Quinnipiac University students to perform ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ April 25-27

Quinnipiac University students will perform "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," April 25-27, in the Clarice L. Buckman Theater on the Mount Caramel Campus.

"The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" is a contemporary musical comedy that is centered on six children and their efforts to win the county-wide spelling bee. Each child has very specific reasons for wanting to win, as well as very specific means they go through to do so. With the help of three adults - a peppy former spelling bee champion, a sarcastic vice principal and a criminal working off his community service at the event - these kids sing, dance and spell their way towards the trophy and a national spelling bee championship.

Ashley DiFranza, of Hopkinton, Mass., is the director of this show, which is being produced by Fourth Wall Theater, a Quinnipiac student theater group. Emily Seibert, of Oxford, is the musical director, and Alec Farquharson, of Natick, Mass., is the assistant director. The cast includes: Olivia Bartolomei of Colleyville, Texas; Alex DeNoncour of Johnston, R.I.; Anthony DePasquale of Concord, Calif.; Zack Glassman of Suffern, N.Y.; Tiffany Green of Campbell Hall, N.Y.; Connor Hadley of Marlboro, N.J.; Joe Kohle of Pequannock, N.J.; Alexandra Lorca of Wappingers Falls, N.Y.; and Kristen Valera of Southbury.

Show times are at: 7 p.m. on April 25; 2 and 8 p.m. on April 26; and 2 p.m. on April 27.

Tickets can be purchased at the door for $10. They also will be available for $8 at the Carl Hansen Student Center on the Mount Carmel Campus during the week leading up to the performance. To reserve tickets, please email QUFourthwall@gmail.com.

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