AUDITION NOTICE: interACT Youth Productions are performances intended to be cast with children who are currently enrolled in K-8th grade
CHARLOTTE’S WEB
By Joseph Robinette and E.B White
Directed by Shona Roebuck
WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 23, and Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 7:00 PM-9:00 PM; Callbacks will be Saturday, Oct. 27, at 1:00 PM
WHERE: The Baird Theater, 5 Mead St. 3rd Floor, South Orange (within walking distance from the South Orange train station)
Performance dates: Feb 1-3, 2013
If you are not available for these days but would still like to audition, please indicate this on the form below and you will be contacted by our director about possible alternate dates. APPOINTMENTS ARE STRONGLY SUGGESTED; however, walk-ins welcome and will be seen at first available time slot.
- All Auditions will be by cold reading. Monologues will not be seen. Charlotte’s Web is a non-equity production.
- All children auditioning will be expected to be available for a callback session on Sat Oct 27 at 1:00 PM.
- Parents will be required to attend a parent informational meeting Sat Nov 3 at 1:00 PM
- General rehearsals will be held Tuesday Wednesday and Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons, please come prepared with all conflicts for those days.
- Please see audition and production details below the audition form.
To Schedule an Audition, please fill out the following information. A confirmation will be sent to the email address that you provide with your audition time and details.
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 theatrical presentation.
The story is filled with memorable characters and their relationships—the Arables, the Zuckermans, the farm animals and the townspeople. Charlotte’s Web is the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur (such as "Some Pig") in her web in order to persuade the farmer to let him live. This is a beautiful, knowing play about friendship that will give actors and audience an evening of enchantment.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
- FERN ARABLE – Female – a young girl who understands what animals say to each other and has a pure sense of justice
- JOHN ARABLE – Male – Fern’s father
- MARTHA ARABLE – Female – Fern’s mother
- AVERY ARABLE – Male – Fern’s older brother who enjoys teasing her
- HOMER ZUCKERMAN– Male – Fern’s uncle
- EDITH ZUCKERMAN – Female – Fern’s aunt
- LURVY – Male or Female – a caring, hired hand at the Zuckerman farm
- WILBUR Male or Female – a small, lovable young pig
- TEMPLETON – Male or Female – a gluttonous rat who can be talked into a good deed
- CHARLOTTE – Female – a spider who proves to be “a true friend and a good writer”
- GOOSE – Female – a motherly animal on Zuckerman’s farm
- GANDER Male – a fatherly animal on Zuckerman’s farm
- SHEEP – Male or Female – a knowing animal on Zuckerman’s farm
- LAMB – Male or Female – a not very welcoming animal on Zuckerman’s farm
- TOWNSPEOPLE/FARM ANIMALS who include The Storytellers, Reporter, Photographer, Spectators, Judges, Fairgoers, Announcer, Uncle Male or Female – this group narrates the story and becomes various characters throughout the play
- BABY SPIDERS Male or Female – Charlotte’s children
