Rosalia native makes directorial debut

COLFAX - Rosalia native Collin Pittmann, 23, is making a professional theatre directorial debut directing Jimmy Buffett's "Escape to Margaritaville" at the Spokane Valley Summer Theatre (SVST), opening Friday, August 4, with showtimes running through the 20th.

Pittmann is excited to make his directorial debut in the region he grew up in.

"My dad Jeff Pittmann is a wheat farmer outside of Rosalia," Pittmann said, adding that growing up on the family farm was his first introduction to Jimmy Buffett music with his dad playing it in the tractor.

"I was singing 'Wasting Away in Margaritaville' at f...