Tell Me Your Dreams
AUGUST 6 - 24, 2025
Tell Me Your Dreams, based on the book by Amanda Kloots, illustrated by Alex Willmore, and published by HarperCollins Children’s Books
Theatre For The Very Young is created for our youngest patrons aged 0-5.
CAST | CREATIVE TEAM
RECOMMENDED FOR: Ages 0-5
LOCATION: Jaycees Studio Theatre
SHOW RUN TIME: TBA
RESOURCE GUIDE: Coming Soon!
WHERE WILL YOUR DREAMS TAKE YOU?
Going to sleep becomes the biggest adventure yet. From soaring across clouds of vanilla ice cream to driving a train across the ocean, you can do anything! Tell Me Your Dreams is based on the book of the same name by bestselling author of Live Your Life, Amanda Kloots. Kloots is a Broadway actress, fitness instructor, and co-host of The Talk. Tell Me Your Dreams is inspired by her own bedtime rituals with her son, Elvis.
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Accessibility
We believe that every individual should be able to access the joy, wonder, and benefits of participation in the theatre arts.
What is Theatre for the Very Young?
Theatre for the Very Young is an interactive experience for our
youngest audience members. Tell Me Your Dreams be held in the
Jaycees Studio. Seating is limited and includes floor seats.
CREATIVE TEAM BIOS
Amanda Kloots
Author
Amanda brings her infectious and inspirational attitude to everything that she does. As a former Broadway dancer, Radio City Rockette and now Talk Show Host and Celebrity Trainer, Amanda connects with her audience and makes everyone feel seen!
Melanie Salmon-Peterson
Director
AT STC: Recent credits include: The Day You Begin, Galactic Wonders, Raymie Nigthingale, What Do You Do With An Idea?, 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.
Matt Ouren
Compsoser & Lyricist
Matt is a Stages Theatre Company Creative Play Academy and Conservatory teacher and appears regularly on our mainstage. He's been in Spookley the Square Pumpkins THREE times and he's appeared in and composed the music for our Theatre for the Very Young Production of The Dandelion Seed, Leo Lionni’s Inch by Inch. Other credits include: Tuck Everlasting, TYA, Fish in a Tree, The Nightingale, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Shrek The Musical, and many more.
Jim Hibbeler
Playwright
Jim Hibbeler is the Technical Director for Stages Theatre Company. When Jim is not busy building sets, props or designing video, he delights in writing scripts. For Stages, Jim has been the playwright for Alice in Wonderland, Theatre for the Very Young productions of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, On the Railroad, the first adaptation of The Dandelion Seed and most recently, Galactic Wonders. During the pandemic Jim also wrote, edited and created puzzle experiences for Enchanted Mystery: a Detect the story adventure and Detect the story: Mythical, which were video based presentations unlocked by solving puzzles.
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