September 10 - October 2, 2011
Fridays/Saturdays at 8pm $21
Sundays at 2pm $21

ADDITIONAL SPECIAL PERFORMANCES:
Sunday 9/25 at 7pm
Friday 9/30 at 11pm (Adults Only Performance!)
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Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Directed by Larry Landsman

Nominated for six Tony Awards, this unlikely hit musical is about the unlikeliest group 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. 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. And at every performance, four audience members will join the Bee on stage for their chance at immortality (just come 45 minutes early to sign up)!

"The word is weltanschauung."

May I have a definition? "One's personal perspective, your philosophy, the way you look at the world."

Please use in a sentence. "The weltanschauung revealed in composer-lyricist William Finn and book writer Rachel Sheinkin's winsome and winning new musical is so generously warm-hearted, only the most bitter misanthrope could resist its charms."
-David Rooney, Variety.

Some content is not appropriate for pre-teens.

CAST MARCY PARK  - Louanna Factora RONA LISA PERRETTI  - Nancy Feldman MITCH MAHONEY  - Jeffry Foote LEAF CONEYBEAR  - Brad Forenza OLIVE OSTROVSKY  - Lena Grotticelli VICE PRINCIPAL DOUGLAS PANCH  - James Lugo CHIP TOLENTINO  - Timothy Meola WILLIAM BARFEE  - Phil Sloves LOGAINNE SCHWARTZANDGRUBENNIERE  - Elaine Thoman       PRODUCTION TEAM Director  - Larry Landsman Musical Director  - Steve Bell Producer  - Kathie Robitz Assistant to the Director  - Emily Bosco Improvisation Coach  - Staci Block Choreographer  - Vanessa Pellecchia Stage Manager  - Alyson Cohn Set Design/Construction  - Chantale Bourdages Rob Ward Set Decor  - Chantale Bourdages Lighting Design  - Allan Seward Sound Design  - Rob DeScherer Costumes  - Ruth Morley Costumes Assistant  - Sherry Iradi Rosella DeVincenzo Properties  - Lisa Dahlborg Amy Nadler Crew  - Eva Piccioni Tom Lambrix Audience Wrangler  - Marci Weinstein Joanne Misha Karin Wander Joe Lanteri Brian Feldman Lighting Operators  - Joe Lanteri Michele Roth Spotlight Operator  - Earle Ziff Sound Operator  - Tom Lambrix Kathleen Ruland Hair  - Dana Robitz Publicity  - Stephanie Koenig Photography  - Alan Zenreich Workday Photography  - Barbara Schwartz Steve Mintz Programs  - Leigh Adel-Arnold Chris Nelson Program Notes  - Marci K. Weinstein Member-at-Large  - Ron Siclari