Pleasantville High School was informed their fall musical “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown,” will receive awards at the 2017 Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards.
In their first year entering submissions to the awards show, Pleasantville High School will be receiving awards for distinguished scene, for the “Suppertime” scene as well as outstanding achievement in stage management for stage manager Jack Lauer. The musical also received special recognition for performance in a leading role for Jack Ray for his performance as Snoopy. According to speech and drama coach Laura Oliver, this is only the 2nd musical Pleasantville High School has performed in the past 20 years.
Oliver, who will be retiring this year tells KNIA/KRLS News it’s been rewarding to work with the very talented students at Pleasantville High School. Oliver says the students push the staff to do better as well and the results are productions that are enjoyable and high quality. The 2017 Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards will be held June 5th at the Civic Center in Des Moines.