The MAC Players at the Middetown Arts Center present "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"

Friday, March 06, 2026 @ 7:00pm

Middletown Arts Center
36 Church Street, Middletown, NJ 07748

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.

Director KATE CORDARO • Musical Director NICK JUPINKA • Choreographer SAMANTHA AMARAL

CAST

William Barfée – Julian Alejandro Baro

Olive Ostrovsky – Rach Phelan

Logainne Schwartzandgrunenierre (Schwartzy) – Zoe Seitz

Marcy Park Gloria – Gloria Licona Klein

Leaf Coneybear – Arron Little

Chip Tolentino – Charles Thomas Hughes

Douglas Panch – Clint Gilfillan

Rona Lisa Peretti – Cate Pasterchick

Mitch Mahoney – Zachary Conner

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