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November 7 - 16 , 2008
CAST
Fern Arable
Casey Hartnett
Mr. Arable/ Gander
Ben Mueller
Mrs. Arable/ Goose
Meghan Sullivan
Avery Arable
Joel Swanson
Homer Zuckerman
Ryan Foster
Edith Zuckerman
Caroline Dost
Lurvy/Uncle
Kristie Denlinger
Charlotte
Hannah Bulger
Templeton
Alex Manta
Wilbur
Julia Selby
Ensemble/Sheep
Leah Hardin
Ensemble/Lamb
Gina Rickert
Ensemble/Announcer
Kaitlin Jeffries
Stage Manager:
Anna Fogerty
Assistant Director: Spencer Dees
DIRECTED by LAURA DIELI
Sorry, but all remaining performances are SOLD OUT.
Friendship, acceptance, and unconditional love…all explained through the unusual relationship of a very ingenious spider and a most endearing pig. Although Charlotte and Wilber might not make a very typical pair, their story reminds us all that friends can come in all shapes and sizes. E.B. White’s classic novel comes to life in a production that audiences of all ages will remember for years to come.
E.B. White was inspired to write Charlotte’s Web when he went out on his farm to feed his pig and began feeling sorry for him. As we learn in Charlotte’s Web, most pigs are destined to be turned into food rather than pets. "How might a pig be saved?" White wondered. He had been watching a spider on his farm around the same time, and he was impressed by her cleverness. Gradually, White was able to intertwine these thoughts of a clever spider and a pig in need of rescue, and Charlotte’s Web came to be.
Of course, the book wasn’t written overnight. E.B. White wrote Charlotte’s Web after having spent nearly a year studying spiders. At the end of that year, he had quite enough material to develop Charlotte into the beloved character she is today.
It was important to E.B. White that Charlotte be a spider in the truest sense: pretty, clever, intriguiging and bloodthirsty. As far as he was concerned, there was no point in writing about a spider who wasn’t...well, spiderly. So in addition to all of the lovely things that one would normally include in a children’s book, he made certain to include the not so lovely things as well. She tells Wilbur that she eats " anything that’s careless enough to get caught in my web." And so she does.
What we remember about Charlotte isn’t her predatory nature but her honesty, her intellect, and—most of all—her friendship to Wilbur. Through that friendship, we learn about trust, devotion, and even death. The bittersweet ending of Charlotte’s Web made even E.B. White cry, but through the tears we’re able to see the beauty that is in all of us.
November 7, 8, 9, 14 and 15 at 7:30pm
November 8, 9, 15, &16 at 2:30pm
For information, call our Box Office at 708-246-3380
Adults: $12 Children (under 18) $6
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Any Play in our 80th Season
Click the Spider web to download the STUDY GUIDE
Charlotte's Web is sponsored in honor of CTWS's long-time friend and supporter, Lou Schauer
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