By Kaleb MillerIt has now been over a month since I first found out that I would be portraying Charlie Brown in Acting Out Theater Company’s You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. I have to admit, portraying such a globally iconic character such as Charlie Brown has been quite the intimidating task! He is a character…
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Each year as we choose of our summer show we also consider where is the best location to stage it. We take this decision very seriously. Many components are necessary to consider in order for us to have a successful production. We need space to build a stage, a backstage area ,a roomy area for…
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By Paula Denault Charles Monroe Schulz was born on November 26, 1922 in St. Paul Minnesota. It seems he was destined for comic strips, for soon after Charles was born his uncle dubbed him “Sparky” after the horse Spark Plug from the Barney Google comic strip, and every Sunday throughout his childhood he and his…
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It’s hard to believe that You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown never originated as a musical. During the 1960s, American composer and songwriter, Clark Gesner, wrote songs based off of Charles Schulz Peanuts characters, but was unable to get permission from the United Features Syndicate to use the famous characters names in his songs. Gesner…
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Acting Out Theatre Co., You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown“Happiness Is…” Rock Project Last year AOTC challenged area artists to transform an ordinary brick into a work of art using West Side Story, the musical, as inspiration. This year we are asking area artists to transform Charlie Brown’s dreaded trick-or-treat rocks into works of art…
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Most of us know Snoopy has some alter-egos.They have shown up over the course of the last 65+ years of Peanuts comic strips and movies. Some of the most famous ones include – Joe Cool, The Red Baron and of course The Easter Beagle! (Are you watching it this week??) Snoopy however is “World Famous”…
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We love audition weekend, what a talented community we all share! Here is our cast!
As is tradition, we met our You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown staff at our stage site for an official staff photo. At Lil’s Park in Bradly, we could not resist climbing on their state of the art playground equipment. Then onto a Meet & Greet for introductions, food and conversation. We are ready for…
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Peanuts is one of the world’s most popular and influential comic strips of all time. From 1950 to 2000, creator Charles M. Schulz produced 17,897 Peanuts cartoon strips. He syndicated these to over 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries, which then translated them into 21 languages. The total readership is estimated at 355 million people. Knowing Peanuts has…
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By Shauntia MettlinCharlie Brown and his friends have always held a special place in my heart. Growing up, my dad and I would camp out in front of the TV every Halloween to watch “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”. Once Christmas came around, watching A Charlie Brown Christmas became a family tradition. As I…
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