<div><div><div style="font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;text-align:center;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="6" style="font-size:2rem;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">Audition Notice: </font></b><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="6" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><i style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></b></i></font></div><div style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;text-align:center;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><font size="6" face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><i style="font-size:2rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling<font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size:2rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Bee </font></i></b></font><br><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,49,49)">Music & Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin, Conceived by Rebecca Feldman, Additional Material by Jay Reiss<br><font style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Directed by <span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Fred Sternfeld</span></font></font></div><div style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;text-align:center;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">M</span></span><span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">usic <span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">D</span>irection by Ben Malkevitch</span></font></div><div style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;text-align:center;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Choreography by Jen Justice</span></font><br><br><b style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Auditions: </b><span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">by appointment on </span>S<span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">atur</span>day, S<span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">eptember 14 </span>between 12:30P<span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">M</span> - 5:30P<span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">M</span> and <span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Monday</span>, S<span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">eptember 16</span> between 6:00P<span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">M</span> - 10:00P<span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">M</span></font></div><div style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;text-align:center;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><br><b style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Show Dates:</b>  M<span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">ay 16</span> - J<span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">une 8</span>, 2025 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8PM and Sunday at 2PM<br><br></font><div style="text-align:left;font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue""><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><b style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The </span>Story:  </b><span style="text-align:center;font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif">an eclectic group of six mid-pubescents competing 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.</span></font></div><div style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue""><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><br></font></div><font size="4" style="font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue";color:rgb(49,49,49)"><div style="text-align:left;font-family:-apple-system,"helvetica neue""><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-ZpLdRJGsxM1Ke5s82KQz_5tf0ywH10fye74NNSuEKU/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-size:1.125rem;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,133,244)">This google doc link has complete information</a>, including audition prep & submission / callbacks / rehearsal commitment / character descriptions and staff biographies.</font></div></font></div></div><br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><i style="font-size:small">Samantha Gates</i></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i>Theatre Practitioner<br></i></font><div style="font-size:small"><i>Bucknell University '16</i></div><div style="font-size:small"><i>BA Theatre, Literature Studies</i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>