You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Synopsis

Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang explore life's great questions as they play baseball, struggle with homework, sing songs, swoon over their crushes, and celebrate the joy of friendship.

Audition Information

Dates: Monday, February 5, and Wednesday, February 7

Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Location: Studio 1 at Marion's Community School of the Arts

Audition slots are 15 minutes. Attendance at both nights is not required but welcome. Prepare to sing all songs and read all available sides for desired characters. A potential callback is scheduled for Thursday, February 8, from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, if needed. Those called back will be notified by Wednesday evening.

An audition packet including character sides and song links for practice will be available on the Civic website.

Rehearsal Schedule Information

First Read Through: Thursday, February 8.

If callbacks occur, the read-through will be moved to Monday. Rehearsals officially begin Monday, February 12.

Rehearsal Times: Mondays through Thursdays, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM at the Community School of the Arts.

Additional rehearsals, including Fridays and/or Saturdays, may be scheduled closer to performance dates.

Please inform the director of any conflicts between February 12 and April 7. No conflicts are permitted from April 1-7 (show week).

Character Breakdown

Total of 6 characters. All characters are open to any gender fitting the vocal ability. All roles are open to adult actors aged 18 and up.

Charlie Brown - age 8 - Baritone (Bb3 to F4)

The sometimes optimistic, sometimes self-deprecatory main character. The show depicts a day in the life of Charlie Brown. A lovable loser, his main characteristics are either self-defeating stubbornness or admirable determined persistence to try his best against all odds. He can never win a ballgame but continues playing baseball; he can never fly a kite successfully but continues trying to do so. Dominated by insecurities, this lovable blockhead is affable, humble, smart, and vulnerable.

Sally Brown - age 6 - Soprano (B4 to Ab5)

A highly articulate, charismatic, lovable, sometimes eccentric and argumentative younger sister to Charlie Brown. Despite being portrayed as innocent and adorable, she is noticeably intelligent for her age. She is absurdly intense, balancing angst with innocence, sweet but a skeptic. She has a crush on Linus.

Linus Van Pelt - age 6 - Baritone (Bb3 to E4)

The thumb-sucking, blanket-dependent younger brother to Lucy and Charlie Brown's best friend. Though young, he is the most mature character in the bunch. He is unusually smart and acts as the show's philosopher. Despite his mature vocabulary, juvenile aspects of his character are also displayed; for example, Linus is almost always depicted holding his blue security blanket and sucking his thumb. He is acutely sensitive with brains and warmth.

Lucy Van Pelt - age 8 - Mezzo/Alto (G3 to F5)

The crabby, opinionated, manipulative, self-important older sister to Linus who bosses Charlie Brown around and perpetually offers arm-chair psychiatric advice for her rate of five cents. She has dimension – she has the ability to be a brute but also allow her compassion to shine when necessary. She is actually a friend to Charlie Brown and is constantly looking for ways to help him and Linus, though she is often misguided and pushy in her attempts to help. She has a strong, unrequited crush on Schroeder.

Snoopy - Tenor/Soprano (C3 to A5/C4 to A6)

Charlie Brown's dog. A clownish, vaudevillian scene stealer who can really "sell it." Snoopy is more human-like than a dog. His character is that of a dog who pretends to be a person (or who sometimes forgets he is a dog). He is smart, wise-cracking, and joyous.

Schroeder - age 8 - Tenor (Bb3 to Ab4)

A friend to Charlie Brown, he is distinguished by his precocious skill at playing the toy piano, as well as by his love of classical music and the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. He is Lucy's love interest, but he couldn't care less about her. His love is Beethoven, and he is very serious about his musical hobby. That being said, he comes out and shines in "Beethoven Day," which can be a show stopper.