The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ( Musical Comedy )

	Running Dates:	April 22-May 9, 2010
	Theatre:	O'Connell & Company Productions
	Contact / Ticket Info:	Erie Community College North Campus 716.848.0800

Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser.  The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a hilarious tale of over-achievers' angst, chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime.  The show's Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky, yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.