Peanuts gang grows up in "Dog Sees God" at EMU

Posted: 6:02 a.m. November 12, 2009

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Good grief! On Saturday at 8 p.m., Eastern Michigan University's Student Center Auditorium (at 900 Oakwood Dr. in Ypsilanti) hosts one free performance of Bert V. Royal's "Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead," sponsored by EMU's LGBT Resource Center, in conjunction with U-M's Basement Arts.

The play asks the question: what would the "Peanuts" gang be like as adolescents? CB (Charlie Brown) is struggling with the death of his dog; his sister Sally has gone goth; Van (Linus), ever the philosopher, is now a pothead; Matt (Pig-Pen) is a pathological neat-freak whose dirtiness has been internalized; Beethoven (Schroeder) became the school outcast when everyone learned he was sexually abused by his father; Tricia York (Peppermint Patty) and Marcy are a pair of partying "mean girls"; and Van's sister (Lucy) has been institutionalized for setting the Little Red-Haired Girl's hair on fire.

The show is for mature audiences, as evidenced by this trailer for the show.

Jenn McKee is the entertainment digital journalist for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at jennmckee@annarbor.com or 734-623-2546, and follow her on Twitter @jennmckee.

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