Asheville Community Theatre is thrilled
to present the WNC Premiere of A Charlie Brown Christmas, a family-friendly
treat that mirrors the famous television special. From Snoopy the beagle to the
beleaguered Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Christmas is a
faithful adaptation of the classic special that has aired every year since 1965.
A
Charlie Brown Christmas will open at the downtown theatre on Friday, December
5, 2014 and run through Sunday, December 21, 2014 with performances on Friday
and Saturday nights at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 pm. Tickets are available online, over the phone,
or in person at the Asheville Community Theatre Box Office.
As in the animated special, A
Charlie Brown Christmas follows Charlie Brown, who is depressed about
the over-commercialization of the holidays. His friend Lucy suggests that he
direct the annual Christmas pageant, but he is teased and ridiculed by the
other children. After a trip to a Christmas tree lot, Charlie Brown and his
friend Linus return to the theatre with the only real tree they could find – a droopy
little tree that only becomes droopier after a single ornament is added as
decoration. Charlie Brown wonders aloud if anyone really knows what Christmas
is all about, which prompts Linus to take center stage to recite the version of
Jesus’ birth from the Gospel of Luke, ending with, “That's what Christmas is
all about, Charlie Brown."
A Charlie Brown Christmas also includes the classic songs
“Christmas Time is Here,” “Skating,” “Linus and Lucy” and “Hark the Herald
Angels Sing” featuring the familiar arrangements by Vince Guaraldi. The jazzy
soundtrack will be performed live by a trio of musicians led by musical
director Brad Curtioff.
“We’re having a lot of fun with this
show,” said Susan Harper, Managing
Director of Asheville Community Theatre. “We’ve created live commercial breaks
for our sponsors and are lengthening the curtain call with a few of our other
favorite holiday songs.”
A Charlie Brown Christmas was adapted for the stage by Eric
Schaeffer and is based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee
Mendelson, which was based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. Asheville Community Theatre’s
production of A Charlie Brown Christmas is directed by Eric Mills and stars Craig
Justus, Kyle Fitzsimmons, Tara Theodossis, Candice Owen, Karen Covington, Daniel
Hensley, Zachary Ryan, Cary Nichols, Katie Turner, Susan Lawrence, and Zac Ball.
For
more information about A Charlie Brown Christmas or about
Asheville Community Theatre, please visit www.ashevilletheatre.org.
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