CAST
- CHIP TOLENTINO — Dylan Perez
- OLIVE OSTROVSKY — Reilly Jane Grace
- LOGAN SCHWARTZANDGRUBENIERE – Gabi Homonoff
- WILLIAM BARFEE — Nathan Turner
- LEAF CONEYBEAR — Morgan Scharold
- MARCY PARK — London Brinkman
- MITCH MAHONEY — Willie Lavelle Thompson
- DOUGLAS PANCH — Trey Finkenstead
- RONA LISA PERETTI — Erica Mann
Director: JOEY SCHNELL
Music Director: DARIN ART
Choreographer: KAREN HENDERSHOT
Producer: J. MICHAEL DURNIL
PERFORMANCE DATES: March 20-28, 2026
PERFORMANCE LOCATION: Aronoff Center for the Arts, Fifth Third Theater, Cincinnati, OH
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 lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming “ding” of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves a champion! At least the losers get a juice box. Music & Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin, Conceived by Rebecca Feldman.
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