Arlington High School students performed their second musical this school year when they brought “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” to the school stage.
Performances were on Feb. 27 through March 3. In the plot, an interesting array of students are competing for a spelling bee trophy.
The play was directed by Greg Krosnes.
The cast
The cast included:
- Martin Dolas as William Barfee
- Parker Chase as Olive Ostrovsky
- Breonna Jackson as Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre
- Ioanna Litra as Marcy Park
- Jeffrey Haddock as Leaf Coneybear
- Tim Pope as Charlito “Chip” Tolentino
- Stephanie Bennett as Rona Lisa Peretti
- Jacob James as Mitch Mahoney
- Brody Ehalt as vice principal Douglas Panch
Music
Musical numbers included:
- “The Twenty-Fifth Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee” Company
- “The Spelling Rules” – Panch and Spellers
- “My Favorite Moment of the Bee” – Rona
- “My Friend, the Dictionary” – Olive and Company
- “The First Goodbye” – Company
- “Pandemonium” – Panch, Chip, Mitch and Spellers
- “I’m Not that Smart” – Leaf
- “The Second Goodbye” – Company
- “Magic Foot” – Barfee and Company
- “Pandemonium (Reprise)” – Mitch, Chip and Company
- “My Favorite Moment of the Bee (Reprise)” – Rona
- “Prayer of the Comfort Counselor” – Mitch and Company
- “My Unfortunate Distraction (Chip’s Lament)” – Chip
- “Woe is Me” – Logainne, Carl, Dan and Company
- “Spelling Montage” – Panch and Spellers
- “I’m Not That Smart (Reprise)” – Leaf
- “I Speak Six Languages” – Marcy and Company
- “Jesus” – Marcy, Jesus and Company
- “The I Love You Song” – Olive and Olive’s parents
- “Woe Is Me (Reprise)” – Logainne, Mitch and Company
- “My Favorite Moment of the Bee (Reprise 2)” – Rona
- “Second” – Barfee, Olive, Rona and Company
- “Finale” – Company
- “The Last Goodbye” – Company
