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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
March 14 - 22, 2025
Program

THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

Music and Lyrics by 
WILLIAM FINN

Book by
RACHEL SHEINKIN

Conceived by
REBECCA FELDMAN

Additional Material by
Jay Reiss

Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine

 Originally produced on Broadway by
David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo
Barrington Stage Company, Second Stage Theatre

Based upon C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E, an original play by The Farm.

The Barrington Stage Company workshop of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE was originally co-directed by Michael Barakiva and Rebecca Feldman.

The Farm

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.com


ANY VIDEO AND/OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

Production Team
Director

Dane CT Leasure+
Choreographer

Madelyn Adamczyk^
Music Director

Cameron Edmiston
Stage Manager

Sharon Jackson*
Scenic Design

Rob Leeper
Costume Design

Kendra Strickland
Lighting Design

Jonathon Hunter


^Denotes a Student at The University of Akron.

+This Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. 
*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, Rubber City Theatre, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Cast
Chip Tolentino [Jesus Christ]

Blake Mangon^
Leaf Coneybear [Carl Dad]

Thomas Emery^
William Barfee

Lysander Mills^
Logainne Schwartzandgrubeniere

Isabella Sandberg^
Marcy Park

Issysis Hill^
Olive Ostrovsky

Kadelyn Becker^
Rona Lisa Peretti [Olive’s Mom]

Mikaela Ray*
Douglas Panch [Dan Dad]

Theodore Kaden^
Mitch Mahoney [Olive’s Dad]

Jonathan Merechant


^Denotes a Student at The University of Akron.
*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, Rubber City Theatre, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Musical Numbers

Act One

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Company
Spelling Rules, The

Spellers and Panch
My Favorite Moment of the Bee

Rona
My Friend, the Dictionary

Olive
The First Goodbye

Spellers and Panch
Pandemonium

Leaf
The Second Goodbye

Spellers and Panch
Magic Foot

Barfee, Rona and Spellers
Pandemonium (Reprise)

Company
My Favorite Moment of the Bee (II)

Rona
Prayer of the Comfort Counselor

Mitch


Act Two

My Unfortunate Erection (Chip's Lament)

Chip
Woe is Me

Logainne, Carl, Dan and Company
I'm Not that Smart (Reprise)

Leaf
I Speak Six Languages

Marcy and Girls
The I Love You Song

Olive and Olive's Parents
Woe is Me (Reprise)

Logainne, Barfee and Olive
My Favorite Moment of the Bee (III)

Rona
Second

Olive, Barfee, Panch and Rona
Finale

Company
The Last Goodbye


Company