Auditions: “Charlotte’s Web” at the Gateway Players Theatre

Gateway Players Theatre in Southbridge, MA is hosting auditions for “Charlotte’s Web”.  Adapted by Joseph Robinette. Based on the book by E.B. White.  Auditions will be held on Tuesday, February 24^th at 6pm and Sunday, March 1st at 4pm, in Fellowship Hall at Elm Street Congregational Church, 61 Elm Street, Southbridge.

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script and role playing.  This is a Youth Production for ages 7-17.  Performance dates are May 1, 2, 3, 8 & 9. Rehearsals will be held on Thursdays at 6pm and Saturdays at 2pm.  Character information is listed below. Directed by Lou-Ellen Corkum, and Produced by Stephanie Ruggiere. For more information, please contact Gateway at 508-764-4531.  Presented by permission through special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing.

Synopsis:

The Children’s Literature Association named this “the best American children’s book of the past two hundred years,” and Joseph Robinette, working with the advice of E.B. White, has created a play that captures this work in a thrilling and utterly practical theatrical presentation. The costumes and unit set may be simple or as colorful and elaborate as you wish; it’s the story and relationships that make the show. All the enchanting characters are here: Wilbur, the irresistible young pig who desperately wants to avoid the butcher; Fern, a girl who understands what animals say to each other; Templeton, the gluttonous rat who can occasionally be talked into a good deed; the Zuckerman family; the Arables; and, most of all, the extraordinary spider, Charlotte, who proves to be “a true friend and a good writer.” Determined to save Wilbur, Charlotte begins her campaign with the “miracle” of her web in which she writes, “Some pig.” It’s the beginning of a victorious campaign which ultimately ends with the now-safe Wilbur doing what is most important to Charlotte.

Main Characters

• Fern Arable                                                      young girl
• John Arable                                                     her father
• Martha Arable                                                 her mother
• Avery Arable                                                    her brother
• Homer Zuckerman                                         her uncle
• Edith Zuckerman                                            her aunt
• Lurvy                                                                 a hired hand
• Wilbur                                                               a pig
• Templeton                                                        a rat
• Charlotte                                                           a spider
• Goose, Gander, Sheep, Lamb                       farm animals
• 3 Narrators

Ensemble

Reporter, Photographer, Spectators

Judges, Fairgoers, Announcer, Uncle (a pig), Spiders