So, here I am, after not having blogged for some time. Well, things have been going so well. Blogging becasue I'm so excited to tell you about this amazing production we are opening next week.
Based on the comic strip by Charles SchulzBook, music and lyrics by Clark Gesner
Directed by Michael Baron
Enjoy an average day in the life of the roundheaded kid, a day filled with wild optimism and utter despair, a little baseball and a touch of romance, and shared with friends by the name of Snoopy, Linus, Lucy, Sally and Schroeder.
Also, check out the amazingly talented Helen Hayes winning/nominated cast we have. They are sooo good.
Cast
Kurt Boehm (Snoopy) was last seen in Goodnight Moon with Adventure Theatre and Tribute Productions (Helen Hayes Nomination—Outstanding Ensemble). He was also Assistant Choreographer for Harold and the Purple Crayon. Signature Theatre: Les Miserables (Helen Hayes Award—Outstanding Ensemble), Kiss of the Spider Woman (Helen Hayes Nomination—Outstanding Ensemble), One Red Flower, and Partial Eclipse. Arena Stage: She Loves Me. Ford's Theatre: Liberty Smith (workshop). Kennedy Center: Phantom Tollbooth. Theatre of the First Amendment: Lift Icarus and Me. Kurt also teaches and choreographs for Centennial High School, Kids in Dramatic Study, and Creative Artists Institute. He earned his Bachelor's of Music from Catholic University.
Kurt Boehm (Snoopy) was last seen in Goodnight Moon with Adventure Theatre and Tribute Productions (Helen Hayes Nomination—Outstanding Ensemble). He was also Assistant Choreographer for Harold and the Purple Crayon. Signature Theatre: Les Miserables (Helen Hayes Award—Outstanding Ensemble), Kiss of the Spider Woman (Helen Hayes Nomination—Outstanding Ensemble), One Red Flower, and Partial Eclipse. Arena Stage: She Loves Me. Ford's Theatre: Liberty Smith (workshop). Kennedy Center: Phantom Tollbooth. Theatre of the First Amendment: Lift Icarus and Me. Kurt also teaches and choreographs for Centennial High School, Kids in Dramatic Study, and Creative Artists Institute. He earned his Bachelor's of Music from Catholic University. 
Mark Chandler (Linus) DC AREA: Signature: Giant (Jordy jr. u/s), Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Prisoner), Glory Days (Jack u/s), Merrily We Roll Along (Ensemble); Studio Theatre: Reefer Madness (Helen Hayes Award, Best Musical); Catholic University: Sweeney Todd, Jacques Brel, Candide, Pirates of Penzance, Oklahoma! REGIONAL: Orlando Repertory Theatre: Winnie the Pooh, Amelia Bedelia. EDUCATION: Catholic University of America, BM, Musical Theatre (2009), Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College Program (2004). 
Emily Levey (Lucy) is so excited to return to Adventure Theatre, having appeared as Hattie/Spotted Dog in Go Dog. Go! Other DC credits include Dante at Synetic Theatre, Berliner Kabarett at The InSeries, Busytown at Imagination Stage, Merrily We Roll Along and The Happy Time at Signature Theatre, and Reefer Madness at Studio Theatre 2nd Stage (2007 Helen Hayes Award winner for Best Resident Musical). She has also appeared on NBC's 'Third Watch" and "ER."
Jobari Parker-Namdar (Schroeder) is a Senior Musical Theatre major at Howard University and DC native. Credits include Metro Stage: The Stephen Schwartz Project; New Horizons Theatre: The Samson Musical; Signature Theatre: The Lost Songs of Broadway Cabaret, Sizzlin’ Summer Cabaret Series, Anyone Can Whistle; Howard University: Company, Working, A Chorus Line.
Andrew Sonntag (Charlie Brown) is very happy to return to Adventure Theatre for the summer! Some recent area credits include Call of the Wild at Olney Theatre Center, The Neverending Story at Imagination Stage, Glory Days at Signature Theatre, The Stephen Schwartz Project at MetroStage, The Secret Garden at Adventure Theatre, and Reefer Madness at The Studio Theatre, for which he received a Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor. He graduated from the Catholic University of America with a B.A. in Drama, and received additional training from The American Theatre Wing's Springboard NYC program.
Lauren Williams (Sally) is delighted to be making her Adventure Theatre debut. Regional Credits: God's Ear (Lanie), Butterfinger's Angel... (Mary); Rep Stage. Phantom Tollbooth (Tock); The Kennedy Center. Reefer Madness (Mary Lane), Dog Sees God (C.B.'s Sister, Helen Hayes Nomination, Best Ensemble); Studio Theatre. Into The Woods (Little Red, Helen Hayes Nomination, Best Supporting Actress), Nevermore (Virginia), A Funny Thing Happened...(Philia, Helen Hayes Nomination, Best Supporting Actress), The Happy Time (Gillie), My Fair Lady (Ensemble), Allegro (Mitzi, Sally u/s); Signature Theatre. Oklahoma (Ado Annie); Bear Trap Dunes. The Wizard of OZ (Dorothy), Side Show (Violet); Maryland Arts Festival. Lauren would like to thank Patrick and Seamus for their continuous love and support.Jeannie Hosler (Swing) is a recent graduate of American University, where she received her BA in Musical Theatre. Previous roles include Missy Pig in Adventure Theatre's What's a Wolf to Do?, Hope Cladwell in Urinetown, Ruby in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, and Kalonike in Lysistrata the Musical!, an original work written and composed by the American University Theatre Class of 2009.
John Dellaporta (Swing) Adventure Theatre: Harold and the Purple Crayon (Dragon); Bay Theatre: The Fantasticks (Matt); Washington Savoyards: Iolanthe (Strephon); Limelight Theatre: Closer than Ever; Toby's: Ragtime, Joseph, Titanic, All Shook Up! Education: The Catholic University of America, BM, Musical Theatre.
And the most fabulous Production team!!!
Production Team:
Michael Baron (Director) is the Associate Director of Signature Theatre. Directing credits include: Signature: The Little Dog Laughed, Lachiusa's Ladies, December Divas; Lost Songs of Broadway Vol. I & II; Songs for a New World Ricky, Joe, and Michael John; Sex Habits of American Women. NYC: Off-Broadway: Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad. La Mama: The Whore of Sheridan Square (wrote and directed), Modern Living. REGIONAL: Ford’s Theatre: The Civil War (Associate Director); Washington Savoyards: The Music Man; Goodspeed Musicals: Meet John Doe; Adventure Theatre: Stuart Little; Trinity Rep: The School for Scandal, A Christmas Carol. TRAINING: B.A., Wake Forest University; MFA, Trinity Repertory Conservatory. UPCOMING: A Christmas Carol (Ford’s Theatre)
Kristina Friedgen (Assistant Director) Assistant directing credits: REGIONAL: Round House Theatre: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Olney Theatre Center: Rabbit Hole. EDUCATIONAL: University of Maryland: Filthy Rich; Musical Theatre Center: Oklahoma!, Meet Me in St. Louis, Peter Pan. Directing credits: COMMUNITY: Wildwood Summer Theatre: Parade; ACCT2: Aladdin, Jr. Recent choreography credits: The Wiz, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The World Goes ‘Round. Kristina also directed The A Cappella Party, an original, all a cappella musical and part of the 2009 Capital Fringe Festival.
Kate Arnold (Choreography) Regional Theatre: The Happy Time and Merrily We Roll Along (Signature), Fiddler on the Roof (Olney), Reefer Madness (Studio—2008 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Resident Musical), Damn Yankees (Arena), George M!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Footloose (Toby's) Other credits: Streets of America (Kennedy Center New Works), A Chorus Line, Cabaret, Pippin (American University), Washington Wizards Dance Team 2004-2005. Choreography: Thoroughly Modern Millie (American University), George M! (Toby's - assistant), Charlie Brown, Wizard of Oz, Godspell, School House Rock Live, Phantom Tollbooth, Guys and Dolls, Annie, Nutcracker, (Youth Performing Arts School). Training: American University, Virginia School of the Arts.
Zak Sandler (Music Director) REGIONAL: Signature: See What I Wanna See, Les Misérables, Ace, Anyone Can Whistle. Kennedy Center: Broadway: Three Generations. Studio Theatre: Caroline, Or Change; Open Circle Theatre: Songs for a New World; Musical Theatre Center: Honk!, Meet Me In St. Louis. Yale: Bat Boy, The Last 5 Years, Forever Plaid, Where It’s At. AWARDS: NFAA ARTS Merit Award in Classical Piano; Washington Post Music and Dance Scholarship Award; Senior Artist Diploma, Levine School of Music. EDUCATION: Yale College, B.A., Music.
Matthew M. Neilson (Sound Design) is happy to be returning to Adventure Theatre, where he is an associate artist. Other area sound design and composition credits include: Round House Theatre (2007 Helen Hayes Award, A Prayer for Owen Meany), Catalyst Theater (2009 Helen Hayes Award, 1984), Folger Theatre, Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Franklin Park Arts Center, the CATF, Kennedy Center, Rorschach Theatre, the Washington Revels, Imagination Stage, Discovery Theatre, Washington Shakespeare Company, Very Special Arts, ArtStream, Philadelphia Theatre Company. Off-Broadway sound design credits include the Joseph Papp Public Theatre/New York Shakespeare Festival. His work can be heard at www.somerandomsound.com.
Tim Jones (Set Design) is presently the Props Shop Supervisor at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and Adjunct Professor for Theatre at the University of Maryland. His design and props work has been seen on stage at the Kansas City Rep, African Continuum Theatre, Tribute Production, Round House Theatre, Rep Stage and Everyman Theatre. Before coming to Maryland he was Prop Master and instructor at PlayMakers Repertory Company and Adjunct Professor for Theatre at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has also worked as Prop Master or artisan at other theatre companies around the country including the Tony Award winning Utah Shakespeare Festival. Tim is a member of the USITT and the Society of Properties Artisan & Masters. He holds a Masters of Fine Art in Scenery and Properties Design from the University of Memphis and a BA in Communication from the Salisbury State College. Tim is a native of Prince Georges County Maryland but has lived and worked throughout the United States.
Kendra Rai (Costume Design) is a Costume Design MFA graduate o
f Pennsylvania State University, and now works as a regional designer and as a Draper at Washington National Opera. Before moving to the East coast, Kendra worked in Seattle as a freelance costume designer and as Costume Shop Manager and in-house Designer at Taproot Theatre. Her work has been seen on the stages of Taproot Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Museum of Glass Theatre, Seattle Pacific University, Columbia Basin College, Pennsylvania State University, and CCBC. Kendra loves working at Adventure Theatre (where she has previously done Babe the Sheep Pig, Miss Nelson Is Missing, The Lion, The Which and the Wardrobe), and is excited to return this summer.
Jason Arnold (Lighting Design): While this is his first production with Adventure Theatre, he has lit many children's shows at Imagination Stage including BusyTown, The Neverending Story, The Jungle Book, Junie B. Jones, and Charlotte's Webb. Other design credits include Resurrection (Philadelphia Theatre Company, Hartford Stage), Emergence-See! (Arena Stage), Honey Brown Eyes, Family Secrets, Oh The Innocents, Talley's Folly (Theatre J), Intelligence, A Shayna Maidel, and The Santaland Diaries (Rep Stage). Mr. Arnold teaches at American University.
Andrea “Dre” Moore (Properties Design) has made properties her career for 7 exciting years. Her work has graced the stages of Olney Theatre, Round House Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Theatre J, Rep Stage, and Imagination Stage. She also helps to train our future designers and craftspeople at the University of Maryland College Park, where she assists Tim Jones at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Production Team:
Michael Baron (Director) is the Associate Director of Signature Theatre. Directing credits include: Signature: The Little Dog Laughed, Lachiusa's Ladies, December Divas; Lost Songs of Broadway Vol. I & II; Songs for a New World Ricky, Joe, and Michael John; Sex Habits of American Women. NYC: Off-Broadway: Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad. La Mama: The Whore of Sheridan Square (wrote and directed), Modern Living. REGIONAL: Ford’s Theatre: The Civil War (Associate Director); Washington Savoyards: The Music Man; Goodspeed Musicals: Meet John Doe; Adventure Theatre: Stuart Little; Trinity Rep: The School for Scandal, A Christmas Carol. TRAINING: B.A., Wake Forest University; MFA, Trinity Repertory Conservatory. UPCOMING: A Christmas Carol (Ford’s Theatre)
Kristina Friedgen (Assistant Director) Assistant directing credits: REGIONAL: Round House Theatre: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Olney Theatre Center: Rabbit Hole. EDUCATIONAL: University of Maryland: Filthy Rich; Musical Theatre Center: Oklahoma!, Meet Me in St. Louis, Peter Pan. Directing credits: COMMUNITY: Wildwood Summer Theatre: Parade; ACCT2: Aladdin, Jr. Recent choreography credits: The Wiz, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The World Goes ‘Round. Kristina also directed The A Cappella Party, an original, all a cappella musical and part of the 2009 Capital Fringe Festival.
Kate Arnold (Choreography) Regional Theatre: The Happy Time and Merrily We Roll Along (Signature), Fiddler on the Roof (Olney), Reefer Madness (Studio—2008 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Resident Musical), Damn Yankees (Arena), George M!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Footloose (Toby's) Other credits: Streets of America (Kennedy Center New Works), A Chorus Line, Cabaret, Pippin (American University), Washington Wizards Dance Team 2004-2005. Choreography: Thoroughly Modern Millie (American University), George M! (Toby's - assistant), Charlie Brown, Wizard of Oz, Godspell, School House Rock Live, Phantom Tollbooth, Guys and Dolls, Annie, Nutcracker, (Youth Performing Arts School). Training: American University, Virginia School of the Arts.
Zak Sandler (Music Director) REGIONAL: Signature: See What I Wanna See, Les Misérables, Ace, Anyone Can Whistle. Kennedy Center: Broadway: Three Generations. Studio Theatre: Caroline, Or Change; Open Circle Theatre: Songs for a New World; Musical Theatre Center: Honk!, Meet Me In St. Louis. Yale: Bat Boy, The Last 5 Years, Forever Plaid, Where It’s At. AWARDS: NFAA ARTS Merit Award in Classical Piano; Washington Post Music and Dance Scholarship Award; Senior Artist Diploma, Levine School of Music. EDUCATION: Yale College, B.A., Music.
Matthew M. Neilson (Sound Design) is happy to be returning to Adventure Theatre, where he is an associate artist. Other area sound design and composition credits include: Round House Theatre (2007 Helen Hayes Award, A Prayer for Owen Meany), Catalyst Theater (2009 Helen Hayes Award, 1984), Folger Theatre, Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Franklin Park Arts Center, the CATF, Kennedy Center, Rorschach Theatre, the Washington Revels, Imagination Stage, Discovery Theatre, Washington Shakespeare Company, Very Special Arts, ArtStream, Philadelphia Theatre Company. Off-Broadway sound design credits include the Joseph Papp Public Theatre/New York Shakespeare Festival. His work can be heard at www.somerandomsound.com.
Tim Jones (Set Design) is presently the Props Shop Supervisor at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and Adjunct Professor for Theatre at the University of Maryland. His design and props work has been seen on stage at the Kansas City Rep, African Continuum Theatre, Tribute Production, Round House Theatre, Rep Stage and Everyman Theatre. Before coming to Maryland he was Prop Master and instructor at PlayMakers Repertory Company and Adjunct Professor for Theatre at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has also worked as Prop Master or artisan at other theatre companies around the country including the Tony Award winning Utah Shakespeare Festival. Tim is a member of the USITT and the Society of Properties Artisan & Masters. He holds a Masters of Fine Art in Scenery and Properties Design from the University of Memphis and a BA in Communication from the Salisbury State College. Tim is a native of Prince Georges County Maryland but has lived and worked throughout the United States.
Kendra Rai (Costume Design) is a Costume Design MFA graduate o
f Pennsylvania State University, and now works as a regional designer and as a Draper at Washington National Opera. Before moving to the East coast, Kendra worked in Seattle as a freelance costume designer and as Costume Shop Manager and in-house Designer at Taproot Theatre. Her work has been seen on the stages of Taproot Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Museum of Glass Theatre, Seattle Pacific University, Columbia Basin College, Pennsylvania State University, and CCBC. Kendra loves working at Adventure Theatre (where she has previously done Babe the Sheep Pig, Miss Nelson Is Missing, The Lion, The Which and the Wardrobe), and is excited to return this summer.Jason Arnold (Lighting Design): While this is his first production with Adventure Theatre, he has lit many children's shows at Imagination Stage including BusyTown, The Neverending Story, The Jungle Book, Junie B. Jones, and Charlotte's Webb. Other design credits include Resurrection (Philadelphia Theatre Company, Hartford Stage), Emergence-See! (Arena Stage), Honey Brown Eyes, Family Secrets, Oh The Innocents, Talley's Folly (Theatre J), Intelligence, A Shayna Maidel, and The Santaland Diaries (Rep Stage). Mr. Arnold teaches at American University.
Andrea “Dre” Moore (Properties Design) has made properties her career for 7 exciting years. Her work has graced the stages of Olney Theatre, Round House Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Theatre J, Rep Stage, and Imagination Stage. She also helps to train our future designers and craftspeople at the University of Maryland College Park, where she assists Tim Jones at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
