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Music & Lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Conceived by Rebecca Feldman
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.
Director: Dane CT Leasure
Muiscal Director: Cameron Edmiston
Cast:
Chip Tolentino [Jesus Christ]: Blake Mangon
Leaf Coneybear [Carl Dad]: Thomas Emery
William Barfee: Lysander Mills
Logainne Schwartzandgrubeniere: Isabella Sandberg
Marcy Park: Issysis Hill
Olive Ostrovsky: Kadelyn Becker
Rona Lisa Peretti [Olive’s Mom]: Mikaela Ray
Douglas Panch [Dan Dad]: Theodore Kaden
Mitch Mahoney [Olive’s Dad]: Jonathan Merechant
7:30pm Thursday
7:30pm Fridays
2pm Saturdays (added 7:30pm performance 3/15)
2:30pm Sunday
There are no health and safety guidelines listed for this production.
There are no content advisories for this production.
The University of Akron
Sandefur Theatre
Guzzetta Hall, Room 394
Akron, OH 44325-1005