SHEFFIELD-Time Out for Theatre, the children’s theatre program at The Ritz, returns for 2022 with a production of Charlotte’s Web! Auditions will be on Sunday, January 16 at 2 pm at the Ritz Theatre. We have roles for adults and children over 8 years of age. Auditions will be a cold reading from the script. For safety, we will have masks and distancing for participants while waiting for their turn to audition.
Rehearsals will be on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays starting January 22. Performances will be March 2-5.
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. This is a beautiful, knowing play about friendship that will give your actors a great opportunity and your audience an evening of enchantment.
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