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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Scheinkin

Stage Director Marianne Phinney
Musical Director Matthew Stern
Choreographer Danielle Clougher

October 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30, 2010 at 8 pm
October 24, 31 at 2:00 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.

Rumors

A Comedy by Neil Simon

Directed by Frank Moffett

February 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 2011 at 8:00 pm
February 13, 20, 2011 at 2:00 pm

At a large, tastefully appointed Sneden's Landing townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself. Though only a flesh wound, four couples are about to experience a severe attack of Farce. Gathering for their tenth wedding anniversary, the host lies bleeding in the other room and his wife is nowhere in sight. His lawyer, Ken and wife Chris must get "the story" straight before the other guests arrive. As the confusions and mis-communications mount, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity.

Rough Crossing

A Comedy by Tom Stoppard

Directed by Barbara Pettis

May 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 2011 at 8:00 pm
May 15, 22 at 2:00 pm.

Set in the 1930s on an ocean liner sailing across the Atlantic, Stoppard’s hilarious adaptation of Ferenc Molnar’s Play at the Castle tells the story of a musical-comedy writing team and their young, speech-impaired composer, who are on deadline to complete their new piece during their four-day crossing. Their cast – a haughty leading lady and her vain leading man, along with a peripatetic ship steward – aren’t helping matters, and it’s questionable whether the “show will go on” as they rehearse amid mishaps and misunderstandings – and very stormy seas!

Schedules are subject to change based on rights availability.