We're halfway through the summer production run of the Broadway musical You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. We have a great cast of DCP regulars (Simon Feaveryear as Charlie Brown, Glenda Fletcher as Lucy, Rita O'Connell as Sally, Jeff Spicer as Schroeder, David Rigsby as Woodstock, Patrick MacDonald as Snoopy) and one new member, Taos music scene veteran, Don Conoscenti as Linus.
Our first two shows played to full or nearly full houses at the new Toolshed performance space.
The Toolshed in Dixon. Built by Simon Feavearyear.Once again, our director Holly Haas has created a terrific show with lots of laughs, beautiful staging, scenery and memorable characters. The orchestra, our most complex to date, is comprised of DCP regulars Ken Clark on drums/percussion, Dick Padberg on bass and returning again from Austin, Roger Lambert as pianist and musical director and DCP newbies from Los Alamos, Shari Adams on flute, Brian Huysman on keyboard and Bob Chrien on clarinet and sax.
If you haven't gotten tickets yet, you might wanna hurry and do so. Word is spreading about what a fun and impressive show this is. There's a matinee at two today, and three shows next weekend (Friday and Saturday, August 3 and 4 at 7:30pm and Sunday, Aug. 5 at 2pm).
A review of the show from a local resident:
Just a note to everyone in the Town Crier, if you haven’t seen “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”, I strongly recommend that you see it. I must confess I have missed many performances over the years, probably because I got too busy, buy you can believe me, from now on, I won’t miss another one. The cast and crew and orchestra were just amazing! To have this little theater and talent in a town the size of Dixon is extraordinary! I had bought tickets because I had a friend visiting for the evening who is active in small theaters and is a playwright and won a national contest as the “best new” Hispanic playwright and had a show produced off Broadway. We really weren’t expecting much and I thought to myself,” Well, we can leave after the first act.” We were just blown away and captivated by the show! I still can’t decide who was the best actor in the play, they were all wonderful.
My friend Tencha Avila has directed and produced many small theater productions and she was astounded by the talent and show and orchestra. She said, “They should just move on to Broadway!” Congratulations again to the Dixon Players. Citizens, take your kids, your babies, your grandchildren, it’s just a great evening out in the town of Dixon!