Stage One Youth Theatre will present the timeless story of friendship between Wilbur the pig and Charlotte the spider for one weekend.
Performances of “Charlotte’s Web” begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, and Saturday, Nov. 8, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, at Richmond Civic Theatre, 1003 E. Main St., Richmond.
Students will present the G-rated adaptation of E.B. White’s book that also includes characters such as Fern, a young girl who understands what animals say to each other, and Templeton, the gluttonous rat who sometimes can be persuaded into doing a good deed.
The Children’s Literature Association named “Charlotte’s Web” “the best American children’s book of the past 200 years.”
About 25 young singers in the Community Choristers will sing songs about animals and animal welfare before the play. The singers are led by Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, who also directs “Charlotte’s Web.”
The choristers will give one more performance of those songs at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, in Wayne County Historical Museum, 1150 N. A St., Richmond. The museum performance is free and open to the public.
Advance tickets are $13 for adults and $9 for students and seniors 65-plus. They are $2/$1 more on show days.
‘Charlotte’s Web’ volunteers
- Cast: Frankie Kendall,Topanga Stingley, Easton Miller, Grace Moore, Rowen Winslow, Anna Bergfield, Avery Lee, Hannah Mooney, Xylon Martin, Allister Bergfield, Rileigh Kamps, Phyn Harrison, Tesla McMillan, Archie Burkhardt, Hope Royer, Madeleine McNay, Emmett Yingst, Junie Gross, Cory Hicks, Jane McNay, Kehlani Mayberry, Charlotte Yingst, Olivia Johnson, Gabriel Baker, Lydia Meyer, Hadley Hays, Norah Staifer, Lombardi Hicks, Emme Crisp, Liesl McNay, Gwendolyn Baker, Madeleine Edwards, Lennon Baxter, Ian Staifer, Forest Winslow, Aeryn Cooper, Paightyn Cooper, Abigail Vanderpool, Sophie Royer, Wren Angarita, Jay Brown, Emery Brown, Jazlyn Jackson, Zoey Haley, Kaydee Steelman, Autumn Martin
- Community Choristers: Greta Royer, Sam Royer, Josiah Weesner, Jesse Weesner, Kilian McNay, Finian McNay, Emily Teslevich, Kye Enzo Aguilar, Ambrose Imhoff, Larry Bergfield, Aure Andreas, Winnie Kendall, Elsie Bickle, Charlie Kamps, Grace Parshall, Lily Royer, Evelyn Beare, Alexa Louise Aguilar, Leia Joy Detro, Serenity Detro, Jaylynn Wallace, Kacie Morris, Lydia Lopeman, Grace Hunter, Havyn Martin, Logan Thrash, Arlow Angarita, River Garden
- Production team: Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, Jessica Raposo Coleman, Jill Schweitzer, Mika Parks, Tony Wagner, Vicki Martin, Aaron Clarke, Evelyn Christian, Susan Wible, Sophia Bergfield, Brennyn Bailey, Gabe Kaehr, Ron Itnyre
- Crew: Mika Parks, Jackson Thompson, Ryan Shaw, Susan Wible, Karen Bays-Winslow, Karen Clapp, Evelyn Christian, Emily Christian, Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, Nicole Andreas, Pam Fraizer, Renee Cooper, Paightyn Copper, Aeryn Cooper, April Walker, Jason Yingst, Emmett Yingst, Charlotte Yingst, Kira Rutherford, Ethan Rutherford, Easton Miller, Sean Andreas, Zeke Andreas, Aureana Andreas, Aaron Clarke, Mickey White, Josh Smith
A version of this article appeared in the November 5 2025 print edition of the Western Wayne News.