Children perform ‘Charlotte’s Web’

‘SOME PIG’—Lisa Arnold and Taylor Perry appear in a musical version of the children’s book “Charlotte’s Web,” presented by the Conejo Children’s Theatre in Thousand Oaks. In the story, Charlotte the spider tries hard to keep Wilbur, who’s “some pig,” from ending up as a meal on the dinner table. A musical production of “Charlotte’s Web,” based on the children’s classic by E.B. White, will be presented at 1 and 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, March 4, 5, 11 and 12, by the Conejo Children’s Theatre at the Conejo Players Theatre, 351 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks.

Admission is $8. For reservations, call (805) 495-3715.

Since this work is a part of the school district’s core curriculum, special day-time shows have been scheduled.

The cast includes 54 performers directed by Erin Fagundes.

This will also be the first children’s show to use the new Charles E. Padilla orchestra pit, as assistant music director Julie Milligan and Mark Grisez will accompany the shows.

“Charlotte’s Web” is a story that teaches friendship, selflessness, bravery, love, and teamwork as a young farm girl, Fern Arable, rescues Wilbur, a runt pig, from her father’s axe. When Wilbur is moved to the Arables’ relatives, he is befriended by a wise, gray spider named Charlotte, who works tirelessly to save him from his impending doom of becoming “the other white meat.”

Will Charlotte and the other animals of the Zuckerman Barn succeed in saving young Wilbur? Families are invited to watch a colorful production designed for the young and young at heart.