For my scene, I prepared the scene Mal Di Luna from Dog Sees God: Confessions of a

Teenage Blockhead. The reason I chose this play is because I love how it changes the view of

the kids from Peanuts. Its like how Wicked changed the perspective of the Elphaba and Galinda

from The Wizard of Oz and how the poem Wile E. Coyote by Shane Hawley changed the

perspective of Wile E. Coyote. Its essentially like knowing an actor before seeing a show of

theirs. You know how this person is in real life but when they go on stage, they have to be a

different persona yet the same person. I love any form of art that does that.

When I first picked up this play from the Drama Book Shop, I was immediately hooked

from the opening monologue. No one thinks about Charlie Brown having to give Snoopy a

funeral because thats not the nature of the comic and the cartoon. The letter that Charlie Brown

is writing to his penpal also works as preparation for anyone in the audience who has seen the

Peanuts. Charlie Brown, or CB in the play, talks about his dog and how they were best friends

and how the dog contracted rabies and killed Woodstock. For me, that presence and captivation

of one character is why I would want to play the role of CB.

Something I look for in a play that makes me think this is a good play is authenticity. I

dont mean in the characters or the actors portraying them, I mean the story. This story felt very

real to me and I could believe it all the way through. Another way I know this is a real show is

because I know a school would have a hard time getting the approval to put on a production of it.

I recently saw The Humans on Broadway and I left that theater not only a changed actor, but a

changed man. I never once felt that it was a performance, it felt like I was with them in that

scene. That was a very real show. The same events could happen to anyone, anywhere.
 In the scope of the play, this scene fits right after a party that Marcy hosts. At this party,

CB kisses Beethoven in front of everyone after Matt calls Beethoven a fag. It is important to

note that later in the play, it is revealed that Beethoven and CB had sex after the party. So at the

start of the scene, Beethoven comes into Beethovens solo rehearsal and tries to be with him in

that moment as his boyfriend but Beethoven doesn't want to. Beethoven is used to being the one

always made fun of and bullied, so hes having a hard time accepting this change.

Bert V. Royal is a playwright and a screenwriter. His most notable works are Dog Sees

God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead and Easy A. He was born on October 14, 1977. (38

years old.) Royal submitted the script to the 2004 New York International Fringe Festival, where

it won the award for Best Overall Production and was picked up by producer Dede Harris to

become an Off-Broadway production, premiering in December 2005. He is openly gay and has

said that Brandon from Easy A is based off himself.