Information About Spelling Bee

Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a hilarious tale of overachievers' angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The show's Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.

 

 

 

Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Sheinkin

Directed by Howard Miller

Vocal Direction by Michael Johnson

Conducted by Brian Haslanger

Choreographed by Afton Bolz

Produced by Amy Wright & Myra Diamond

Performances:
October 26 through November 18th, 2012

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.