The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Music and lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin, Conceived by Rebecca Feldman

APRIL 13 – MAY 16, 2010

Director Michael Shamata
Musical Director Bruce Kellett
Choreographer Laura Krewski
Set Designer Yvan Morisette
Costume Designer Erin Macklem
Lighting Designer Marsha Sibthorpe
Stage Manager Kim Charleen Smith

Starring Michael Blake, Jeremy Crittenden, Josh Epstein, Sara-Jeanne Hosie, Brian Linds, Alison MacDonald, Tracy Neff, Rosie Simon and Vincent Tong

2005 Tony Award (Best Book of a Musical)

"It’s Spelled W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L…go right out and buy tickets…it’s the best show in town" Wall Street Journal

"Can you spell irresistible?" New York Times

In this charming, clever and sweet-natured musical comedy, six precocious, quirky and neurotic children, in the throes of puberty, compete for the title of spelling bee champ. Overseen by grown-ups who barely escaped childhood themselves, these youngsters learn that winning isn’t everything, and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser. The show’s Tony Award-winning creative team has fashioned the unlikeliest of hit musicals out of the unlikeliest of heroes: angst-ridden, overachieving outsiders, for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.

In association with the Arts Club Theatre (Vancouver)