The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
  • DIRECTOR: Michael Shamata
    CHOREOGRAPHER: Laura Krewski
    MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Bruce Kellett

    BOOK TICKETS IN VICTORIA

    BOOK TICKETS IN VANCOUVER

    Spring/Summer 2010

    Arts Club Theatre Company & The Belfry Theatre
    Belfry Theatre/Granville Island Stage

    A hysteric comedy with a tonne of heart, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee opened at the Belfry in Victoria before heading to Vancouver, BC for a summer run at the Granville Island Stage.

    I played the role of “Leaf Coneybear”, donned with a helmet (with teddy bear ears) and big blue blanket that became a cape, headband, scarf and airplane wings.

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    About the Show

    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.

    -Musical Theatre International