Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Burt V. Royal

I decided to read Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal next. A local theatre company is putting it on this summer, so I figured I might as well read it. The play is a parody of sorts of "The Peanuts", but this time in their teenage years. The play starts off with CB (Charlie Brown, of course) and his sister who are mourning the loss of CB's dog to rabies. CB then goes on a spiritual quest of sorts, trying to figure out what life's purpose is and what happens after we die. The play then begins to focus more on the character Beethoven (Schroeder), who is a social outcast due to his assumed homosexuality and past family life. The play begins to centralize on tolerance and acceptance of different lifestyles, then ties the two themes together at the end in a monologue shared with all the characters.

I found this play to be very poignant in what it is conveying, and poetic in the sense that it captures truth in the lives of the characters and displays it perfectly in the dialogue. In addition, the play was humorous, yet still very thoughtful and serious when it needed to be. I found this to be a really interesting play.

There are several scenes and monologues I found that I could use in the future.

Scenes
• Pg. 14 - CB's Sister & Beethoven
• Pg. 15-17 - Tricia & Marcy
• Pg. 30-36 - CB and Van's Sister

Monologues
• Pg. 35 - Van's Sister talks of her abortion.