The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a hilarious tale of overachievers' 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.

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CAST

*Jeffrey James Binney - William Barfée

*Christine Bunuan - Marcy Park

Steve DeBruyne - Chip Tolentino

*Tobin Hissong - Vice Principal Panch

Elizabeth Jaffe - Logainne Schwartzandgrubenniere

Sonja Marquis - Olive's Mom

Colleen Meyer - Rona Lisa Perretti

Thalia Schramm - Olive Ostrovsky

Chris Shewchenko - Mitch Mahoney

Evan Williams - Leaf Coneybear

Mr. Binney and Ms. Bunuan are both members of the Chicago cast and National Broadway Touring cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

*indicates member of Actor's Equity Association, the union of professional actors in the United States.

The cast of Spelling Bee will feature professional actors from New York, Chicago and Michigan including Jeffrey James Binney and Christine Bunuan from the Chicago and National Broadway Touring casts of the show. The production will be directed by Dan Cooney (Broadway’s 9 to 5 The Musical and Les Miserables), music directed by CT Hollis and choreographed by Barbara F. Cullen.

1. The reviews are in... Spelling Bee is a must see!
   

1. Hilarious and Winning “Spelling Bee” is Encore’s best… - Ron Baumanis
   

2. “The Encore's Bee spells s-u-c-c-e-s-s” - Encore Michigan
   

3. “The way to spell a good time at the theater in the near future is probably "E-N-C-O-R-E."
   - Jenn McKee AnnArbor.com