Stratton Players

Conceived by Rebecca Feldman

Music and Lyrics by William Finn

Directed by Jennifer Leung

September 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29 at 8 PM and September 16, 23 and 30 at 2 PM

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.

the CAST:

Spellers:

Charlito "Chip" Tolentino - Terrence "T.J." O'Kane

Logainne SchwartzandGrubenierre - Cherry Lynn Zinger

Leaf Coneybear - David Vaillette

William Barfee - John Williams

Marcy Park - Leslie DelMonaco

Olive Ostrovsky - Nicole Kirrane

Adults:

Rona Lisa Parretti - Carolyn Salter

Vice Principal Douglas Panch - Joel Arnold

Mitch Mahoney - Keith LaFerriere

Spelling Bee Coordinator - Nancy Lemont