(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Join the Peanuts gang at the Jay & Linda Grunin Center for the Arts as the OCC Repertory Theatre Company presents You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown for two consecutive weekends in March (March 11-13 and March 18-20). Through music and vignettes, this charming musical comedy – based on Charles M. Schulz’s famous comic strip – explores life through the eyes of Charlie Brown and his friends.
Adults and children alike will enjoy watching familiar characters Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Schroeder, Snoopy, and Sally as they sing songs, play baseball and celebrate friendship. Musical numbers include My Blanket and Me, The Kite, The Baseball Game, Little Known Facts, Suppertime, and Happiness.
Performances take place Friday, March 11 at 7:30pm; Saturday, March 12 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm; Sunday, March 13 at 2:00pm; Friday, March 18 at 7:30pm; Saturday, March 19 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm; and Sunday, March 20 at 2:00pm.
All performances will be held in the Grunin Center’s Black Box Theater, located on the main campus of Ocean County College. Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and students. Tickets are available for purchase online.
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown is produced by special arrangement with Tams-Witmark LLC, a Concord Theatricals company. Book, music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, with additional dialogue by Michael Mayer and additional music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa.
Under the direction of Performing Arts Program Chair Paul Chalakani, the mission of the OCCRTC is to create opportunities for college and community participation in a variety of rich and diverse theatrical experiences. The Company seeks to engage, entertain, inspire, and educate, in order to enhance the cultural life of Ocean County College and the surrounding communities.
For more than 50 years, Ocean County College, a public two-year community college sponsored by Ocean County and the State of New Jersey, has provided area residents with the opportunity to benefit from higher education. OCC is an innovative academic leader offering affordable, student-centered, high-quality educational experiences that prepare and empower diverse learners to contribute to and succeed in global societies. OCC invests in and fosters academic, economic, and cultural excellence, and ensures financial strength by generating new revenue streams, engaging in national and international university and corporate partnerships, and cultivating a technologically progressive and entrepreneurial spirit.
