You re A Good Man, Charlie Brown Limelight Theatre Company Summer 2010 Production Packet

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1 You re A Good Man, Charlie Brown Limelight Theatre Company Summer 2010 Production Packet Cori Veverka, Director: cori.veverka@gmail.com Michael Leali, Music Director: Apollo13766@gmail.com Andrew Lia, Production Manager: andrewm.lia@gmail.com

2 A Note From the Directors We are so excited to be working with you on You re a Good Man, Charlie Brown this summer. It is such a fun show with lots of opportunities for great character work, vocal powerhouses, quirky moments and emotional connections with the cast, crew and audience. Charles Schulz s Peanuts creations are some of the most iconic characters ever imagined. We ve got fifty years of source material to work with and we plan on playing with it every bit of it. We want the show to have the look and feel of the comic strip, only infused with a little Limelight Spirit. We only have a few weeks to get the show up and running, so get ready to work! We have great expectations for you this summer. Since rehearsals don t officially start until June 21 st, you have some assignments to help you get into a Peanuts State of Mind. Please fill out the worksheets in this packet and start working on your music and your lines. The schedule attached in this packet is still a little rough. The plan is to learn and work on music only the first week, block the second week, run and work the show the third week, start running big chunks in sequence the fourth week, and make the move to OEHS and polish the show the fifth and final week. We are going to block the show from start to finish, and we ll use a lot of rehearsal time that week to focus on the big group numbers. This means that we are looking to each of you to take responsibility for some of your numbers. The more ideas and suggestions that you can bring to the table, the better! This show belongs to all of us as a team, and there is no team like the best team which is our team right here. In keeping with the LTC Summer 2010 Theme of Bringing it all Back Home, happiness is coming home again. Welcome back to all of you who have called Limelight your home in the past and welcome home to all of you who are just joining us now. Get ready for a whole lot of Happiness! Cori and Michael

3 Rules and Expectations You are the older crowd. We shouldn t have to lay out a bunch of rules to keep you in order. We expect you to stay dedicated, have a strong work ethic and maintain a willing attitude. Below are a few specific rules or expectations we will be wanting to see from you. 1. Treat others with respect. This includes directors, fellow actors and yourself. 2. If you re on time you re late. 3. preparation is your best friend. 4. Professionalism is key. 5. NO flip flops or sandals on stage. 6. clothing should be appropriate. 7. be clean...in all senses of the word. 8. have fun! Extra-Rehearsal Gatherings 1. you re a Good Man, Charlie Brown Animated Special we would like to get the cast together prior to June 21st to watch the animated version of the show. It would be ideal for this to happen on June 16, 17 or 18. We can order a pizza, play a few get to know you games and watch the film. It s pretty short, but would be very beneficial to all of the cast members to see animated counterparts. We will do this around 5 or 6 PM. Location TBD. Please michael with the dates in order of which works best for you and whether 5 or 6 would work better. 2. Suppertime with Cori! On June 28th, the first day we will be working with cori, we are planning on having a small get together so that you all can be introduced to her/welcome her back. Plan on either staying late that evening at Plank or heading over to the oswego Chili s for some salsa and chips! We ll keep this event fairly open. Stay tuned for more Info.

4 Publicity and Giving Back 1. Project Linus IN an effort to give back to the community with our talents and time we are going to support Project Linus. IT ties in with our show quite well and it s a great cause. Here is the Mission statement from the project linus website: Project Linus is comprised of hundreds of local chapters and thousands of volunteers across the United States. Each volunteer and local chapter all work together to help us achieve our mission which is to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer blanketeers. Together we have distributed over three million blankets to need since our inception in children in Start making blankets and asking others to participate in this endeavor. We will be having drop points for the blankets announced in the july. check out the website for more information: 2. Peanutification! If you have any drawing skills and are interested, we plan on creating peanuts caricatures of people in order to publicize the show. we will be doing this during sundays at Country market, Prairiefest and any other available venue. Talk to renee Niederkorn for more info! 4. PrairieFest Plan on walking in the parade, handing out flyers, and joining in on the flash mob! More info will be ed to you as things progress towards Prairiefest. 3. I want your ideas! We need to collaborate for publicity on this show! We have a tiny cast in comparison to the other shows. Let s try and join in on other publicity events, especially with 13; every wednesday they will be doing a Publicity blitz. We will join them and continue them after 13 has ended. More info will come weekly via . A car wash or two are in the works. Otherwise, please feel free to throw out some ideas.

5 Design Details 2D Hand drawn Explosions of Saturated Color Childlike Proportions Happiness on stage Costumes Props Set Simple silhouettes in the classic colors Socks to match Minimal costume changes (base outfit plus accessories for Baseball, etc.) Props will be scaled to make the actors look like little kids Novelty sized EVERYTHING Each character will also have a signature look for their prop in each of the ensemble scenes For example, Sally s blanket (for My Blanket and Me ) will look similar to her dog bowl ( Suppertime ) The entire set will be very 2D- flat surfaces with the images. The only set pieces I would like to have are: Cutout of a school bus Schroeder's piano Couch Snoopy s dog house Garden Wall Some blocks Triangular columns with a different part of a scene/backdrop on each face o They can be moved around and rotated to give us various interiors and exteriors o We get maximal flexibility with minimal built/bulk o Since we are going for the 2D look, the flat panels will fit in perfectly

6 You re a Good Man, Charlie Brown Rehearsal Schedule Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday See song break down (hw due) Block 1-5a 4 5 *off Book* see song break down 29 Block see song break down 30 (music memorized) No Rehearsal (See 13!) 1 Block Block 12a-16 16a-18a 7 8 No REhearsal (see 13!) 2 Block 19-22a 9 (see 13! ) 3 10 Work 1-5a Work Work 12a Work 16a-18awork 19-22a 15 *@ OEHS* 16 *@ Plank* 17 Run Act I Run Act II Run Show Spacing Rehearsal Pick up Rehearsal *@ OEHS* 20 *@ OEHS* 21 *@ OEHS* 22 *@ OEHS* 23 *@ OEHS* 24 *@ OEHS* 25 Set strike Tech Walk Dress Dress Perform Perform Perform Through Rehearsal Rehearsal Song Break Down: June 21st: ALL: Opening, You re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, After Lunch Hour, The Book Report, The Baseball Game, Glee Club Rehearsal, Happiness, Bows June 22nd: Lucy and Charlie Brown 5-6: You re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Schroeder, The Kite, The Doctor Is In, Little Known Facts Add Sally and Schroeder 6-6:30: Beethoven Day, My New Philosophy Add Snoopy and Woodstock 6:30-7: Snoopy, Rabbit Chasing, Red Baron, Suppertime Add Linus 7-8: My Blanket and Me, Little Known Facts, Beethoven Day, Suppertime, RUN!!! June 23rd: ALL: RUN all songs. * This is still a rough schedule. Be prepared for the plans to change a little as we get into the rehearsal process. Regardless of what we are rehearsing on a given day, everyone is expected to be at every rehearsal.

7 You re a Good Man, Charlie Brown Cast Assignments ( Off Book Monday, July 5 th * * Music Memorized wednesday, june 30* 1. Find five comic strips that you think exemplify the heart of your character Find and practice five poses that your character strikes. Name and List them Here: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 3. Come in with a Peanuts Style Dance and be prepared to show one & all

8 You re a Good man, Charlie Brown Character Sheet ( Fill out this sheet in character * My name is fondest memory is. soundtrack is retreat is wildest dream is proudest moment is.

9 biggest challenge is alarm clock is perfect day is indulgence is inspiration is nemesis is Happiness is

10 What is your character s relationship with each other character in the show? Give examples (from the script or the strip)