3. 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Cornog Auditorium

October 17-- CREW INFO SESSION/TOOL TRAINING

October 28 -- November 3 - BUILD

November 4 -- 14 - LOAD IN

November 15 -- November 29 -- TECH/DRESS

November 30 - 7 PM PERFORMANCE

December 1 - 4:30 PERFORMANCE

December 2 - 2 PM PERFORMANCE

December 4 - 6 -- STRIKE

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by William Finn, with a book written by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman with additional material by Jay Reiss. The show centers on a fictional spelling bee set in a geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley Middle School. Six quirky adolescents compete in the Bee, run by three equally quirky grown-ups. An unusual aspect of the show is that four real audience members are invited on stage to compete in the spelling bee alongside the six young characters.

Who Made it Happen

The Theatre 1 classes & Laura Alcorn, Ella Bostrom, Sofia Fernandez, Madz Generes, Devin Gibori, Alice Green, Julia Handelman, Ben Holtzman, Noa Jackier, Leeli Jackson, Alex Kamins, Rosie Kelso, Luka Macika, Kira McClellan, Marie Mohr, Sully Pierre, Adam Puljic, Will Radzik, Charlotte Rimmer, Kate Ring, Sofia Serrano, Sai Isha Swaminathan, Ava Thomas, Olivia Ty, Benjamin Walsh, Addison Yanez

Stage Manager: Sully Pierre

Assistant Stage Manager: Leeli Jackson

Light Board Operator: Sofia Serrano

Follow Spot Operators: Sofia Fernandez, Kira McClellan, & Ava Thomas

Assistant Sound Designer: Olivia Ty

A2/Followspot Operator: Alex Kamins

A2 : Noa Jackier

Wardrobe Assistants: Kate Ring and Ava Thomas

Stage Manager: Sully Pierre

Props Supervisor: Leeli Jackson

Student Lighting Designer : Sofia Serrano

Head Carpenter: Olivia Ty

Music & Lyrics by William Finn

Book by Rachel Sheinkin

Conceived by Rebecca Feldman

Additional material by Jay Reiss

Faculty Production Staff

Director: Laura Wesslund

Vocal Music Director: Amy Branahl

Pit Orchestra Director: Elizabeth Bennett

Choreographer: Lucy Riner

Accompanist: Gregory Shifrin

Technical Designer: Denise Karczewski

Costume Designer: Alaina Moore

Sound Designer: Rick Sims

Northfield Performing Arts Coordinator: Anne James-Noonan

Graphic Designer: Judy Radovsky

Ticketing, Publicity, Production Assistant: Sarah Kropski

T-shirts, Program Layout & Merchandise Manager: Paige Alvarado

House Manager: Rhonda Geater

Box Office Manager: Laura Bruno

3. 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

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