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YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN IS PRESENTED BY AN ARRANGEMENT WITH CONCORD THEATRICAL BEHALF OF TAMS-WITMARK LLC. WWW.CONCORDTHEATRICAL.COM Silver Level Sponsor Thank You’s CIOFFI-SLEZAK-WILDGRUBE, P.C. In every production, there are always special people without whom Congratulations to the AHS Drama Club! our show would not be the same. Please join us in extending an extra special “thank you!” to those listed below. Deborah Slezak Diane Madej Adam and Katie Coons GASD Music Dept. Matthew Coviello William Nelson Schenectady Light Opera Co. Steamer No. 10 Theatre Showshare Staff Eric Scholl Dan Peters Reid Perry John Noeztel Troy Fitchett Karen Garrison AHS Custodial Staff Anne-Marie Giles And YOU! Our Parents! We couldn’t have done this without you. ________________________________________________________ This ad underwritten by Deborah. Slezak Sponsors Palczak Family Erika Serrano Mrs.Carmichael Carlos Cruz Friends Ben & Katelynn Rackowski The Demitraszek-Schoonmaker Family Ms. Deluka Ms. Rossi Mrs. Greco Patrons Nathan Asencio Have a great show! You guys are doing great! Anthony Demitraszek Keep up the good work!!!. Mythili Madhyastha Congratulations to the cast and crew!! Alessandra Vicinanzo Congratulations to the cast and crew!!! Mom, Dad, Noah and family Lorelei - Watching you blossom into the incredibly talented, young lady you are today has been an amazing journey. Mr. Gray Although the Auditorium may not be packed with patrons, the spirit of the performance remains essential. Natalie and Brian Casement Snoopy’s have a great show and make sure to clean the dog house! Jay Butler To all the peanuts crew and director- Have a great show!!!. Natalie and Brian Casement LINUS- Don’t forget your blanket and stay of the pumpkin patch!!! Ada and Rbert Casement Linus and the peanuts crew- Break A Leg and Have a great time! RUFUS “Skip the curb, break a lega and GET OFF MY LAWN!” Mark Valberg Keep singing even when no one is listening. Sam Valberg Here’s my $12, now leave me alone. Have a great show. Jessica Betz I love you so much! Break a leg, Melody! Love, Mom. Kody Rodriguez Watching the drama shows has always been something I enjoy, haven’t missed a show since I was a freshman. WHO’S WHO Amsterdam High School Drama Club Kaelin Ballard (Ensemble) is a 9th grade student who is very active in the With CIOFFI-SLEZAK-WILDGRUBE P.C. drama club. This is only her second show in the drama club with her first being AHS's production of It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. Kaelin also plays the trumpet in her school’s Symphonic Band, and does art in her free time. YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, Billie Bennett (Schroeder) is in 12th grade, and this is her first show with the CHARLIE BROWN!!! AHS Drama Club. Outside of the drama club, Billie participates in outdoor track and field as a sprinter. Many people know Billie for her friendly personality and kind soul. She enjoys going on hikes/walks, traveling, singing, and spending time with her friends. After graduation, Billie will be attending Fulton Montgomery Community College while majoring in fine arts. By Charles Shultz Zoe Casement (Linus) Zoe is in 10th grade and this is her third production Book, Music, and Lyrics by with the AHS Drama Club. She has previously acted in Big The Musical and Clark Gesner It’s a Wonderful Life, as well as out of school shows such as Lion King, Willy Additional dialogue by Wonka, and Alice in Wonderland. She also participates in chorus and NHS. Michael Mayers Additional music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa Catharine Chapman (Pit - Flute) Catharine is in 11th grade and this is her second production with AHS, the first one being working Stage Crew for the Production and Vocal Director 2019-2020 production Ladies Man. She participates in Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Marching Band, Select Choir, and last (but not least) Mr. Christopher Stefani Mixed Choir. She plans to attend college for Music Education. Music Director Mrs. Ann Wilary Lorelei Cramer (Charlie Brown) is a proud part of the Amsterdam Marching rams. Prior to performing in the AHS drama club, she took part in a few Sound and Livestream Director shows at Colonial Little Theater in Johnstown NY. Lorelei is beyond excited Mr. Cody Chamberlin for the opportunities she gets in being a part of this AHS Drama Club family, and she’s beyond excited for all there is to come. Choreographer Christine Meglino YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN IS PRESENTED BY AN ARRANGEMENT WITH CONCORD THEATRICALS ON BEHALF OF TAMS-WITMARK LLC. WWW.CONCORDTHEATRICAL.COM WHO’S WHO (continued) Beginner to Intermediate Allison Demitraszek (Lights Crew) is a sophomore, and a two year member of the Amsterdam Drama Club and has participated in lights and stage crew. She is also an honors student in math and science and a part of the Piano Lessons symphonic band and select chorus. As well as drama club, she throws shot put and discus for Track & Field and is on the unified bowling team. She is also a previous member of the girls varsity swim team. with Richard Lyford Samarrah Dennis (Ensemble) is a freshman here at Amsterdam High School. Her ensemble character is inspired by the peanuts character Marcie. This is her first big production but has been doing plays in my church since she was eight years old. Cameron Goehrig (Snoopy) is a senior in AHS. He has been in the drama club now for two years. I've been a part of the shows Newsies and It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. He has played Clarence in a Wonderful Life among other characters. Madalyn Goehrig (Snoopy) is a sophomore and this is her third production with AHS Drama Club. She has previously acted in BIG and It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. She has also acted in outside of school productions including The Lion King, Frozen, Alice In The Wonderland, Seussical, Willy Wonka, and more. She is also a member of the marching band and National Honor Society. $20.00 for a ½ hour Marley Liszczynskyj (Pit - Alto Saxophone) Marley is a senior and this is her second production with AHS Drama Club. She has previously played in Newsies which was sadly cancelled last year. She has been involved in Ph: 1-413-588-2061 Amsterdam’s music program since fifth grade, and on flute but eventually fell in love with the saxophone. She participates in jazz band, marching band, Tri-M and NHS. Director’s Note Theatre in our community are those large events that you always remember and each have impacted us all. It was imperative that it Welcome! For the second time in our club’s long history we occur this year, when we need it now more than ever. I am extremely are presenting our performances virtually to the comfort of your own grateful a community and administration to appreciates and invents in homes. It is a very special event, in what otherwise is a confusing, the arts. I would like to thank our superintendent Mr. Ruberti, our high complicated, storied year for many of us as we all handle the effects of school principal Mr. O’Meally, Dr. Nellie Bush and the board of the COVID-19 pandemic. education for allowing the club to produce productions this year, seeing the value in the program and providing the support to make it A wonderful first for tonight’s production is that our happen. production of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown is a double cast. As I would also like to thank Mr. Cody Chamberlin for his we have an abundance of talent, and the cast size is smaller, I felt it continued constant support and dedication to excellence. It is difficult necessary and plausible to double to cast to provide a greater task to just live stream properly, it is another challenge all together to opportunity to our students. This carries its own challenges, making design the sound and microphones in such a way as to balance the sure that both casts have ample amount of time and are equally as actors on stage, the live pit, and sound effects. Mr. Chamberlin is prepared. These students onstage, off-stage, behind the camera and always ready for a challenge and I value his collaboration immensely, scenes, have worked to push the limits of what was once thought as without him, tonight’s event would not be what it is. impossible. I am continuingly blown away by all of the student’s dedication and commitment to this craft. Without them, the production The Peanuts is a beloved comic strip by Charles Schultz that would not have been fully realized as it is right now. has help shaped our childhood memories through the comics themselves and seasonal television specials. The earnest honesty and I am incredibly grateful to have our wonderful pit join us this hilarious moments that are standard to the series are shown through year for the production. Mrs. Ann Wilary has prepared and led this completely in this musical adaption. In many scenes there is this feel- group to be in an amazing form and flexible for any occasion. I am so good quality that resonates throughout and has been something that grateful for her collaboration and friendship to make this the very best has been sorely needed during these unprecedented times this year. it can be. A huge thank you is deserved to the pit and their talents, Especially now, it is a rarity to have a student pit orchestra, and is truly I truly hope that our production of You’re A Good Man, a sparkling gem amongst the riches that is the AHS Drama Club Charlie Brown is a bright spot and helps you to find the things in life program.