DOG SEES GOD
APRIL 4 TO APRIL 14TH 2024

When his beloved beagle is destroyed after a rabid rampage, CB is plunged into such a depression that a literal raincloud starts to follow him around. Suddenly introspective and concerned with the afterlife, he is no longer satisfied with his high school status as a good-looking bully. Writing without hope to a childhood pen pal who has never written back, CB confesses his doubts and fears, and describes his daily interactions with his community: his angst-ridden performance artist sister, aggressive buddy Matt, mean girls Marcy and Tricia, and stoned philosopher Van. When he unexpectedly connects with Beethoven, a childhood friend who had become a target of his group’s homophobic bullying, CB thinks he’s found both a relationship and a means to rebel against his predictable, doormat persona… but he may have to lose everything to gain peace of mind. Sex, drugs, bullying, mental illness, toxic friendships, and dead dogs. are not the first things which come to mind when we think about the children of Charles Schultz’s iconic comic strip, but Bert V. Royal’s Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead is a genuine “unauthorized continuation” of the “Peanuts” gang.

Content Warning: Even though it is comedic, Dog Sees God engages mature topics and explicit language surrounding suicide, bullying, eating disorders, loss, sexuality, substance abuse, and homophobia.  

• Character Descriptions
• Note: All characters in the show are assumed to be high-school age in appearance.
• CB: Male-presenting. The main character of the play. Intelligent, introspective, and depressed, questioning everything in his life including the afterlife, his social status, and his sexuality.
• Beethoven: Male-presenting. Quiet, lonely, recluse. School outcast and target of Matt’s homophobic bullying who takes solace in his piano. Becomes romantically involved with CB.
• CB’s Sister: Female-presenting. Strong-willed, opinionated, loud. Changes her persona and philosophy on life often.
• Van: Male-presenting. Cliched pothead, with a worldview to match, constantly pursuing CB’s SISTER.
• Matt: Male-presenting. A jock, pathological germaphobe, sex-obsessed, homophobic, and the school bully. He is also CB’s best friend.
• Tricia: Female-presenting. Rude, loud, obnoxious. A party girl who thinks she is both pretty and popular.
• Marcy: Female-presenting. Equally rude and obnoxious. A party girl and Tricia’s sidekick.
• Van’s Sister: Female-presenting. Has been institutionalized for setting the Little Red-Haired Girl’s hair on fire. Sarcastic, filter-less, and frank.