Casting

Our original 23 cast members included: Taylor Shepherd as Charlie Brown, Kurlayna Holt as Lucy Van Pelt, Kyle Hunt as Linus Van Pelt, Breanna Lopshire as Snoopy, Christopher Crane as Schroeder, Chevia Gates as Sally, Buddie Ann Bastain as Fredia, MaKenna Larsen as Violet, Whitney Calton as Peppermint Patty, Chyna Stuart as Marcie, Marcus Palmer as Franklin, Patrick Hatch as Roy, Eric Lyman as Shermy, Mickey Hensen as Clarea, Logan Lambertson as Pig Pen, Conner Havey as 5, Josie Dispain as Woodstock and (the rest of the character names I made up) McKayla Horne as Sophie, AloraDee Aders as Heather, Audrey Aders as Julie, Kinzie Robins as Suzie, Courtney Bloomquist as Abby and Bree'L Bosshardt as Betsy.

We went along until the 17th of September with little committment. I was getting frustrated! I was only having practice on Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays, and felt that wasn't too much to ask. When I made out a committment contract on the 18th and asked the students and their parents to sign it, those that hadn't ever come, those that were only coming once in a while, and 2 with failing grades, quit. We lost 10.

Then some students were rearranged to other parts, some had the same parts, but had their names changed, so that everyone was then one of the real Peanuts characters.

Character line up then was: Christopher Crane as Charlie Brown, Kurlayna Holt as Lucy Van Pelt, Kyle Hunt as Linus Van Pelt, Breanna Lopshire as Snoopy, Patrick Hatch as Schroeder, Buddie Ann Bastain as Fredia, MaKenna Larsen as Sally, Whitney Calton as Peppermint Patty, Chyna Stuart as Marcie, Marcus Palmer as Franklin, Eric Lyman as Shermy, Logan Lambertson as Pig Pen, McKayla Horne as Violet.

These students have been a very committed team. Nobody thinks they are any better than anybody else, and they treat each other with respect and are a great help to each other. It has been an honor to work with them.