The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee July 15, 2011

Evergreen Players present
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; Assistant Director -Brenda Billings
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. Tickets are $18 Adults; $14 seniors (60+)& Students; $8 for children under 12 and available by calling 303-674-4934 or online at www.evergreenplayers.org. Group discounts available.
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).
The performing home of The Evergreen Players is Center/Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen, CO, 80439. Directions to Center/Stage are at www.evergreenplayers.org. The Evergreen Players is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization producing six shows per year in the foothills. Established in 1950, the Players’ mission is to create professional quality theater to inspire, engage, and entertain. P.O. Box 1271, Evergreen, CO 80437.
Evergreen Players “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
A hilarious tale of six adolescent overachievers' angst vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. July 15 - Aug 7 - Fri\Sat at 7:30 p.m.; Sun at 2 p.m. $18 Adults; $14 seniors (60+)/Students; $8 for children under 12. 303-674-4934 or on line at www.evergreenplayers.org - Center/Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen, CO.