Presents…Michael Presser, Executive Director

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Board of Directors

Irwin Fingerit, ChairmanMichael Presser, PresidentHoward Zipser, Vice PresidentElliot Altman. TreasurerWilliam Tung, SecretaryRichard BasiniDavid I. CohenJoseph V. CozzaJohn DiazAnthony W. GuidoEric GuralMark IrgangMary LandolfiAlan MomeyerGeorge Stonbely

Advisory Board

Carol Channing –Honorary ChairRoger BartMary Ellin BarrettLaura BenantiStephen W. BogardusDanny BursteinTheodore S. ChapinKristin ChenowethBarbara CookAlan EisenbergTovah FeldshuhSutton FosterJoel GreyJasmine GuyNathan LanePaul LibinPia LindstromRebecca LukerPeter L. MalkinKaren MasonDonna MurphyBebe NeuwirthFred PapertFaith PrinceGerald SchoenfeldSusan L. SchulmanSusan StromanKaren Ziemba

Our Mission:Inside Broadway is a professional New York City based children’s theatrecompany committed to producing Broadway’s classic musicals in a contemporarylight for young audiences.

Our Supporters:The New York City Department of Education; New York State Office of Children andFamily Services; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; New York CityDepartment of Youth and Community Development; New York State Office of Parks,Recreation and Historic Preservation and New York State Department of Education.

New York City Council; Christine Quinn, Speaker, Domenic Recchia, ChairCultural Affairs Committee and Council Members Joseph Addabbo, Jr., TonyAvella, Erik Martin Dilan, Lew Fidler, Dan Garodnick, Eric Gioia, Vincent Gentile,Sara Gonzalez, Vincent Ignizio, Melinda Katz, Darlene Mealy, Michael McMahon,Annabel Palma, Joel Rivera, Larry Seabrook, Helen Sears, James Vacca andThomas White, Jr.

New York State Assembly Members Peter Abbate, Michael Benedetto, AdrianoEspaillat, Michael Gianaris, Richard Gottfried, Brian Kavanagh, Linda Rosenthal,Michele Titus, Mark Weprin and Ellen Young

New York State Senators Andrew Lanza, John Flanagan, George Onorato, TomDuane and Martin Golden

These programs are supported in part, by public fundsfrom the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Inside Broadway also receives support from The Lucille Lortel Foundation, theNew York Mercantile Exchange Foundation; The Shubert Foundation; AmericanFriends of Theatre; Theatrical Stage Employees, Local One IATSE; AssociatedMusicians of Greater New York; Local 802, AFM; Fund for the City of New York;Bank of America; Loews Corporation; Clear Channel Spectacolor; Newmark &Company Real Estate; Con Edison; The Rockefeller Group DevelopmentCorporation;The Malkin Fund; New York Community Trust; RHI Entertainment;Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., Spectacular Ventures, Cushman &Wakefield, Cipriani USA, High Rise Systems, Inc., IT Properties Management,Lu &Bibliowicz Architects, LLP, Le Parker Meridien, Marriott International, Inc.,Millenium Hotel, Perkins Eastman, Stadtmauer Bailkin LLP, Structure Tone, Inc.,Terra Capital Partners, The Actors Fund, The Shubert Organization, Inc., TheThomson Corporation, The Times Square Alliance, The Town Hall Foundation,The Vesper Foundation, The Joelson Foundation and The Walt Disney Company.

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Administrative Staff

Michael Presser,Executive Director

Nicholas M. Sala,Company Manager

Katie McAllister,Program Director

Jean Barber Bucek,Controller

Laura Jean Hawkins,Government RelationsThe Dryfoos Group

David Jaffe,Marketing & EventsJaffe Management, Inc

Melissa Fisher,Development Consultant

Reva Cooper,Publicity

Jeremy Howowitz,Web Design

Honorary Members

Barbara J. FifeMrs. Bernard B. JacobsJames L. NederlanderVicki Singer

Teaching Artists

Chauncey BellamyScott BrannonJen Faith BrownChristina FaisonMichael FlanaganCamille GastonSamantha HancockAdam HoseAbigail JonesBritton JonesShannon MarshallBraddon MehrtenWende PollockKerry PrepWorth WilliamsLindsay Wood

Michael Presser, Executive Director

T imeline1922 Charles Schulz is born in St. Paul,

Minnesota

1937 Charles Schulz’s first sketch is published(it’s of his dog Spike)

1940 Charles Schulz serves in the Armyduring WW2

1950 Peanuts debuts in 7 newspapers

1952 Lucy makes her first appearance

1954 Linus debuts along with his securityblanket

1959 Sally is introduced as Charlie Brown’slittle sister

1960 Hallmark introduces the Peanutsgreeting card

1965 The Peanuts characters appear onthe cover of Time magazine

1967 Woodstock becomes a regularcharacter in the strip

1971 Marcie joins the Peanuts gang

1973 A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving debuts

1975 Snoopy’s brother Spike makes his firstappearance

1984 Peanuts appears in a record breaking2,000 newspapers, putting it theGuiness Book of World Records

1991 Schroeder becomes spokesman forNational Piano Month

1996 Charles Schulz receives a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame

1999 Charles Schulz officially retires

2000 Peanuts 50th Anniversary and the finalPeanuts Strip appears in the Sunday paper

2002 The Charles M. Schulz Museum andResearch Center opens in Santa RosaCalifornia

And the Award goes to…“Peanuts” is listed in the Guinness Book ofWorld Records as the most published comicstrip in the world. Charles Schulz was alsothe most honored cartoonist of his day, win-ning two “Reubens” from the NationalCartoonist Society, a “Peabody” award, andan Emmy award for outstanding children’sprogramming. He was also named“Commander of Arts and Letters” by theFrench government and received the “Orderof Merit” from the Italian Minister of Cultureand a star on the Hollywood walk to fame.

Did you know?The first characters in the “Peanuts” stripwere Charlie Brown, Patty, Snoopy andShermy? When Charles Schulz starteddrawing the comic strip in 1950 therewere only 4 characters, eventually therewould be many more including; Linus,Peppermint Patty, Marcie, Woodstock,Schroeder, Violet, Franklin, Sally, Pig Penand of course Lucy.

Most of the characters were named afterpeople from “Sparky’s” life, CharlieBrown was a classmate at school andFrieda was a woman who worked withhim at his first job. He also based Snoopyon his family’s first dog and gave CharlieBrown’s father the job of Barber, which iswhat his own father did for a living.

All of the characters in Peanuts have theirown distinct characteristics and personalitytraits. Who are you most like?

Charlie Brown: Considerate, friendly andpolite, with a spirit striving to triumph overadversity.

Lucy: Bossy, crabby, selfish andloud. Always thinks she knows

best.

Sally: uninhibited, fun-lovingand outspoken. Loves Linus.

Schroeder: reserved, seri-ous and dedicated to hismusic. Loves all classical

music, especially Beethoven.

Linus: intellectual, philosophicaland the problem solver of the

group. Loves his Security Blanketand The Great Pumpkin.

Snoopy: happy, intelligent and with a vividimagination. Usually found daydreaming ontop of his doghouse. Loves Suppertime.

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The Art of CartooningToday we think of cartoons as the things thatwe watch on a Saturday morning, but it wasn’talways that way. Long before television therewere newspapers. People bought them to findout the news of the day and to see theirfavorite cartoonist’s latest entry. Back then,cartoons were used not just for entertainment,but to express political and social ideas. Today,

we still have what we refer to as “editorial”cartoons that address these ideas, but we alsohave the “funnies”, cartoons that are made justfor entertainment and have a storyline or plot.Most cartoons today (especially animation) aredrawn by computer, but some still rely on“hand-drawn” frames like the ones by CharlesSchulz for the “Peanuts” strip.

Cartoon:A drawing depicting ahumorous situation.

Using the strip below, drawyour own cartoon, and write thedialogue in the box provided.

Charlie Brown Trivia Challenge7. What was the original title of the

“Peanuts” comic strip?8. On Halloween, when everyone else got

candy, what did Charlie Brown get?9. Who gives psychiatric advice for 5 cents?10.Who were the first 4 characters in the

“Peanuts” strip?

1. Who is Charlie Brown’s best friend?2. What instrument does Schroeder play?3. What makes Linus feel safe?4. What year did the “Peanuts” comic strip debut?5. What is Charlie Brown’s dog’s name?6. What is the name of Snoopy’s bird friend? 1. Linus2. piano3. his security blanket4. 19525. Snoopy6. Woodstock7. Little Folks8. rocks9. Lucy10. Charlie Brown,

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Happiness is…Charles Schulz once said that“Happiness is a warm puppy”.

Everyone has something that makesthem happy and the “Peanuts” gangis no exception.

For Schroeder it’s his piano. ForCharlie Brown it’s winning a baseballgame. Sally is happy when Linusnotices her and Linus is happy just tohave his security blanket. We knowthat Lucy is always happy to giveadvice and that Snoopy loves day-dreaming on top of his doghouse.Look at the list of things from thesong “Happiness” from “You’re aGood Man, Charlie Brown” and seeif find something that makes youhappy.

2 kinds of ice cream

Sharing a sandwich

Having a sister

Catching a firefly

5 different crayons

Climbing a tree

Knowing a secret

Learning to whistle

Pizza with sausage

Tying your shoe forthe very first time

Coming home again

Anyone and anythingthat’s loved by you

You’re a Good Man, CharlieBrown opened off-Broadway atTheatre 80 St. Marks on March7, 1967.The idea for the showbegan in 1966 when producersArthur Whitelaw and GenePersson asked Clark Gesner toturn his album of PEANUTScharacter songs into a showusing Charles Schulz’s comicstrips for the book. The showwas an immediate audiencefavorite and has become oneof the most produced musicalsin history, it even enjoyed aBroadway run in 1999 starringKristen Chenowith who laterwent on to star in WICKED. Sofor the past 40 years, thePEANUTS gang has delightedaudiences and critics alike withtheir unique perspective on lifeand its daily challenges.

Charles Schulz – 1922-2000He was born CharlesSchulz on November26, 1922 in St. Paul,Minnesota but wasnicknamed “Sparky”

by his uncle. He loved to draw from a youngage and his family saved money so thathe could take a correspondence course incartooning, where he received only a C+ inthe “Drawing Children” course. After many

attempts to sell his “Lil Folks” comic strip,he finally achieved success when it was soldto United Features in 1950. Unfortunately,due to a copyright law, the name had to bechanged to “Peanuts”.

Mr. Schulz was known drawing each strip byhand and for giving his characters traits andproblems that were usually associated withgrown-ups.

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Make your own dayEver wonder how holidays got started? Well, some holidays started as a localcustom, or a celebration of an achievement , whereas most are observances ofa famous event or admired person. Today we observe Martin Luther King’sbirthday in honor of his work for civil rights, we also honor the achievementsof George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Some holidays mark a special dayin American history or celebrate a particular section of our society, likeMother’s Day. Some of the other things that we celebrate as holidays arecultural events or historical milestones like Cinco de Mayo or The 4th of July.Not all holidays are nationally recognized with schools, banks, and federalbuildings being closed, but we still like to celebrate them anyway.

In “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”, Schroederwants to make Beethoven’s Birthday a school holiday.

If you could make your own holiday, what would it be?Think about what is special to you. What would youlike to celebrate? Would it be an achievement? An

award? Someone in your family? YourPet? In the space at the right createyour own poster for the holiday and

explain the reason why you chose it.

Clark Gesner – 1938-2002Born in Augusta, Maine in 1938, Clark Gesner attendedPrinceton University where he composed songs for theTriangle Theatre Club. After graduation, he moved to NewYork City where he worked on the “Captain Kangaroo” showand helped to get “Sesame Street” started. In 1967 he senta recording of a few songs that he wrote about the “Peanuts”characters to Charles Schulz who immediately loved them andgave his permission for a full-length musical adaptation. After

the success of You’re a Good Man, CharlieBrown, he continued to write musicals includ-ing “The Utter Glory of Morrisey Hall, “AnimalFair” and the revue, “The Jello is AlwaysRed”. When asked which PEANUTS charac-ter he identified with, he chose Linus forhis insightful view of life.

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Suppertime!Help Snoopy find his dinner bowl

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