2010-2011 Season

Dates: 

  

Venue:
February 25-March 11, 2011  

Riffe Center Studio One Theatre

A Phoenix Theatre for Children Production!

What's it About?

Fern can’t bear the thought that the runt of a litter of pigs will be destroyed, and she begs her father to let her keep the scrawny piglet as a pet. She gets her wish and names the pig Wilbur, who turns out to be “Some Pig!” After Wilbur grows up and faces the likely prospect of becoming bacon, he is saved again, but this time by an unlikely friend, a crafty spider named Charlotte. She comes to his rescue by writing words in her web which reveal just how special this pig really is. Charlotte’s sacrifice for friendship has warmed the hearts of audiences for generations, and it will warm yours!

 

Who are the Authors?

E.B. White (Author) was born in Mt Vernon, New York in 1899. He graduated from Cornell University and worked as a reporter at a number of publications including The New Yorker. There he fell in love and married his editor, Katharine Sergeant Angell.  White was considered the most important contributor to The New Yorker during the1930's, writing mostly essays and articles. His niece suggested he try writing children's books, and his first story was the popular Stuart Little, written in 1945. In 1952 he wrote his second book, Charlotte's Web which has become one of the most beloved children's books of all time. Both books won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, a major award for children's lierature.His third and final children's book was The Trumpet of the Swan. E.B. White passed away in 1985 after battling Alzheimer's Disease, but his classic stories will live on. (adapted from www.kidzworld.com)

 

Joseph Robinette (adaptor) is the author of 51 published plays and musicals, including The Fabulous Fable Factory, written with composer Thomas Tierney, and Charlotte's Web, adapted from the novel by E.B. White, two of the most widely produced children's plays in the United States. He has also dramatized the authorized stage versions of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Paper Chase, and A Rose for Emily. The recipient of numerous playwriting awards, Robinette was presented the 1976 Charlotte Chorpenning Cup, given annually by the Children's Theatre Association of America to "an outstanding writer of children's plays who has achieved national recognition." In 2006, he was awarded the Children's Theatre Foundation of America Medallion "...for his body of dramatic works for children and young people in the United States and beyond." He currently resides in New Jersey. (excerpted from www.dramaticpublishing.com)

 

Where Can I Find More Info?

Click here to learn more about the Phoenix Theatre for Children and our programming

Click here to learn more about E.B. White
 

Show Sponsor:

Presenting Sponsor: American Electric Power

Season Support:

The Columbus Foundation - Ohio Arts Council - Greater Columbus Arts Council 
Thrive in Five -  Nationwide Foundation - The Shubert Foundation

The CATCO-Phoenix 2010-2011 Season is dedicated to William B. Conner Jr.