THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
Middletown Lyric Theatre
July 21-23
Middletown
Direction & musical staging by Charley Shafor
Vocal Direction by Jay Mills
Cast: Ivy Moody as Logainne Schwartzandgrunenierre, Ashley Shamp as Marcy Park, Kenzie Hall as Olive Ostrovsky, Seth Allen as Chip Tolentino/Jesus, Paul Dunn as Leaf Coneybear, Jacob Lovelace as William Barfee, Elyssa Carmony as Rona Lisa Peretti/Olive’s Mom, Emma Janson as Madge Mahoney & Jacob Watkins as Douglass Pance
An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home life, the tweens spell their way through a series of [potentially made-up] words hoping to never hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming “ding” of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves! At least the losers get a juice box!
- Thu-Fri, July 21-22 at 8pm
- Sat, July 23 at 3pm & 8pm
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