CURTAINS UP

As we move into the school year our students take the stage and put in hours of dedicated work to present our school with a play that we’ll remember for the rest of our lives. This year our play will be an iconic, beloved, childhood play many of us know, Charlotte’s Web. It will be performing this as a 1 act play. On November 13th, 14th, and 15th, the play will have a three day showing as usual, all taking place at 7pm, in our high school’s auditorium. Seat fills fast, so make sure you buy your tickets in advance. Remember no flash photography, eating or drinking in the auditorium or talking during the production. 

CAST LOOKING AT AND RECITING THEIR SCRIPT; PHOTO BY JACOB SAMS-SANCHEZ

We've accumulated quite the cast this year, over 20 people - one of our biggest yet. With 6 amazing seniors we’ll watch perform in our spring play one last time. Starring as our dynamic duo, Hayden Bailey and Mackenzie Burnett as Charlotte and Wilbur. This incredible play isn’t complete without a narrator. Olivia Fuller, senior, is one of two narrators for the play. In an interview with Fuller, they shared: “The fact that Charlotte’s Web a kid’s story is amazing, and brings back childhood nostalgia. Being a short one act play also brings comfort to many people, knowing they don't have to sit in a theatre for 2 hours"

Charlotte’s Web was written in 1952 by E.B White. His inspiration was as simple as you could imagine. He wrote that he came up with the story after watching a spider in his barn spin a web and an egg sac. And many of his other inspirations came from his real experiences on the farm he grew up on. E.B White was known to be eccentric and wildly in tune with nature. White once wrote about himself as, “This boy felt for animals, a kinship he never felt for people.” He’s written and had many stories written about him about his connection and experiences with nature, especially frogs and water. Clear Creek Amana is proud to represent his incredible literary work this November!