<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"><div style="text-align:center"><b><font size="6" color="#990000">Audition Notice: </font></b><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="6"><i><b><br></b></i></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font size="6" color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><b><i>The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling<span class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> Bee </font></span></i></b></font><br><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Music & Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin, Conceived by Rebecca Feldman, Additional Material by Jay Reiss<br><font color="#000000">Directed by <span class="gmail_default"></span><span style="text-align:start">Fred Sternfeld<span class="gmail_default"></span></span></font></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:start"> <span class="gmail_default">M</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:start">usic <span class="gmail_default">D</span>irection by Ben Malkevitch</span></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><font color="#000000"><span style="text-align:start">Choreography by Jen Justice</span></font><br><br><b>Auditions: </b><span class="gmail_default">by appointment on </span>S<span class="gmail_default">atur</span>day, <span class="gmail_default"></span>S<span class="gmail_default">eptember 14 </span>between <span class="gmail_default"></span>12:30<span class="gmail_default"></span>P<span class="gmail_default">M</span> - 5:30<span class="gmail_default"></span>P<span class="gmail_default">M</span><span class="gmail_default"> </span>and <span class="gmail_default">Monday</span>, <span class="gmail_default"></span>S<span class="gmail_default">eptember 16</span> <span class="gmail_default"></span><span class="gmail_default"></span>between 6:00<span class="gmail_default"></span>P<span class="gmail_default">M</span> - 10:00<span class="gmail_default"></span>P<span class="gmail_default">M</span></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br><b>Show Dates:</b>  <span class="gmail_default"></span>M<span class="gmail_default">ay 16</span> - <span class="gmail_default"></span>J<span class="gmail_default">une 8</span>, 202<span class="gmail_default"></span>5 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8PM and Sunday at 2PM<span class="gmail_default"></span><br><br></font><div style="text-align:left"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><b><span class="gmail_default">The </span>Story:  </b><span style="text-align:center">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><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><font size="4"><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-ZpLdRJGsxM1Ke5s82KQz_5tf0ywH10fye74NNSuEKU/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">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></div>