WCU’s Division of Theatre & Dance to Current Charlotte’s Internet

Picture through Lionel McCulloch.

Charlotte’s Internet.

West Chester College’s Division of Theatre & Dance will current Charlotte’s Internet from March 3 – 5, 2023. Probably the most beloved and celebrated items of kids’s literature ever written, Charlotte’s Internet is tailored to the stage by Joseph Robinette and directed by WCU Affiliate Professor of Theatre Charlie DelMarcelle. 

Charlotte’s Internet runs Friday, March 3 and Saturday, March 4, at 7:30 PM, and Saturday, March 4 and Sunday, March 5 at 2 PM and 4 PM. Performances happen within the intimate 135-seat MainStage Theatre in E.O. Bull Middle for the Arts at 2 E. Rosedale Avenue in West Chester. Basic admission tickets are $14 for adults and $8 for kids at wcupatix.com/theatreanddance.

A play with lovely simplicity, Charlotte’s Web follows Wilbur the pig, his human buddy Fern, Templeton the rat, and all of the barnyard inhabitants as they study what it means to be a real buddy from the selfless spider, Charlotte.  

Director Charlie DelMarcelle mentioned, “This can be a story I’ve beloved since I used to be a baby. I wished to convey it to West Chester College and our surrounding group as a result of I carried out the present twice professionally as an actor and have seen first-hand what this heat and mild story can present for household audiences. The teachings of friendship and unconditional love resonate with all ages.”

Charlotte’s Web makes use of authentic music and authentic puppet design to convey the story to life on stage. Pupil designer Victoria Naftal labored with skilled puppet designer Alisa Kleckner to create whimsical and charming puppet animal characters. Additionally a part of the solid are 4 scholar musicians who underscore the present with folksy accompaniment utilizing guitar, upright bass, banjo, piano, and flute.

DelMarcelle added, “The puppets and music in Charlotte’s Web are each such beautiful additions. Audiences get to lean in and luxuriate in this easy and intimate story in puppet scale quite than in human scale. It has additionally been an incredible expertise for our scholar actors to discover ways to breathe life into puppets. It’s a ability that can serve them effectively in at present’s theatre panorama.”

The efficiency on Saturday, March 4 at 4 PM shall be an ASL Interpreted Efficiency. Sponsored by the Faculty of Arts & Humanities Dean’s Workplace, the interpreters for this efficiency are offered by the Deaf Listening to Communication Centre in Swarthmore.

This manufacturing of Charlotte’s Web may also tour to varsities in Coatesville after it closes at West Chester College. The set was constructed to journey.

Charlotte’s Web solid of 13 that features:  Elijah McBride (Wilbur), Courtney Parker (Charlotte), Emily Harris (Fern), Lionel McCulloch (Homer), Mia McDermott (Goose), Erin McGinniss (Templeton), Hope McGinnis (Sheep), Jonah Padula (Avery/Gander), Emily Wiest (Lurvy), Luther Case (Musician), Sophia Dickenson (Musician), JT Hawkes (John/Musician), Lorelai Ingram (Musician), and JP McGrath (Musician).

Charlotte’s Web is suitable for ages 5 and up.

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