YES AUDITION NOTICE
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Director Scotty Cullen
Choreographer Ashley Douglas
Music Director Martha Thatcher
By Charles M. Schulz, Clark Gesner, Michael Mayer, Andrew Lippa
from Concord Theatricals
For questions, please contact us at eve.keller@morgan-wixson.org
Synopsis
Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang explore life’s great questions as they play baseball, struggle with homework, sing songs, and celebrate the joy of friendship.
1 • In Person Auditions
Open Auditions will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026
from 5:30pm - 8:30pm and on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 from 4:00pm -6:30pm. Actors only need to attend one day of auditions.
Sign Up Required for a time slot to help us manage the auditions.
All auditions, callbacks, and performances will be held
at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre.
The address is 2627 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405
Street parking available.
Venice Family Clinic’s parking lot is available on weekends and on weekdays after 6 p.m.
Do not park at our neighbors AAMCO/Viking Motors or SGI or you will be towed.
2 • Prepare
Prepare 32 bars (a verse and chorus) of any song in the standard musical theatre style and BRING accompaniment on an iPhone, iPad or the Android equivalents. Please do NOT sing pop
songs. Do not sing without a track so we know you can sing with music.
NO dance at audition. Dance will only be for callbacks.
3 • Bring
• Accompaniment music on an iPhone, iPad or the Android equivalents. Do not sing without music accompaniment.
• A picture (school picture or snapshot is fine) *even if you have done shows with us before, we need a new one.
• Resume or list of past shows.
• Your conflicts for the rehearsal period. All conflicts MUST be submitted prior to callbacks using the calendar provided on the audition form.
4 • Callbacks
Callbacks are by invitation only will be held on Thursday, March 19 from 3:45 to 7:00pm. You will be notified via email in advance if you are needed for callbacks and given a schedule. Callbacks will be held at the theatre.
5 • Performance Dates
Weekends: May 16 through May 31, 2026 on
Saturdays and Sundays at 11:00 am
PLUS School Shows: Friday, May 22 and Wednesday, May 27 at 9:15am and 11:15am
6 • Rehearsals
Rehearsals will begin on Friday, March 20 (possibly) with solo music and full cast on Sunday, March 22 with a read-through and parent/cast meeting. All other rehearsals will be held during the time frames of Monday through Fridays from 4:00 to 6:30pm as well as Saturday midmorning/afternoon/or early evenings and Sunday midmorning/afternoon/or evening depending on theatre availability. A calendar with more specific time slots will be available at the audition.
SPECIAL NOTE: The production will not take a formal spring break. We will do our best to accommodate those that have pre-planned travel or conflicts. However, per usual, actor availability will factor into casting and role decisions. We will work around youth workshop commitments so list them on conflict form.
7 • Conflicts
• At the audition, all actors must fill out a calendar form with all potential conflicts.
• PRIOR to auditioning, make sure to check with your school choir/band/theatre director, your sports coach, any pending field trips, or any other adult who schedules your time.
• Weekends are KEY TIMES for rehearsals – more than 3 conflicts on those days may result in an actor not being cast.
• NO conflicts will be accepted after casting. If they do arise, it may result in an actor being replaced.
8 • Covid Policy
Masks are optional, and we ask everyone to respect each other's choice to wear a mask or not. If participants are not feeling well, we encourage the wearing of masks to prevent the spread of colds.
9 • Our Theatre
The Morgan-Wixson Theatre is an all volunteer-run community theatre celebrating our 80th Season of entertaining audiences. Our theatre is Non-equity only.
10 • Inclusive Casting
In reference to the character descriptions that follow, our casting seeks to be as inclusive as possible. We will list race/ethnicity/ gender/ability when specific to the character but otherwise encourage actors of any ethnicity, identity and ability to audition for any role. We also encourage gender non-conforming, genderfluid, transgender and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with. We are actively committed to casting an inclusive show that reflects the community.
Ages eligible to audition for this cast are: 8-18* years
*18 year olds must be enrolled in high school
11 • Character Breakdowns
Note: All roles in the script (except Snoopy) are elementary aged children between 6-8 years old. The ages listed by each character is the target age range for the actors to be cast in those roles.
However, casting will not be limited to them if an actor outside of that range is a fit.
CHARLIE BROWN (11-18 yrs to play a child of 7-8 yrs)
Vocal Range: Tenor or high Baritone; A3-F5 to be sing in appropriate octave per actor
Loyal, determined and a bit wishy-washy. He’s a true friend, and never gives up, even when he probably should. He is kind and patient by nature, and wears his heart on his sleeve. Although the people around him generally agree that he is a 'good' person, he struggles with what that means, and what to do with it.
SALLY BROWN (11-18 yrs actor to play a child of 6-7 yrs)
Vocal Range: Soprano; A3-B5 to be sing in appropriate octave per actor
Pragmatic and curious with a bold personality, Sally is Charlie Brown’s little sister. She finds school work in particular completely puzzling and useless. She is undaunted by these setbacks, and is very willing to try a new philosophy each day to solve the riddle of the world around her.
LUCY VAN PELT (11-18 yrs to play a child of 7-8 yrs)
Vocal Range: Mezzo-Soprano; G3-F#5 to be sing in appropriate octave per actor
A fussbudget, firecracker and young feminist. Though Lucy is often dismissed as bossy or crabby, she dispenses sound advice for just five cents and looks out for her brother, Linus. She’s confident, strong and positive and desires to be queen one day. Her unrequited love for Schroeder is a source of endless frustration to her.
LINUS VAN PELT (11-18 yrs to play a child of 6-7 yrs)
Vocal Range: Baritone; A3-F#5 to be sing in appropriate octave per actor
Thoughtful, respectful and a deep thinker, Linus is a student of philosophy. Despite his run-ins with his older sister, Lucy, and the fact no one understands why he carries a security blanket, Linus remains delightfully hopeful. He also adores his big sister, sometimes so much that he will brush aside his genius to learn from her.
SCHROEDER (11-18 yrs to play a child of 7-8 yrs)
Vocal Range: Tenor; A3-A5 to be sing in appropriate octave per actor
Independent, artistic and down-to-earth, Schroeder is a music nerd. He is Beethoven’s biggest fan, and hates commercialism. He is a very serious musician, and though he enjoys baseball with his friends, would be happy if left to his own solitude. For this reason, he is oblivious to Lucy's persistent affections.
SNOOPY (11-18 yrs)
Vocal Range: open to Tenor, Alto, Soprano
Charlie Brown’s happy-go-lucky, imaginative beagle, Snoopy is anything but an ordinary dog. He’s one of the gang, and though he is not necessarily considerate of others, he is never malicious. His favorite things are suppertime, and pretending to take down the evil Red Baron as the World War I Flying Ace. Yet, no imaginary adventure matches a nap on his doghouse.
ENSEMBLE (8-18 yrs to play a child of 6-8 yrs)
Vocal Range: open
To play other children/part of the peanuts gang.