E.B. White's CHARLOTTE'S WEB Plays This Fall at Leddy Center

Leddy Center presents E.B. White's classic book, CHARLOTTE'S WEB, adapted for the stage by Joseph Robintte, October 23 through November 11!

This delightful play, featuring music composed by Charles Strouse (Annie, Bye Bye Birdie), tells the story of Fern Arable (Calista Stocker of Dover, NH), her pig Wilbur (Ryan Behan of Hampton, NH as Little Wilbur; Greg deZarn-O'Hare of Fremont, NH as Big Wilbur) and Charlotte (Kella Bourgeois of Exeter, NH), the spider who spins words in her web to save Wilbur's life. Beloved characters in this musical, are Homer Zuckerman, (David MacGregor), Edith Zuckerman, (Carole Bilodeau), Avery, (Deckard Thompson), Templeton the Rat, (John Seymour), Goose, (Nicol Hotaling), Gander, (Dion Zatistas), Sheep, (Terry Pratte), Lamb, (Danielle Stough) Bat, (Megan McFadden) , Owl, (Arlynn Whitman), John Arable, (Michael Denison) and Martha, (Melissa Opalka and Gilda Gouin). This heartwarming show is directed by Elaine Gatchell with musical direction by J. Bruce Gatchell.

This is the fifth time since 1995 that Leddy Center has presented CHARLOTTE'S WEB and it is the fifth time that E.B. White's great-niece, Lindsay Morand, will be in attendance and present her great Uncle's book of "CHARLOTTE'S WEB" to Fern on stage. After seeing the play presented all over the world, Ms. Morand claims Leddy's production is "the best production" she has seen, and that "Leddy Center's presentation is exactly the way her great Uncle would have loved to have seen it portrayed." Come and see for yourself!

Performances are Fridays at 7:30pm, and Saturdays, Sundays and one Wednesday, November 11, at 2:00pm. Tickets are $18.00 for all seats. Group rates are available. No one under age 3 admitted. To reserve your tickets for this "terrific-terrific-terrific" show, visit www.leddycenter.org anytime or call 603-679-2781 between the hours of 3:00pm and 5:00pm, M, T, W, & Friday and 3:00pm and 6:00pm on Thursdays.

Pictured: Ryan Behan as Young Wilbur and Calista Stocker as Fern Arable.