Like many others, I grew up watching the Charlie Brown Christmas special at least once a year wherever it was available. It's a Christmas classic that everyone, more matter the age can enjoy! Last year, I had the honor of taking on one of the peanut characters in real life and I had more fun than I thought I would.

Yet again, on the Coterie Theatre stage, I had a great time portraying Violet, one of Lucy's closest friends. Here's the original character, followed by a few production photos.

What made this show different than any show I had done at The Coterie thus far, was that they had done this same production two years prior, so essentially all we had to do for this production was plug in a few new members (me included) to the show. We spent time during rehearsal watching the archives, mimicking the previous actor's movements and such, and learning slightly new choreography. We had to “speed learn” because we only had about two weeks to put the entire show back on it's feet for our audiences. Although, a lot of our character choices were copy and pasted, I still found moments in the show to make Violet my own.

Crew

Director – Bill Christie (directed the production 2 years prior)

Artistic Director – Jeff Church

Sound Design – David Kehl

Set Design – Scott Hobbart

Costume Design – Georgianna Buchanan

Choreographer – Marc Wayne

Music Director – Gary Adams

Check out these behind the scenes and production videos!

https://cinnamon.video/watch?v=471038702349453304

https://cinnamon.video/watch?v=471050817604945096

Thank you for reading,