Eliza Dushku, America Ferrara, Ari Graynor, Logan Marshall-Green, Keith Nobbs, Michael Rady, and Eddie Kaye Thomas will star in Bert V. Royal’s Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead at the Century Center for the Performing Arts, beginning November 30. The production, to be directed by Trip Cullman and produced by Dede Harris, will officially open on December 15.
In this “unauthorized parody” of Peanuts, one of the world’s most famous comic strips, we meet CB, his drama-queen little sister, an abused pianist, his pyromaniac ex-girlfriend, two drunk cheerleaders, a homophobic quarterback, and a burnt-out Buddhist. The play won the 2004 New York International Fringe Festival’s Excellence Award for Best Overall Production.
The show will feature scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Jenny Mannis, sound design by Darron L. West, and lighting design by Brian MacDevitt. Cullman’s directing credits include Swimming in the Shallows and The Last Sunday in June.
Duskhu has starred in the film Bring It On and the hit television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Ferrara’s film credits include Real Women Have Curves and The Lords of Dogtown. Graynor won the Clarence Derwent Award for her performance last season in Donald Margulies’ Brooklyn Boy. Marshall-Green has starred in the TV series The O.C., was seen this summer in both Swimming in the Shallows and the Williamstown Theater Festival production of Bus Stop, and earned a Drama Desk Award for The Distance from Here. Nobbs won the Lucille Lortel Award for his work in Four, and has been seen on stage in Romance, The Hasty Heart, Fuddy Meers and The Lion in Winter. Rady’s film credits include The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Thomas is best known for playing Paul Finch in the popular American Pie series of films.