TNPA: 25th Annual Spelling Bee

The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee

Conceived by: Rebecca Feldman

Book by: Rachel Sheinkin

Music & Lyrics by: William Finn

Additional Material by: Jay Reiss

An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming "ding" of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves a champion! At least the losers get a juice box.