Franklin Performing Arts Company presents

October 17-18 & 23-25, 2020

THE BLACK BOX

FRANKLIN PERFORMING ARTS COMPANY presents YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, Based on The Comic Strip “”

by Charles M. Schulz

Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner

Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer

Additional Music and Lyrics by

Original Direction for this version of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” by Michael Mayer

Originally Produced in by Arthur Whitelaw and Gene Persson

Director Raye Lynn Mercer Musical Director Hallie Wetzell

Costume Designer Merrie Whitney

Lighting Designer Nathaniel Packard

Audio Designer Derek Pisano

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. CAST

Snoopy Nick Paone Charlie Brown Julian DiChiara Sally Ali Funkhouser Schroeder Austin Davy Linus Tim Ayres-Kerr Lucy Katie Gray

MUSICAL NUMBERS

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown Company Schroeder Lucy, Schroeder Snoopy Snoopy My Blanket and Me Linus, Company The Kite Charlie Brown The Doctor Is In Lucy, Charlie Brown Beethoven Day Schroeder, Company Rabbit Chasing Sally, Snoopy Book Report Company The Red Barron Snoopy My New Philosophy Sally, Schroeder T.E.A.M (The Baseball Game) Charlie Brown, Company Glee Club Rehearsal Company Lucy, Linus, Charlie Brown Suppertime Snoopy Happiness Company

ORCHESTRA Conductor/Keyboard Hallie Wetzell Keyboard Austin Davy Bass Mark Poniatowski Violin Irina Fainkichen Percussion Kenny Hadley Reeds Ken Reid WHO’S WHO IN CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM TIM AYRES-KERR (Linus) holds a ALI FUNKHOUSER (Sally) was last at Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal TBB/FPAC for THE BLACK BOX Performance and a Master of Music Sings...Wicked singing “Glinda.” Nat’l degree in Vocal Pedagogy both from New tours: Joseph...Dreamcoat, Evita. With England Conservatory. He was recently FPAC: Newsies (Katherine), Joseph… seen singing “Boq” in THE BLACK BOX Dreamcoat (Narrator), Little Shop of Sings... WICKED. Tim has performed as Horrors (Audrey). Cabaret: I Only Wanna a soloist in Opera, Oratorio, and Operetta, Laugh at Don’t Tell Mama (solo show). often portraying lead tenor roles in the Other: Legally Blonde (Margot, u/s Elle) at works of Gilbert & Sullivan. Tim founded The LEX, Suor Angelica (La Novizia) with The Parlour Opera Players to present short Chelsea Opera NYC, Hairspray (Penny), operas in non-traditional venues through- Company (April). Bachelor of Music in out Boston. Tim is also a composer and his Music from Oklahoma City second completed work for the stage, A University. Upright Citizens Brigade Game of Werewolf, earned him a place in (improv). www.alifunkhouser.com One Ounce Opera’s Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera showcase. He was also awarded KATIE GRAY (Lucy) is so excited to be the grand prize in the Lester Levy “Save back at FPAC having appeared recently Our Songs” competition. as Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda! Some of her credits include Legally Blonde AUSTIN DAVY (Schroeder) has a (Paulette), The Addams Family Bachelor of Music degree from the Hartt (Wednesday), Cabaret (Fraulein Kost), School of Music where he studied Musical Shrek (Dragon), and Tappy Xmas. She is a Theatre Music Direction. As a keyboard recent graduate of AMDA New York as player, Austin has subbed on the national well as an FSPA alum. She is so thrilled to tours of Wicked, Waitress, An American be back with her FPAC family. Instagram: in Paris, The Color Purple, Jersey Boys, @itskatiegray Hello Dolly, Miss Saigon, and Cabaret. He recently assisted the Music Director NICK PAONE (Snoopy) has a Bachelor on Roman Holiday at the Golden Gate of Arts in Theater from Occidental Theatre. In the greater Boston area, College. A former Equity actor, his Austin was Music Supervisor for Boston performing credits include Cabaret, Children's Theatre and has Assistant Little Shop of Horrors, Oklahoma, Red Music Directed or played keyboards for six Roses, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and productions at North Shore Music Theatre. Romeo and Juliet. He has written and directed numerous shows, produced an JULIAN DICHIARA (Charlie Brown) evening of one-act plays in NYC, and recently appeared as JoJo in FPAC’s traveled extensively performing with production of Seussical and in Christopher TheatreWorks USA. Nick’s numerous Rice’s The Tappy Christmas Special: FPAC credits include The Music Man, LIVE! Other FPAC credits include Newsies Fiddler on the Roof, Seussical, The (Les), Joseph...Dreamcoat (Children’s Addams Family, Peter Pan, Newsies, Choir), Humbug! (Christmas Shoes Boy), Les Misérables, Humbug!, Little Shop and the original holiday panto Alice in of Horrors, and many more. He is the a Winter Wonderland. He studies at the creative mind behind FPAC’s original Franklin School for the Performing musicals Humbug!, Zero, and multiple Arts where he has performed in many holiday pantos. productions including The Wizard of Oz, Bring It, and The Government Inspector. RAYE LYNN MERCER (Director) is Julian has also performed locally with the the Founder and Executive Director of ensemble Future Shock. the Franklin Performing Arts Company, WHO’S WHO IN CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM established in 1991. She received a NATHANIEL PACKARD (Lighting Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from Designer) earned a Master of Fine Arts Middlebury College and attended the in Design from Brandeis University. Vienna International Music Center in Throughout his career he has had the Austria. Raye Lynn opened the Franklin pleasure of working with professionals School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) such as Don Holder, Dennis Parichy, in 1985, serving as Administrator of the Karl Eigsti, and Olympia Dukakis. He school, overseeing the FSPA musical has been the resident designer at Surflight theater program, and directing the Theatre in NJ, Mount Washington Valley international touring ensemble, Electric Theatre Company in North Conway, Youth. As a pianist, director, producer, Penobscot Theatre in Bangor, and at The and choreographer, Raye Lynn has Publick Theatre in Boston. He designed presented seasons of musicals, plays, the world premier of Surviving the Nian concerts, and dance productions with with The Theater Offensive and an FSPA and FPAC. Her school’s student all-woman production of Richard III résumés include Broadway’s Matilda and with Looking Glass Theatre. Nathaniel is Wicked, national Broadway tours, regional returning for his fourth year as lighting companies, European concert tours, designer with FPAC, after being Fox-TV’s American Idol, annual nominated for an EMACT DASH Award performances at Walt Disney World, for Disney’s Newsies. and placement in top college and conservatory arts programs. DEREK PISANO (Sound Designer) is the resident sound designer for FPAC HALLIE WETZELL (Music Director) and the international touring ensemble holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Electric Youth. He is the chief engineer at Occidental College and Master of Music MockingBird Recording Studio, where degrees in Vocal Performance and he is also a music teacher. With his band, Vocal Pedagogy from New England Thieves in Mono, Derek released the Conservatory of Music. As Vocal Director , One. at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA), Hallie oversees the Pro MERRIE WHITNEY (Costume Voice program and serves as music Designer) earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts director for all ensembles, as well as in Theater (Design) from Texas State productions of the Franklin Performing University. After graduating, she moved Arts Company and the international to NYC, where she made costumes for touring ensemble Electric Youth. Hallie many Broadway shows, including Grease, was the Vocal Director for the FSPA Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Cats, and Children’s Choirs for the professional was a television wardrobe stylist. In Texas, touring companies of Joseph and the she worked on set for the shows Barney Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in and Walker, Texas Ranger and was a staff 2000 and 2005 and Evita in 2004. She costumer at the Alley Theater, where she has been on the FSPA Music Faculty made costumes for many plays including since 1998 and became Vocal Director The Glass Menagerie and Civil War. for the Franklin Performing Arts Merrie has served as Costume Designer for FPAC and the Franklin School for the Company in 1999. Performing Arts since 2012.

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