'Good Man, Charlie Brown' coming to West Chicago
The family-friendly musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," set for a three-night run at West Chicago's Community High School, brings to life classic Peanuts characters created by Charles Schultz.
Opening Thursday, Nov. 20, the production fits with WeGo Drama's season-long theme of "everything old is new again," because it's a 1999 revival version that has new songs and an updated score.
Performances are at 7 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, Nov. 20 to 22, at the school, Community High School, 326 Joliet St., West Chicago. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students.
The company of actors and crew for the show includes:
• Carol Stream: Josh Babor, Kenneth Correa, Dylan Davidson, Ricky Geiser and Luke Madden;
• West Chicago: Amanda Blanco, Robert Bradley, Andrew Brady, Elyssa DiRaddo, Jackie Fabiszak, Marianne Kiel, Seth Kiel, Veronica Kruthoff, Stephen Lewis, Tara Lyne, Jenny Manspeaker, Cuyler Martin, Jessie Martinez, Grace McClean, Amanda Metzger, Alora Pradel, Raven Ringe, Emily Roldan, Belen Rubio, Ben Skipor, Maxwell Smith, Britney Prebis, Zandra Starks, Andrew Steininger, Katie Steininger, Chris Stibal, Fernando Villa and Noah Watkins;
• Winfield: Maggie Clancy, Jack Gillespie, Jake Gillespie, Matthew Loftus, Whitney Martin, Nikki Slivinski, Sasha Slivinski, Connor Thompson, Natalie Thompson and Danny Webber.
The show is directed by Mark Begovich. Scenic design and technical direction is by Chris Jensen. Musical direction is by Brandon Fantozzi, with choreography by Heidi Buyck.
For details, visit wegotheatre.com.