by Kelly Rogge, KCKCC
A modern Broadway classic is headed to the Kansas City Kansas Community College stage.
“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” directed by Cinnamon Paulette, is at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 to 9. There is also a matinee performance at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 10. All performances are in the KCKCC Performing Arts Center on the KCKCC Main Campus, 7250 State Ave.
No one will be seated in the first two rows, and all audience members will be required to wear a mask. Tickets are limited to half of the performing arts center’s capacity, allowing for groups to be socially distanced in the theater.
Tickets are $12 for adults; $7 for non-KCKCC students, children or seniors and $5 for KCKCC students, staff and faculty. Two virtual streams will also be presented – 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 and 9. Tickets are $12, and attendees will receive a link one hour before the scheduled event. All tickets can be purchased online at www.kckcctheatre.com.
“I always start out talking with Cinnamon Paulette, the performance professor and the director of the show, to see what she might want direct. We also consider the students we have and are aware of that will be around. This is often a long shot because we do try to select our show about a year in advance,” said Gary Mosby, associate professor and theatre coordinator. “We work as a production team and together we usually select good work for our students, college and our community.”
Based on the characters of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, the musical follows Charlie Brown and his friends as they struggle with homework, sing, celebrate their friendship and discuss life while playing a game of baseball.
The cast includes Christian Anderson, Charlie Brown; Kailey Green, Sally Brown; Samuel Burleson, Linus Van Pelt; Alena Riley, Lucy Van Pelt; Kaitlyn Kreutzjans, Snoopy; Zachary Stoddard, Schroeder and Kyn Johnson, Blanket.
“I think we need some simple innocent entertainment right now, and I want our audience to come back. With such a family friendly and iconic piece, I think it will draw a larger audience base,” Paulette said of the musical. “This is also a unique musical. It is structure quite different than others as it is frame by frame, like a comic strip feel to it. There are some very short moments that are often somewhat related from moment to moment. Much like a child’s mind.”
For more information, visit the KCKCC Theatre Department website at www.kckcctheatre.com.