NOW PLAYING: Evergreen Players' 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

Evergreen Players presents

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Music and lyrics by William Finn and book by Rachel Sheinkin

Directed by Rebecca Stone Thornberry

Music Direction by Travis Yamamoto 

Evergreen Players presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee July 15 through August 7 at Center/Stage in Evergreen, CO. 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. The cast includes Jacquie Jo Billings, Ember Everett, Josh Holcomb, Devon Moody, Ken Paul, Josh Rigo, Kristianne Seaton, Brad Wagner and Patrick Thomas Wills.

William  Finn is the writer and composer of Falsettos, for which he received two Tony Awards, Best Book of a Musical (with James Lapine) and Best Original Score.  He has also written and composed In Trousers, March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland (Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, two Los Angeles Drama Critic's Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, the Lucille Lortel Award, and Guggenheim Fellowship in Musical Composition). Rachel Sheinkin credits include: Broadway: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Tony, Drama Desk awards); Off Broadway: Striking 12 (Lucille Lortel nomination), Off-Off: Serenade. Regional: Guthrie, Little House on the Prairie; Center Theater Group, Sleeping Beauty Wakes (Los Angeles Ovation Award).  

Evergreen Players presents "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"  July 15 through August 7 at Center/Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen, CO. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For tickets of more information, contact the boxx office at 303-674-4934 or online at www.evergreenplayers.org. Group discounts available.

Photo Credit: Rachel D. Graham, RDG Photography