A Charlie Brown Christmas

Presented with Permission by Tams-Witmark

By Charles M. Schulz

Director

Jennie Fabianski

Stage Manager

Rachel Young

House Management

Haley Walter

Lights

Anna Hornef & Ireland McCreadie

Sound

Ethan Robertson

Assistant Stage Manager

Nicole Matarrese

Presented as a partnership between the Musical Theater & Technical Theatre Classes

Based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee Mendelson

Stage Adaptation by Eric Schaeffer

By Special Arrangement with Arthur Whitelaw and Ruby Persson

A Charlie Brown Christmas Cast

Charlie Brown Ben Ohnemus

Snoopy Kelsey Dunn

Lucy Ashton Pickering

Linus Adrian Carrasquillo

Pig Pen Grant Butler

Frieda Kayleigh Cook

Schroeder Cameron Kreitner

Violet Maddie Roberts

Patty Erin Yashinsky

Shermy Garrett Butler

Lobby Carolers

Reid Dowling, Evie Johnson, Devi Peot, Sarah Scime, Tyler Kidd & Rachel Da Silva

Peanuts

Nneka Alexander, Maya Armstong, Simone Barbee,

Jacqueline Brooks, Nyomi Brooks, Yasmin Bryant, Jimena Castillo, Thaylon Castro,

Rachel Da Silva, Charlotte Dankwah, Jaime Diasselliss, Reid Dowling, Evelyn Johnson,

Hayley Johnson, Kehisha Johnson, Tyler Kidd, Ashley Luchenbill, Elena Lynn,

Melissa Matarrese, Sadé Morris, Sebastian Murphy, Hannah Park, Devi Peot, Luke Renner,

Sarah Scime, Luis Simonet, Brennan Smith, Odavia Umira, Alexis Wenda, Ava Williams,

Gavin Wide & Karlie Hanson

Synopsis

Christmas Time Is Here Company

Where are you Christmas? Charlie Brown & Sue McDonald

Santa Claus Lucy Van Pelt & Sally Brown

All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth Peppermint Patty, Frieda Waters &

Violet Gray

Linus & Lucy Company

O Christmas Tree Daisy Rivers, Lizzie Pierce & Charlotte Dennon

Jingle Bells Kealigh McDonald, Emily Luck & Ensemble

Schroeder’s Christmas Concert Schroeder B. Toven

Away in a Manger Owen Aaronsen & Ensemble

Finding Christmas Ensemble

Curtain Call/Sing-Along Ensemble & Audience

Sing-Along Lyrics

Oh, come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant! Oh, come ye, oh, come ye to Bethlehem,

Come and behold him, born the king of angels: Oh, come, let us adore him. Oh, come, let us

adore him, Oh, come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

Silent Night! Holy Night! All is calm, all is bright, round young Virgin Mother and Child. Holy

Infant, so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace.

We wish you are Merry Christmas, we wish you are Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry

Christmas and a Happy New Year. Good tidings we bring to you and your kin; Good tidings

for Christmas and Happy New Year.

Cast Bios

Maya Armstrong (Elizabeth (Lizzie) Taylor Wiliiams)

Maya is currently a sophomore. This is her first year at Chatta-

hoochee High School. Maya has been doing Musical Theatre for

the past three years and one year of Theatre before that. Most

recently Maya has played a “professor” and “reporter” in Legally

Blonde The Musical, Junior and, a “Mama” and “Bottle Dancer” in

Fiddler on the Roof the Musical Junior. Maya has had three

years of ballet, two years of jazz, and two years of contempo-

rary experience. Maya would like to thank all her previous teach-

ers and supporters.

Simone Barbee (Caroline Smalls)

Simone is a senior, and this is her second year in the Musical The-

ater class. She has been acting and singing since she was in ele-

mentary school. Simone has performed in various levels of roles

which includes but is not limited to, “Olivia” in Shakespeare’s

Twelfth Night, a zombie cheerleader in All I Really Need to Know

I Learned from Being a Zombie, ensemble in Elf the Musical, Jun-

ior, and “Lil Inez” in Hairspray. Simone would like to thank her

family, friends, directors, and fellow cast members for always

supporting her.

Jacqueline Brooks (Ella Valentine)

This is Jacqueline's second production with Chattahoochee, and

twelfth musical production overall. She loves doing musical theater,

she has been doing it for about 7 years. She is

excited to do many more musicals with Chattahoochee!

Cast Bios

Nyomi Brooks (Lola Fry)

Nyomi is excited to bring the story of A Charlie Brown Christmas

to life in this musical. In last year’s Elf the Musical, Jr. she played

Sarah, an office assistant; this year she plays grumpy eight year

old Lola Fry. She is so glad to have gotten the opportunity to act

like a child since it is her senior year and she will soon commence

her journey through adulthood. She would like to thank Mrs. Fabi-

anski, the cast, and crew for helping to make this show as wonder-

ful as it could be.

Yasmin Bryant (Channing Rose)

Since leaving the wizarding world, Yasmin has been a part of musical

theatre for three years. She has been in a variety of muggle musi-

cals since attending Hooch such as Hairspray and Elf: The Musical,

Junior. Although adjusting to such a (non)magical school like Chat-

tahoochee after being a proud ravenclaw of Hogwarts has been

eventful, she is excited to be involved in another production with

her muggle friends.

Garrett Butler (Shermy)

Garrett Butler is in 9th grade and is excited that you are seeing

the show! This is his first Chattahoochee play, and is "so hype

right now" (as the cool kids are saying). He would like to thank his

family and friends for supporting him, and hopes you enjoy the

show! (There are no refunds, so you should really try to)

Cast Bios

Grant Butler (Pig-Pen)

Grant Butler is a senior at Chattahoochee High School and thrilled

to be Pig-Pen in A Charlie Brown Christmas! Recently he has been in

Chattahoochee’s production of Hairspray as "Mr. Spritzer" and "Mr.

Pinky", along with their productions of Failure: A Love Story,

Hamlet: Thrillmagedon, Elf The Musical, Junior, Game of Tiaras and

All I Really Need to Know I Learned From Being a Zombie. He would

like to thank Jennie Fabianski for this wonderful opportunity! He is

so happy you came and hopes you enjoy the show!

Adrian Carrasquillo (Linus Van Pelt)

Adrian Carrasquillo is a junior here at Chattahoochee. This is his fourth show here and his second show with his Musical Theatre class. His performances here at Hooch include: Failure: A Love

Story as “John N. Fail”, Elf: The Musical, Junior as “Walter Hobbs”, and Hairspray as “Sketch”. He loves performing with this

theatre department and with the friends he has made. In his free time, Adrian loves traveling, volunteering, and working with

animals. He thanks his family and friends for coming and

supporting him, and hopes you enjoy the show!

Jimena Castillo (Amanda Riley Frankwell)

Jimena Castillo is really happy to be a part of this Chattahoochee

production. She wants to thank her family and friends for coming

and supporting her. Outside of acting, she enjoys dancing, baking

and learning new languages. She also hopes everyone who came is

delighted with the show put together by her extreme hardwork-

ing teachers and classmates, as well as leaves with a reason to

laugh.

Cast Bios

Kayleigh Cook (Frieda Waters)

Kayleigh Cook is a sophomore at Chattahoochee High School. She

has been in many shows under the direction of Jennie Fabianski

and was elated to be in another! She was most recently in CHS's

One Act, Failure: A Love Story, that placed third in the region.

She has enjoyed every single second working with this cast and

crew. She would also like to thank her parents and closest friends

for always being there for her! Happy Holidays and a Happy New

Year!

Rachel Da Silva (Daisy Rivers)

Rachel Da Silva is a Senior at Chattahoochee this year and is ec-

static to be in such a fun and challenging musical like A Charlie

Brown Christmas. She was most recently featured in Rock of Ages

with Theatre 5230 and as Lou Ann in Hairspray at here

Chattahoochee. You can see her next as Holly in The Wedding

Singer! She would like to thank her directors, Mrs. Fabianski and

Ms. Walter and her parents for always being there. She hopes you

enjoy the show and have a Happy Holidays!!

Charlotte Dankwah (Beatrice Small)

Charlotte is a senior at Chattahoochee, and she is very excited to

perform A Charlie Brown Christmas. Previously, she starred as

Ophelia in Hamlet Thrill-ma-geddon and worked as part of stage

crew during Elf The Musical, Junior. She would like to thank all the

wonderful people who have brought the show to life. She’s had

great fun acting like a kid again, and she asks the audience to re-

member that we are all kids at heart. She hopes you enjoy the

show!

Cast Bios

Jaime Diasselliss (Lilly Williams)

Jaime Diasselliss is delighted to be a part of A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Jaime has been involved in theatre for the past six years, and was award-

ed "Most Inspirational" in 2014. She is a junior this year at Chattahoochee

High School. This is the first show that Jaime has been a part of while at-

tending Chattahoochee High School. Jaime is involved with basketball

cheer at the school, but outside of that, she enjoys playing volleyball and

working with children at her church. Recent credits include: My Son Pinoc-

chio (Ring Leader), The Great Pandemonium (Janet), Thoroughly Modern

Millie (Gloria), and Once On This Island (Featured Dancer/Soloist). Jaime

would like to thank everyone who has supported her throughout her thea-

tre career, who has come out to support her at this show, and overall pre-

sent at the show! She hopes you enjoy the show!

Reid Dowling (Rex Daniels)

Reid Dowling is a senior at Chattahoochee High School. After a

brief hiatus from theater, he is glad to be back where his passion

is. His last major CHS performance was as the lead character,

Mortimer Mortimer, in the competition one act, Failure: A Love

Story. Reid is honored to be included in another outstanding cast

led by the marvelous Jennie Fabianski and hopes you enjoy this

heartfelt show. Happy Holidays!

Kelsey Dunn (Snoopy)

Kelsey Dunn is a 15 year old ginger here at the High School of Chat-

tahoochee. Even though she is a homo sapien, her most recent cred-

its suggest otherwise, including “Ariel” (The Little Mermaid) and of

course, “Snoopy” in the show you are currently attending. Some of

her favorite pass times include reminiscing in the fact that she is

no longer on the paleo diet (thank the heavens) and texting her

home slice, Bean. She hopes this show is so bark-tastic, it makes

you howl with excitement! BLEH! :)

Cast Bios

Evie Johnson (Lizzie Pierce)

Evie Johnson is a senior at Chattahoochee and is so excited to be

part of such an adorable show! She has taken part in multiple

Hooch productions, including her most recent role of Jenny June

Fail in Failure: A Love Story. She would like to thank Mrs. Fabi-

anski for everything she does and putting on this amazing show!

Enjoy!!

Hayley Johnson (Missy Maddison)

Hayley is a junior at Chattahoochee High School with a passion for the

arts. She has been in seven major shows in the past six years as well as

working tech crew for Shrek The Musical. Her past work includes,

“ensemble” in Elf The Musical, Junior, “ensemble/soloist” in School

House Rock, “ensemble/soloist” in Flat Stanley, “Veruca Salt” in Willy

Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and “Josephine March” in Little

Women. She wants to send special thanks to the shows tech crew and

backstage crew, the show wouldn't go on without them. She hopes you

enjoy the show!

Kehisha Johnson (Mia Joy)

Kehisha Johnson is junior at Chattahoochee High School, and

is thrilled to be casted in A Charlie Brown Christmas as “Mia

Joy”. This is her second show this year as she was most re-

cently seen in Hairspray as well. She would like to thank her

parents and all of you for supporting the Chattahoochee Per-

forming Arts Program.

Cast Bios

Tyler Kidd (Franklin Armstrong)

Tyler Kidd is very, very excited to be in this show. He is also

very, very excited for you to see the show. His past shows at

Chattahoochee shows include TheTwelfth-Night, Hairspray, and

Theater 5230’s production of Rock of Ages this summer. He

hopes you enjoy the show and wants you to be prepared laugh a

lot!

Cameron Kreitner (Schroeder B. Toven)

Cam, now a sophomore at Chattahoochee, was a part of Elf The

Musical, Jr. as “Mr. Greenway” and Hairspray as “Joey”(!!!!!!),

and now he is extremely excited to be playing “Schroeder.” He

is beyond grateful for this opportunity and the absolutely

amazing directors, crew, and cast for making this show happen.

As always he would like to thank his family for always support-

ing him in whatever he does. He hopes this show brings back old

memories for those who are kids on the inside and new memo-

ries for those who Are kids on the outside!!!

Ashley Luchenbill (Emily Luck)

Ashley Luchenbill plays Emily Luck. She is a senior, and excited about

being in her first show. She has participated in chorus for the past 4

years at Chattahoochee. Chorus was the first place she found a home

in the arts program. She would like to thank her family and friends for

supporting and encouraging her in her endeavors, and would like to

thank Mrs. Fabianski for giving her the opportunity to participate in

something wonderful. Ashley’s favorite Christmas tradition is opening a

gift, usually pjs, on Christmas Eve.

Cast Bios

Melissa Matarrese (Sue McDonald)

Melissa Matarrese, is ecstatic to be a part of Chattahoochee

High School’s production of A Charlie Brown Christmas! This is

Melissa’s second Chattahoochee production, but you might have

seen her in other shows like Elf The Musical, Jr., Catch Me if You

Can, or The Lion King. She is so thankful she gets the opportunity

to perform with some of the best people in this world, and she is

thrilled to spread the spirit of Christmas with the audience. She

would love to thank her amazing director, Jennie Fabianski, for all

of the hard work and dedication she put towards the show. Also,

she wishes to thank the amazing tech crew, and cast that allows

this production to be as amazing as it is. She hopes very much you enjoy the show! Happy hol-

idays!

Sadé Morris (Leila Frie)

Sade is very excited to be participating in this amazing produc-

tion of A Charlie Brown Christmas. She would also like to give

thanks to her parents, cast and theatre family here at Chatta-

hoochee who have supported her .She would also like to give a

special thanks to her amazing directors and crew who have done

an incredible job with the show. Sade is very happy to a be sopho-

more here at Chattahoochee High School. She is also happy to

participate in many productions taking place within the Chatta-

hoochee Theater program. Her credits include “Dodger” in Oliver

Twist, Hairspray as “Motormouth Maybelle”, “Cinderella” in Game of Tiaras ,and “Jessie” in

Hamlet Thrill– ma-ggon.

Sebastian Murphy (Christopher Roger Monson)

Sebastian Murphy is a sophomore. He just joined musical theatre this school year. He plays

the saxophone, tuba, and flute. He is very excited as this is his first musical theatre show.

Cast Bios

Ben Ohnemus (Charlie Brown)

Bean Ohnemus is a 16 year old child. He feels very blessed that

he can share this story with you without being bald, much to the

dismay of his home dog, Kels. His favorite pastimes include eating

an entire bag of skinny pop and reminiscing in the memories of

his last show The Lion King, playing "Simba." He hopes your

Christmas is as amazing as Charlie's and that your dog is as cool

as Snoopy!

Hannah Park (Sally Brown)

Hannah Park is a senior at Chattahoochee High School. This is her

first year in musical theatre, and her only other involvement was

as a member of the pit for Hairspray. She is ecstatic that she

gets to be involved in this year’s production out from under-

neath the ground. She would like to thank her friends and family

for all their help and support, and especially a big thanks to Mrs.

Fabianski for helping her through the process of this produc-

tion. Merry Christmas, and enjoy the show!

Devi Peot (Charlotte Dennon)

Devi is so beyond excited to be in her be in her 15th show! Re-

cent credits include “Amber Von Tussle” (Hairspray), “Jet

Set” (Catch Me if You Can), and “Ursula” (The Little Mermaid).

She was recently cast to play “Linda” in The Wedding Singer

here at Hooch this spring. She is so thankful to be apart of the

show and wants to thank Mrs. Fabianski, the cast, and the crew

for all of their hard work. Christmas time is almost here! Enjoy

the show!

Cast Bio

Ashton Pickering (Lucy Van Pelt)

Ashton Pickering is excited to have this opportunity to bring Lucy to the

life! Previously seen onstage in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Into the Woods,

and more. Ashton is normally seen backstage as the Assistant Director in

Theatre 5230’s Rock of Ages and as the Stage Manager for the award win-

ning, Failure-A Love Story. Next she has the honor to work alongside her

mentor Mrs. Fabianski as Co-Director of The Wedding Singer here at Chat-

tahoochee. She would like to thank this incredible cast and crew, her sup-

portive family and the wonderful Mrs. Fabianski, Brenton Burgess and

Deetra Pickens.

Maddie Roberts (Violet Gray)

Maddie Roberts is a 14 years old freshman at Chattahoochee. She

is very excited to be playing “Violet” in this year’s fall production,

A Charlie Brown Christmas. She has previously been in multiple

Christian Youth Theatre productions including Shrek, Hairspray,

Annie, Tarzan, Legally Blonde, and Peter Pan. Maddie is enjoying

her first semester in this class and plans to be in many more pro-

ductions in the future. The cast has worked so hard on this show

and hopes you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Sarah Scime (Kealigh McDonald)

Sarah Scime is 16 years old and is a junior at CHS. She is so

beyond excited to be in A Charlie Brown Christmas and has had

so much fun preparing for the show! This is Sarah's seventh

time performing in a musical but her first musical part of the

musical theatre class at CHS. She is so excited for you to see

the show and hopes you enjoy! Merry Christmas!

Cast Bios

Luis Simonet (Owen Aaronsen)

Luis Simonet is currently a senior at Chattahoochee High School.

He was previously seen in Grease, Little Shop of Horrors, Elf: The

Musical, Junior, Hairspray, and HamletThrill-ma-geddon. He is su-

per excited to be a part of this show, especially since Christmas is

his favorite holiday, and would like to thank his family, friends, and

Mrs. Fabianski for giving him this wonderful opportunity. He hopes

that you enjoy the show and also wishes you a very Merry Christ-

mas (and a Happy New Year).

Brennan Smith (Colton Derek McGilicouhty)

Brennan Smith is currently in his fourth year at Chattahoochee

High School. This is his fourth year as a part of the Chattahoo-

chee theatre department. Although this his second year directly

working with Mrs. Fabianski, and has been in acting classes for all

four years at Chattahoochee, this is his first year with Mrs. Fa-

bianski’s musical theatre class. He has acted in the school’s One

Act plays for three years, while his only major appearance was

Little Shop of Horrors as “Orin Scrivello D. D. S.” which was di-

rected by Mrs. Fabianski and Mrs. Jensen in his sophomore year.

Odavia Umira (Bellerina Belle Love)

This is Odavia Umiras third year at Chattahoochee but this is her first

time being in musical theatre. She is a very shy girl although she likes

acting and singing, this is going to help her to come out of her comfort

zone. She has been in 2 plays but only one she was actually a character

in while the other she was a makeup artist and she helped the other

characters to get ready. She is hoping that when the time of the show

comes that she will be able to show everyone who she really is and to be

able to be comfortable with everyone that’s in the play with her.

Cast Bios

Alexis Wenda (Petra Small)

Alexis Wenda is a freshman. This is her first year in musical thea-

tre, and is excited to be preforming in A Charlie Brown Christmas.

She also plays volleyball for Chattahoochee, and she would like to

thank her family and friends for supporting and encouraging her

during this time.

Erin Yashinsky (Peppermint Patty)

Erin Yashinsky is 14 years old and is so excited to be in the show A

Charlie Brown Christmas with Chattahoochee!! She has been in sev-

eral other shows such as The Little Mermaid, Annie, Tarzan, Legally

Blonde, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Peter Pan, and many others. She

hopes you have a very Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah at this

show!!! Enjoy!!!

Nneka Alexander

Thaylon Castro

Cast Bios

Elena Lynn

Luke Renner

Ava Williams

Gavin Wise

Special Thanks

Tim Corrigan, Principal

Camille Christopher, Dr. Todd Michael, Debra Bryant & Garin Berry,

Assistant Principals

Front Office Staff

Liz Marinelli and Kim Hagan

Karen Lange

Deetra Pickens

Grosh Scene Design

Amazon Prime

Sarah Mills

CHS Custodial Staff

Lori Gomez, Orchestra Director

Nick Garofalo, Band Director

Garrett Abelkop