Circle in the Square Theater

Six young people on the edge of puberty strive to become adults in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee--the funny, tender, sardonic musical by the composer of Falsettos. These outsiders use competition to define themselves, apart from their crazy families, while their struggle to escape childhood is overseen by grown-ups who never completely succeeded in escaping it themselves. 

Tony Award Nominations
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical (Rachel Sheinkin)
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (William Finn)
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Dan Fogler)
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Celia Keenan-Bolger)
Best Direction of a Musical (James Lapine)

Creators
Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Conceived by Rebecca Feldman
Directed by James Lapine
Set Design by Beowulf Boritt
Costume Design by Jennifer Caprio
Lighting Design by Natasha Katz
Sound Design by Dan Moses Schreier 

Starring
Derrick Baskin, Mitch Mahoney
Deborah Craig, Marcy Park
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Leaf Coneybear
Dan Fogler, William Barfee
Lisa Howard, Rona Lisa Peretti
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Olive Ostrovsky
Jose Llana, Chip Tolentino
Greg Stuhr, Douglas Panch
Sarah Saltzberg, Logianne Schwartzandgrubenierre