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NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The cast of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre and Dance’s production of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” is eager to entertain audiences when SFA’s SummerStage Festival runs July 1 though 6 in the Flex Theatre, Griffith Fine Arts Building. Characters include, front from left, Sami Hurley, Dallas senior, as Snoopy; Joshua Harris, Baytown senior, as Charlie Brown; Natalie Bobinger, Montgomery senior, as Sally Brown; back from left, Osvaldo Matute, Magnolia sophomore, as Schroeder; Sarah Birkmeyer, Santa Fe senior, as Lucy Van Pelt; and Deontae Whaley, Texarkana senior, as Linus Van Pelt. “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” is based on the comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz; book, music and lyrics by Clark Gesner; additional dialogue by Michael Mayer; and additional music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa. Show times are 10 a.m. Monday, July 1; 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, July 2 and 3; 7 p.m. Friday, July 5; and 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, July 6. Tickets are $15 for adults; $10 for senior adults 62 and older; $8 for SFA faculty and staff; $8 for youth and non-SFA students; and $5 for SFA students. To purchase tickets, visit the finearts boxoffice website or call (936) 468-6407.

Stephen F. Austin State University’s aviation sciences partner, HCH Aviation, became the first U.S. recipients of the state-of-the-art Tecnam P-Mentor two-seat trainer airplanes. Provided by Tecnam Aircrafts, an Italian aircraft manufacturer and the oldest in the world, the new airplanes will give SFA aviation students unique expertise in the most modern technology available.

SFA’s First Friday Film Series will screen “Forrest Gump” at 7 p.m. Friday, July 5, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House. Admission is free.

Stephen F. Austin State University’s Model EU team at the Midwest Model European Union in Bloomington, Indiana. Five members of the team earned top three placements in their respective events.