After a relaxing winter holiday break, students may come down with a case of the Charlie Brown doldrums after returning to the school grind in January.

Fortunately, students will get to laugh along with trials and tribulations of Charlie when the Akins Journey Theatre debuts You’re a good man, Charlie Brown on Jan. 22.

With familiar faces that everyone knows, like Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and many more.

“Being my first year in charge of a play, I am very excited for this play,” director and theater teacher Erica Vallejo said.

Vallejo said she is enjoying staging her first play at Akins, and she is happy with the cast of the musical.

Having a very young cast with little to no experience actually turned out to be a positive for Vallejo.

“There is so much talent with this young cast,” Vallejo said. “I honestly couldn’t ask for more, I’m excited for the future years to come with this group of cast members.”

Vallejo said she picked Charlie Brown because it’s a familiar to all ages and has a wide appeal.

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a 1967 musical comedy. Considered a “good man” by his friends, Charlie Brown can’t seem to win the heart of the Little Red-Haired Girl, and his friend Lucy struggles with not being able to attract the eye of her crush, the piano-playing Schroeder.

Senior Christian Martinez, who plays the lead role as Charlie Brown, said he feels like he has a big

responsibility in leading the cast.

“As the main character and the only senior in the musical, there’s a bit more responsibility,” Martinez said. “I’m responsible for my own music, lines and keeping the whole cast focused.”

The humor of the play, which appeals to adults and teens, is a key attraction of the play, Vallejo said.

“Yes, it has a lot more mature humor, than the original,” Vallejo said. “Despite the mature humor this play is still a comedy that all ages will appreciate and enjoy.”