Dog Sees God

Keri · 10-06-2005, 10:14 AM

Thought it would be good to separate the two projects out so we don't get lost [img]smile.gif[/img]

This has popped up today on Broadway.com

Bert V. Royal's Dog Sees God to Play Off-B'way's Century Center
by Broadway.com Staff

Bert V. Royal's Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, one of the breakout hits of last year's Fringe Festival, is coming off-Broadway. The play, directed by Trip Cullman, is scheduled to begin performances at the Century Center on November 28.

Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead is an unauthorized parody of the Charlie Brown comic characters. Set approximately 10 years after the events in the 50-year-running comic strip, Dog Sees God begins with Snoopy's death, after which things for the introspective "CB" go downhill. Still trying to understand life's darker meanings, still plagued with his endless identity crisis, CB talks to his gang of friends to find answers to his many questions.

Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead was a hit at last year's Fringe (where it was directed by Susan Lovell). It extended its run at the Soho Playhouse after the festival was over. The cast featured Michael Gladis, Bridget Barkan, Karen Diconcetto, Tate Ellington, Benjamin Schrader, Jay Sullivan, Melissa Picarello and Stelianie Tekmitchov. In his Broadway.com Review of that production, Eric Grode wrote: "Bert V. Royal's gleefully naughty and borderline brilliant Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead does for "Peanuts" what Avenue Q did for Sesame Street. By fast-forwarding a decade or so into the lives of Charlie Brown, Linus and all the rest, he has refracted a childhood classic through his generation's experiences and made it his own… Dog Sees God is a very crude, very funny, wonderful piece of writing, and one can only hope audiences will be allowed to experience it long after the Fringe Festival has ended."

This new production of Dog Sees God is scheduled to officially open off-Broadway on December 15. Casting will be announced shortly.
Source

Nobel_Son · 10-06-2005, 10:19 AM

So the cast hasn't been announced yet...Eliza told us something she wasn't supposed to! LOL

I'm excited about this play, but I'm really looking forward to Nobel Son.

**eliza'snumber1fan** · 10-06-2005, 10:20 AM

thanks keri for posting [img]smile.gif[/img]

Keri · 10-07-2005, 04:59 AM

WE HAVE CONFIRMATION!

Thesps going to the 'Dog'
Thomas, Dushku head to Off B'way

By GORDON COX

A gaggle of young film and TV thesps will flock Off Broadway later this fall, when Eddie Kaye Thomas ("American Pie") and Eliza Dushku ("Bring It On") star in Bert V. Royal's "Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead," beginning perfs at the Century Center Nov. 30.

Cast also includes America Ferrara ("Real Women Have Curves"), Logan Marshall Green ("The OC") and Michael Rady ("The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"). Ari Graynor, singled out for raves in "Brooklyn Boy" on Broadway, and Off Broadway regular Keith Nobbs ("Romance") round out the ensemble.

An award-winning hit at the New York Fringe Fest in 2004, "Dog" is an on-the-sly spoof of the "Peanuts" comicstrip in which an angsty teenager named CB has a rabid beagle and a pyromaniac ex.

Trip Cullman directs and Dede Harris produces. Show, capitalized at $850,000, opens Dec. 15.

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[ October 07, 2005, 03:59 AM: Message edited by: Keri ]

10-07-2005, 05:15 AM

Thanks Keri [img]graemlins/thumbs.gif[/img]

**eliza'snumber1fan** · 10-07-2005, 05:49 AM

same here thanks keri [img]graemlins/thumbs.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img]

10-07-2005, 12:31 PM

Taken From:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/95557.html

Quote:

Good Grief: Dog Sees God Gets a Starry Young Cast for Off-Broadway

By Ernio Hernandez
07 Oct 2005

Screen stars Eddie Kaye Thomas and Eliza Dushku will star in the upcoming Off-Broadway run of Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, the award-winning 2004 FringeNYC take-off of the "Peanuts" characters.

Trip Cullman (The Last Sunday in June) will direct the new run, which begins Nov. 30 at the downtown's Century Center for the Performing Arts, according to a production spokesperson. Opening is Dec. 15.

Thomas ("American Pie," Smelling A Rat) and Dushku ("Bring It On," "Tru Calling") will be featured in a cast that also includes America Ferrara ("Real Women Have Curves"), Ari Graynor ("Mystic River," Brooklyn Boy), Logan Marshall Green ("The O.C.," The Distance From Here), Keith Nobbs ("Phone Booth," Romance) and Michael Rady ("The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants").

Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead is written by Bert V. Royal. The take-off on the Charles Schulz comic strip "Peanuts" follows the original gang a decade later as their beloved beagle companion dies. A missing pen pal, an abused pianist, a pyromaniac ex-girlfriend, two drunk cheerleaders, a homophobic quarterback, a burnt out Buddhist and a drama queen sister fill the show's ensemble.

The design team for Dog Sees God features David Korins (scenic), Jenny Mannis (costumes), Darron L. West (sound) and Brian MacDevitt (lighting).

Patrick Fugit ("Almost Famous," "Saved!"), Anna Paquin ("The Piano," After Ashley), Michelle Trachtenberg ("Buffy The Vampire Slayer," "Ice Princesses"), Logan Marshall-Green ("The O.C.," The Distance From Here), Alison Pill ("Pieces of April," On the Mountain), John Gallagher Jr. ("Pieces of April," Kimberly Akimbo) and Mark Weber ("The Laramie Project," The Distance From Here) took part in a New York private reading May 9.

Dede Harris — currently represented on Broadway by Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Hairspray — will produce with Sorrell Tomlinson and David Carpenter as associate producers. Other recent credits for Harris include The Pillowman, Shockheaded Peter, Golda's Balcony, The Crucible, Elaine Stritch At Liberty, Metamorphoses, Noises Off, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Music Man, Swing!, The Exonerated and tick, tick...BOOM!

Produced by File 14 Productions at The New York International Fringe Festival in 2004, the palindromically-titled show then continued at its venue under an Off Broadway contract in association with the Soho Playhouse. The work received a Fringe Excellence Award for Overall Production and GLAAD's Media Award for Outstanding Off-Off Broadway Production.

The original Fringe cast of Dog Sees God featured Michael Gladis (Fifth of July), Bridget Barkan ("Everyday People"), Karen Diconcetto (UK pop group Daphne and Celeste), Tate Ellington, Benjamin Schrader, Jay Sullivan, Melissa Picarello and Stelianie Tekmitchov. Daniel Franzese, who appeared in the teen centric "Mean Girls," stepped into the role of Van for the original Off-Broadway run.

Tickets to Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead at the Century Center, 111 East 15th Street, will be available through (212) 239-6200.

**andrew r** · 10-07-2005, 02:08 PM

Sounds like an interesting play. I wonder who Eliza's going to be?

10-07-2005, 02:27 PM

Cool we have info now! Anyone make any progress yet finding out when and where tickets will be on sale? I was searching the other day and couldn't even find info on the play let alone buy tickets.

ok re-reading the posts I just realized that someone already answered that, my bad. sorry

[ October 07, 2005, 01:28 PM: Message edited by: CoLL ]

Keri · 10-07-2005, 06:12 PM

OMG I just realised, the lead is played by Finch out of American Pie!!! (The one who 'did' Stifler's Mom lol)

This just gets better and better :D

10-07-2005, 06:42 PM

Yes, I think he'll make a great 'CB' [img]smile.gif[/img]

Keri · 10-07-2005, 07:15 PM

OK, so I'm excited, and have time on my hands this evening, i decided to see who all the confirmed cast were so far... and I made this [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ October 07, 2005, 06:20 PM: Message edited by: Keri ]

10-08-2005, 07:36 AM

hey pretty cool [img]smile.gif[/img]

10-10-2005, 08:32 AM

I was just thinking of one of Elizas most famous quotes and a thought occured to me: If Snoopy has seen god, does this also mean hes seen Eliza naked? :D

**eliza'snumber1fan** · 10-10-2005, 09:01 AM

dont know about snoopy,bet max as:yummy:haha, the play sounds really good, [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ October 10, 2005, 08:02 AM: Message edited by: eliza'snumber1fan ]

10-13-2005, 06:40 PM

omg! omg! omg! She'll b working with Logan Marshal-green! I loveeeeeeeee him!!! :D Can't wait to see some pics of that!!! :rolleyes:

any idea of what role she'll be playin?!

Keri · 10-18-2005, 08:11 AM

Tiny pic, but I think this is the main promo image for the show

10-20-2005, 07:01 PM

I just got tickets yesterday for the 16th at the 10 pm showing but I'm a little worried about the tickets. The tickets for the 10 showing were $30, but the tickets for the 6 pm showing was like $60. Anyone know why they'd bump the price down so much? I'm paranoid the second showing might be all understudies and no Eliza at all. Which would suck cause I have nice seats 4th row up front. So anyone have any info?

10-20-2005, 07:48 PM

id say that plays gonna be good, i love to go but too far for me, im all the way in ireland never mind. Those of u who go should get good pics for us to see, thats if ur aloud camera there.

[ October 20, 2005, 06:49 PM: Message edited by: elizawannabe ]

10-21-2005, 04:14 AM

Quote:

I just got tickets yesterday for the 16th at the 10 pm showing but I'm a little worried about the tickets. The tickets for the 10 showing were $30, but the tickets for the 6 pm showing was like $60. Anyone know why they'd bump the price down so much? I'm paranoid the second showing might be all understudies and no Eliza at all. Which would suck cause I have nice seats 4th row up front. So anyone have any info?

All 10pm Friday performances are at a discounted price of $25. I dont know about understudies though - second performances at the weekend are $65....

10-06-2005, 10:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
Keri Kiss My Pom Poms Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UK Posts: 4,016 My Profile	Thought it would be good to separate the two projects out so we don't get lost [img]smile.gif[/img] This has popped up today on Broadway.com Bert V. Royal's Dog Sees God to Play Off-B'way's Century Center by Broadway.com Staff Bert V. Royal's Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, one of the breakout hits of last year's Fringe Festival, is coming off-Broadway. The play, directed by Trip Cullman, is scheduled to begin performances at the Century Center on November 28. Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead is an unauthorized parody of the Charlie Brown comic characters. Set approximately 10 years after the events in the 50-year-running comic strip, Dog Sees God begins with Snoopy's death, after which things for the introspective "CB" go downhill. Still trying to understand life's darker meanings, still plagued with his endless identity crisis, CB talks to his gang of friends to find answers to his many questions. Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead was a hit at last year's Fringe (where it was directed by Susan Lovell). It extended its run at the Soho Playhouse after the festival was over. The cast featured Michael Gladis, Bridget Barkan, Karen Diconcetto, Tate Ellington, Benjamin Schrader, Jay Sullivan, Melissa Picarello and Stelianie Tekmitchov. In his Broadway.com Review of that production, Eric Grode wrote: "Bert V. Royal's gleefully naughty and borderline brilliant Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead does for "Peanuts" what Avenue Q did for Sesame Street. By fast-forwarding a decade or so into the lives of Charlie Brown, Linus and all the rest, he has refracted a childhood classic through his generation's experiences and made it his own… Dog Sees God is a very crude, very funny, wonderful piece of writing, and one can only hope audiences will be allowed to experience it long after the Fringe Festival has ended." This new production of Dog Sees God is scheduled to officially open off-Broadway on December 15. Casting will be announced shortly. Source

10-06-2005, 10:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
Nobel_Son Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil Posts: 330 My Profile	So the cast hasn't been announced yet...Eliza told us something she wasn't supposed to! LOL I'm excited about this play, but I'm really looking forward to Nobel Son.

10-06-2005, 10:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
eliza'snumber1fan moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Countdown to new york starts now!! Posts: 5,019 My Profile	thanks keri for posting [img]smile.gif[/img]

10-07-2005, 04:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
Keri Kiss My Pom Poms Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UK Posts: 4,016 My Profile	WE HAVE CONFIRMATION! Thesps going to the 'Dog' Thomas, Dushku head to Off B'way By GORDON COX A gaggle of young film and TV thesps will flock Off Broadway later this fall, when Eddie Kaye Thomas ("American Pie") and Eliza Dushku ("Bring It On") star in Bert V. Royal's "Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead," beginning perfs at the Century Center Nov. 30. Cast also includes America Ferrara ("Real Women Have Curves"), Logan Marshall Green ("The OC") and Michael Rady ("The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"). Ari Graynor, singled out for raves in "Brooklyn Boy" on Broadway, and Off Broadway regular Keith Nobbs ("Romance") round out the ensemble. An award-winning hit at the New York Fringe Fest in 2004, "Dog" is an on-the-sly spoof of the "Peanuts" comicstrip in which an angsty teenager named CB has a rabid beagle and a pyromaniac ex. Trip Cullman directs and Dede Harris produces. Show, capitalized at $850,000, opens Dec. 15. Source [ October 07, 2005, 03:59 AM: Message edited by: Keri ]

10-07-2005, 05:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
BD100 Posts: n/a	Thanks Keri [img]graemlins/thumbs.gif[/img]

10-07-2005, 05:49 AM	#6 (permalink)
eliza'snumber1fan moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Countdown to new york starts now!! Posts: 5,019 My Profile	same here thanks keri [img]graemlins/thumbs.gif[/img] [img]smile.gif[/img]

10-07-2005, 02:08 PM	#8 (permalink)
andrew r Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: England Posts: 30,278 My Profile	Sounds like an interesting play. I wonder who Eliza's going to be?

10-07-2005, 02:27 PM	#9 (permalink)
CoLL Posts: n/a	Cool we have info now! Anyone make any progress yet finding out when and where tickets will be on sale? I was searching the other day and couldn't even find info on the play let alone buy tickets. ok re-reading the posts I just realized that someone already answered that, my bad. sorry [ October 07, 2005, 01:28 PM: Message edited by: CoLL ]

10-07-2005, 06:12 PM	#10 (permalink)
Keri Kiss My Pom Poms Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UK Posts: 4,016 My Profile	OMG I just realised, the lead is played by Finch out of American Pie!!! (The one who 'did' Stifler's Mom lol) This just gets better and better :D

10-07-2005, 06:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
BD100 Posts: n/a	Yes, I think he'll make a great 'CB' [img]smile.gif[/img]

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10-07-2005, 07:15 PM	#12 (permalink)
Keri Kiss My Pom Poms Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UK Posts: 4,016 My Profile	OK, so I'm excited, and have time on my hands this evening, i decided to see who all the confirmed cast were so far... and I made this [img]smile.gif[/img] [ October 07, 2005, 06:20 PM: Message edited by: Keri ]

10-08-2005, 07:36 AM	#13 (permalink)
Jonny Posts: n/a	hey pretty cool [img]smile.gif[/img]

10-10-2005, 08:32 AM	#14 (permalink)
BD100 Posts: n/a	I was just thinking of one of Elizas most famous quotes and a thought occured to me: If Snoopy has seen god, does this also mean hes seen Eliza naked? :D

10-10-2005, 09:01 AM	#15 (permalink)
eliza'snumber1fan moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Countdown to new york starts now!! Posts: 5,019 My Profile	dont know about snoopy,bet max as:yummy:haha, the play sounds really good, [img]smile.gif[/img] [ October 10, 2005, 08:02 AM: Message edited by: eliza'snumber1fan ]

10-13-2005, 06:40 PM	#16 (permalink)
[Tru] Posts: n/a	omg! omg! omg! She'll b working with Logan Marshal-green! I loveeeeeeeee him!!! :D Can't wait to see some pics of that!!! :rolleyes: any idea of what role she'll be playin?!

10-18-2005, 08:11 AM	#17 (permalink)
Keri Kiss My Pom Poms Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UK Posts: 4,016 My Profile	Tiny pic, but I think this is the main promo image for the show

10-20-2005, 07:01 PM	#18 (permalink)
CoLL Posts: n/a	I just got tickets yesterday for the 16th at the 10 pm showing but I'm a little worried about the tickets. The tickets for the 10 showing were $30, but the tickets for the 6 pm showing was like $60. Anyone know why they'd bump the price down so much? I'm paranoid the second showing might be all understudies and no Eliza at all. Which would suck cause I have nice seats 4th row up front. So anyone have any info?

10-20-2005, 07:48 PM	#19 (permalink)
elizawannabe Posts: n/a	id say that plays gonna be good, i love to go but too far for me, im all the way in ireland never mind. Those of u who go should get good pics for us to see, thats if ur aloud camera there. [ October 20, 2005, 06:49 PM: Message edited by: elizawannabe ]