Laurel Mill Playhouse Holds Auditions For CHARLOTTE'S WEB 9/12, 9/15

Laurel Mill Playhouse, 508 Main Street, Laurel, Md. will hold auditions for 7 men/boys and 9 women/girls (ages 10 and up) on Saturday, September 12 at 10:30 am and Tuesday, September 15 at 7:30 pm. Director Patti Knazik will have sides available for cold readings from the script. Produced by special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing Company, Charlotte's Web will run October 30 through November 22 on Friday and Saturday evenings with two selected Sunday matinees. For more information, please contact Producer Maureen Rogers at maureencrogers@gmail.com or 301-452-2557.

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 quite simple-it's the story and relationships that make the show-or they may be as colorful and elaborate as you wish. 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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