaceful and beautiful to work on; Edward Tulane for its visual beauty; How I Became a Pirate – both here and on the tour to Bath, England; You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, beautiful, entertaining and so much talent. Wow, I better stop now. I could go on.


JEANNINE COULOMBEJEANNINE COULOMBE (PLAYWRIGHT) - Jeannine is a Minnesota native and the author of more than 10 full-length plays and numerous shorter works. Her plays have been seen at Clubbed Thumb, Manhattan Repertory, Producer’s Theatre, Stage Left, History Theatre, Theatre Unbound, Thirst Theatre, Minnesota Fringe, Ebullient Theatre, Playwrights Center, University of Iowa, University of Minnesota-Duluth and A Theatre Company. Her work has been published by Dramatic Publishing, Smith & Kraus, and Heinemann. Ms. Coulombe won the University of Iowa’s IRAM Award for Best New Play (HUMMINGBIRDS, 2003), the Maebaum Award (BEAKERS, 2002) and the National AIDS Fund CFDA-Vogue Initiative Award from the Kennedy Center (THE VACANT LOT, 2001.) She was also an alternate for the Jerome Fellowship (2003) and a semi-finalist for the O’Neill Playwrights Conference (2002 & 2006.) Ms. Coulombe received her MFA from the University of Iowa’s Playwrights Workshop and her BFA in Theatre and BA in History from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. In addition to playwriting, she was a founding member of the Twin Cities company Theatre Unbound and has worked locally as a director, producer, dramaturg and costume designer.





KATE DICAMILLIOKATE DICAMILLIO (AUTHOR) - Kate DiCamillo is the author of many books for young readers. Her books have been awarded the Newbery Medal (Flora & Ulysses in 2014 and The Tale of Despereaux in 2004); the Newbery Honor (Because of Winn-Dixie, 2001), the Boston Globe Horn Book Award (The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, 2006), and the Theodor Geisel Medal and honor (Bink and Gollie, co-author Alison McGhee, 2011; Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride, 2007). She is a National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Emerita, appointed by the Library of Congress. A native of Florida, Kate now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.