Can You Spell Fun? The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Spotlight Arts Inc.'s production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” will be entertaining audiences at the Schoolhouse Theater on January 12th at 7:30pm, January 13th at 2:00pm and 7:30pm, and January 14th at 2:00pm. Premium VIP seating (first 3 rows) are $15 and standard general admission tickets are $12 when you buy them online in advance before January 12th. Tickets cost $15 at the door if there are any seats left; performances are expected to sell out. Tickets can be purchased at www.SPOTLIGHTARTSINC.com.

Written by Rachel Sheinkin and music and lyrics by William Finn, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is about an eclectic group of students who 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! At least the losers get a juice box.

The cast consists of talented local students from Putnam and Fairfield counties: Emma Duffy (Leaf’s Mom/Featured Speller) and Therase Kutzy (Mom/Featured Speller) of New Fairfield, CT; Asher Duke (Dan Dad), Talia Rubeo (Featured Speller) and Brooke Ryan (Leaf’s Sister/Featured Speller) of Carmel, NY; Ariel Johnson (Featured Speller) of Mahopac, NY; Megan Campbell (Olive Ostrovsky), Bridget Courtney (Featured Speller), Andrew DiFabbio (William Barfee), James Hartigan (Chip Tolentino) and Erin Vaughan (Rona Lisa Peretti) of Patterson, NY; Gillian Anderson (Leaf’s Dad/Featured Speller), Skye Connolly (Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre), Cati Conway (Comfort Counselor), Jennifer DeSantis (Olive’s Mom), Isabella DiDio (Leaf’s Sister/Featured Speller), RJ Frankenberry (Leaf Coneybear), Cecilia Guida (Vice Principal Panch), Charlie Fitzpatrick (Marcy Park), Layla Pagan (Featured Speller), Ben Pollak (Leaf’s Dad/Featured Speller), and Brandon Salamone (Carl Dad/Jesus/Olive’s Dad) of Brewster, NY.

Look out for Spotlight Arts' "Instagram takeovers" that will happen on social media next week. Each day during tech week, a cast member will "take over" our social media (@spotlight_arts_ on Instagram) and give the community some daily sneak-peaks of the action backstage and the dress rehearsal process. 


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