Adapted by Joseph Robinette
Based on the story by E.B. White
Directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky
On the Arable family farm, a miracle is about to happen. In order to save young Wilbur from the butcher, Charlotte—a very special spider—hatches a plan to show the world how ‘radiant’ one pig can be in the eyes of a true friend. Adapted from E.B. White’s beloved children’s classic and directed by A.R.T. Institute alumnus Dmitry Troyanovsky (’00, James and the Giant Peach), Charlotte’s Web will feature graduate students from the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training Class of 2018.
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Learn about our Book Drive in collaboration with the literary works on our stage this December, and in partnership the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services.
View the Social Story for Charlotte’s Web, which is designed to help prepare audiences for the Sensory Friendly performance of the show on December 29.
Visit our Toolkit Library to access the Charlotte’s Web Toolkit for information, articles, and activities about the show.
Growing Up in the Theater
“As a child growing up in the former Soviet Union, I watched a lot of theater,” says Charlotte’s Web Director Dmitry Troyanovsky.
Notable dates
There will be a Sensory Friendly performance on Friday, December 29 at 2PM.
Age Appropriateness:
Recommended for ages 4+.
Credits
Creative team
Adapted by
Joseph Robinette
Based on the book by
E. B. White
Directed by
Dmitry Troyanovsky
Directed by
Dmitry Troyanovsky
Dmitry Troyanovsky is a graduate of the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training (Directing, Class of 2000) where he directed Strindberg's Miss Julie, Ibsen's Rosemersholm, and Maeterlink's The Blind. Notable projects elsewhere include Euripides' The Bacchae, Nikolai Erdman's The Suicide, Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening, scenes from Andrey Bely's novel Petersburg, and Dürrenmatt's The Visit, as well as On the Water (his own adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull). He led workshops and developed new material at institutions such as Baryshnikov Arts Center, SoHo Rep Summer Camp, St. Petersburg State University (Russia), Fisher Arts Center at Bard College, and Brown University Program in Literary Arts headed by Paula Vogel. Some of his past productions: Presnyakov Brothers' Terrorism, Strindberg's Miss Julie, Heiner Müller's MEDEAMATERIAL, Russian language premiere of Shepard's Fool for Love at the Pushkin Theatre in Moscow, and Gogol's The Marriage. As an assistant, Dmitry worked with such directors as Mark Lamos, Andrei Serban, Andre Belgrader, and Kama Ginkas. He collaborated on the internationally presented production of Forbidden Christmas or The Doctor and the Patient starring Mikhail Baryshnikov. In addition to theater, Dmitry has created installation and performance art projects such as Herzstuck at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University. Dmitry is on the faculties of NYU Tisch and Marymount Manhattan College.
Choreographer
Marin Orlosky Randow
Choreographer
Marin Orlosky Randow
Modern Flex Training (A2)
Marin Orlosky Randow graduated from Harvard University with a BA in English and a Secondary Field in Dramatic Arts. Her dance training includes the Joffrey Ballet School, The Ailey School, Trapeze School New York, and New York Circus Arts Academy. At Harvard, she performed with and choreographed for the Harvard Ballet Company, Harvard-Radcliffe Modern Dance Company, Harvard Contemporary Dance Ensemble, Dancers' Viewpointe, and numerous dance-theater productions. Works performed include Jose Limon's Choreographic Offering, Martha Graham's Heretic and Night Journey, plus original works by Ariel Bonilla, Jeff Shade, Michael Foley, Scott Rink, Jodi Leigh Allen, and Elizabeth Bergmann. A former member of FireFly Aerial Acrobatics and instructor at New York Circus Arts Academy, she has performed and taught aerial silks, partner acrobatics, flexibility training and contortion since 2006. She is also a certified Pilates instructor. Ms.Orlosky Randow has taught for the New York Circus Arts Academy, Cambridge Rindge & Latin School, the Bethezer Group (Nairobi, Kenya), Berklee College of Music, American College Dance Festival (ACDFA), and Harvard's Dance Program. In addition to teaching Modern Flex Training at the A.R.T. Institute, she also teaches aerial silks and ballet at Boston University. She recently performed Trisha Brown's installation work Floor of the Forest as part of the Boston ICA's Dance/Draw exhibition, and currently performs with Across the Ages Dance Project, an inter-generational modern dance collective, and DanceVisions, Inc., a contemporary ballet company of which she is Assistant Artistic Director.
Scenic Elements & Lighting Designer
Maruti Evans
Scenic Elements & Lighting Designer
Maruti Evans
A.R.T.: Alice vs. Wonderland, Mouth Wide Open. A.R.T. Institute: Hansel and Gretel. Work includes: Else Where, Leiderabend, BAM; Master and Margarita, Bard Summer Scape; An Oresteia, Classic Stage; Crowns, Goodman Theatre; Sweeney Todd, Virginia Opera. Maruti has received the Drama Desk Sam Norkin Award 2013 for Tiny Dynamite and Pilo Family Circus and Drama Desk nominations for: In the Heat of the Night, Slaughterhouse 5, and Blindness.
Costume Designer
Rachel Padula
Costume Designer
Rachel Padula
A.R.T.: Macbeth in Stride, Moby-Dick, Charlotte’s Web (Costume Design), Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women; Fingersmith; In the Body of the World; Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812; Waitress; Crossing; The Heart of Robin Hood; Pippin; All the Way; The Glass Menagerie; Marie Antoinette; The Blue Flower; Cabaret; Death and the Powers; Best of Both Worlds; Donnie Darko; Julius Caesar; Copenhagen; The Communist Dracula Pageant. Broadway: Waitress, The Glass Menagerie. Regional: The Colored Museum, Huntington Theatre Company.
Sound Designer
Andrew Duncan Will
Props Designer
Lisa Charlotte Berg
Stage Manager
Kristina Furey
Cast
Avery/Uncle
Joel Derby
Avery/Uncle
Joel Derby
Mr. Arable/Mr. Carter
Blake Edwards
Mr. Arable/Mr. Carter
Blake Edwards
Sheep/President of the Fair
Jesse Charles Friedman
Sheep/President of the Fair
Jesse Charles Friedman
Templeton
Michael Scott Gomez
Templeton
Michael Scott Gomez
Goose
Bridget Haberecht
Goose
Bridget Haberecht
Homer
Shawn Jain
Homer
Shawn Jain
Fern
Christina Brown
Fern
Christina Brown
Wilbur
Ryan Rhue
Wilbur
Ryan Rhue
Gander
Laura Yumi Snell
Gander
Laura Yumi Snell
Charlotte
Erin Nicole Washington
Charlotte
Erin Nicole Washington
Lurvy
Nathaniel Weiss
Lurvy
Nathaniel Weiss
Additional staff
Production Supervisor
Kat Nakaji
Dramaturg
Rebecca Curran
Voice & Dialect Coach
Colton Weiss
Composer
Dewey Dellay
Assistant Stage Manager
Bradley Costa
Assistant Director
Sivan Spector
Singing Coach
Elaine Purcell
Fight Choreographer
Ted Hewlett
Fight Choreographer
Ted Hewlett
A.R.T.: Life of Pi, Charlotte’s Web, The Pirate Princess. Broadway: Shōgun, Marquis Theater. Off-Broadway: Bill W. and Dr. Bob, New World Stages. Regional: Huntington Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Syracuse Stage, SITI Company, Lyric Stage. Film: Hook, Army of Darkness. Faculty: Emerson College; Shakespeare & Company.
Assistant Production Supervisor
Bryant Cyr
Master Electrician/Light Board Operator
Evey Connerty Marin
Engineer/Sound Board Operator
Terrence Dowdye
A2
Kevin Thurber
Wardrobe
Lauren Corcuera
Production Assistant
Milo O'Connell
Production Assistant
Milo O'Connell
Milo O'Connell is a recent graduate from Cambridge Rindge and Latin high school, where he participated in many youth activist organizations. He is currently in training to begin a year of service with City Year Boston.