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Dog Sees God
Feb. 4th, 2009 11:08 amWPI's MW REP PRESENTS
Dog Sees God
Confessions of a teenage blockhead
Directed by Richard Pavis
Produced by Andrew Wilkins
Thursday, February 5th - 8:00PM
Friday, February 6th - 8:00PM
Saturday, February 7th - 8:00PM
Admission $5
For reservations, email dog@wpi.edu
Due to the mature nature of the production, children under the age of 17 will not be admitted.
"We’ve watched our fictional childhood friends grow up (or in the case of Rugrats, become all growed up). Whether seeing Stewie encounter a future version of himself, or watching in real-time the children of For Better or For Worse age and become adults themselves, we are fascinated by the idea of fictional characters aging, seeing who they become when the world confronts them with responsibilities. This is what Bert V. Royal has done in Dog Sees God, his vision of the dark side of American adolescence—a biting parody of Schulz’s Peanuts comic that unapologetically studies drug use, eating disorders, sex and sexuality, suicide and teenage cruelty through the lens of adolescent versions of the same students we’ve read and watched for years, waiting for the great pumpkin or dancing on stage, carefree and happy.
Dog Sees God opens with the death of CB’s (think Charlie Brown) beloved dog—after finding him rabid and foaming at the mouth in his doghouse—which sets into motion CB’s own thoughts about the nature of life and death. We find, as CB tries to turn to his friends for help, that the rest of the gang has become too self-involved (or in Lucy/Van’s Sister’s case, incarcerated) to give him any guidance. The reacquaintance of CB with Beethoven (Schroeder), a pariah for his suspected homosexuality, sets the stage for the conflict that forces all of the old Peanuts crew to contemplate their lives.
With a story that at times is both darkly disturbing and hugely uplifting, Dog Sees God provides us with an opportunity to look at our own experiences, and deeply think about our own experiences. When the play is staged this week in the Little Theatre, see the Peanuts take stage—let them break your heart, and help you remember the darker side of high school."
Dog Sees God
Confessions of a teenage blockhead
Directed by Richard Pavis
Produced by Andrew Wilkins
Thursday, February 5th - 8:00PM
Friday, February 6th - 8:00PM
Saturday, February 7th - 8:00PM
Admission $5
For reservations, email dog@wpi.edu
Due to the mature nature of the production, children under the age of 17 will not be admitted.
"We’ve watched our fictional childhood friends grow up (or in the case of Rugrats, become all growed up). Whether seeing Stewie encounter a future version of himself, or watching in real-time the children of For Better or For Worse age and become adults themselves, we are fascinated by the idea of fictional characters aging, seeing who they become when the world confronts them with responsibilities. This is what Bert V. Royal has done in Dog Sees God, his vision of the dark side of American adolescence—a biting parody of Schulz’s Peanuts comic that unapologetically studies drug use, eating disorders, sex and sexuality, suicide and teenage cruelty through the lens of adolescent versions of the same students we’ve read and watched for years, waiting for the great pumpkin or dancing on stage, carefree and happy.
Dog Sees God opens with the death of CB’s (think Charlie Brown) beloved dog—after finding him rabid and foaming at the mouth in his doghouse—which sets into motion CB’s own thoughts about the nature of life and death. We find, as CB tries to turn to his friends for help, that the rest of the gang has become too self-involved (or in Lucy/Van’s Sister’s case, incarcerated) to give him any guidance. The reacquaintance of CB with Beethoven (Schroeder), a pariah for his suspected homosexuality, sets the stage for the conflict that forces all of the old Peanuts crew to contemplate their lives.
With a story that at times is both darkly disturbing and hugely uplifting, Dog Sees God provides us with an opportunity to look at our own experiences, and deeply think about our own experiences. When the play is staged this week in the Little Theatre, see the Peanuts take stage—let them break your heart, and help you remember the darker side of high school."
