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Spotlight Presents 'You're A Good Man Charlie Brown'

Young actors from Will County and Orland Theater group present You're A Good Man Charlie Brown at Stagg High Performing Arts Center

Actors ages 8-18 are ready to celebrate! In December the Peanuts Gang celebrated 50 years on television. Spotlight youth theater students are ready to bring the story of Charlie Brown to the stage at Stagg High School in Palos Hills.

Get your Snoopy ears ready when the curtain opens on Friday, January 16 at 7 p.m.

Join us for a year in the life of Charlie Brown as he searches for happiness. This bright and sunny show is packed with upbeat Broadway songs, funny comics, and the creative genius of Charles M. Schultz. All of your favorite Peanuts characters are here: Linus, Lucy, Snoopy, Woodstock, and the entire gang. Whether it’s a baseball game, a day at school, or Beethoven’s birthday- nobody knows how to celebrate like the Peanuts gang.

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WHEN: January 16–18, 2015

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Friday, January 16, 7 p.m.

Saturday, January 17, 2 p.m.

Saturday, January 17, 6 p.m.

Sunday, January 18, 3 p.m.

WHERE: Stagg Performing Arts Center, 8015 W. 111th Street, Palos Hills, IL.

TICKETS: 847-516-2298 or visit www.spotlight.org

$9-$12 presale, + $2 at the door

Group, child, and senior prices available

WHO: Spotlight Youth Theater is a non-profit, educational theater arts program for students 5-18 in the Aurora, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kenosha (WI), Lake, McHenry, Milwaukee (WI), Oak Park, Orland Park, Rockford Metro, and Shorewood areas and has approximately 6,000 students per year. Each area offers summer camps and after-school classes in dance, voice, drama and theatrical specialties, and performs three fully staged musical productions per year. Spotlight is non-discriminatory and welcomes all children. Spotlight Youth Theater also offers an inclusion program, which assists students with special needs to participate in classes and productions.

When ordering tickets, please credit one of the students pictured above; Rebekah Crane, Kinsey Carrera, Mimi Erickson, Kamden Carrera, Sarah Prieur du Perray or Jersie Joniak.

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