THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

Conceived by Rebecca Feldman

Additional Material by Jay Reiss

Music and Lyrics by William Finn

Book by Rachel Sheinkin

April 3 – 18, 2026, at 8 pm

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.

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