25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

February 21st, 22nd, 27th, 28th, 29th, and March 1st

An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming "ding" of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves! At least the losers get a juice box.

(Synopsis courtesy of MTI)

Director: Dr. Timothy Willmot

Musical Director: Nigel Tangredi

Choreographer: Kelly Gray

Assistant Director: Lucy Vulgamore

Cast A

Barfee: Matt Flynn

Olive: Alyssa Vanlandingham

Schwarzy: Natalie Lewis

Leaf: Collin O'Brien

Marcy: Kira Shinas

Chip: Lorenzo Bustamante

Rona: Jacqueline Preston

Panch: Peter Nwachukwu

Mitch: Sam Hilario

Cast B

Barfee: Matt Flynn

Olive: Nellie Edwards

Schwarzy: Claire Norman

Leaf: Will Frutchey

Marcy: Mackenzie Cunnane

Chip: Lorenzo Bustamante

Rona: Mia Roberts

Panch: Peter Nwachukwu

Mitch: Ale Nance

Ensemble

Carl Dad: Erik Scharpf

Dan Dad: Parth Chaudhary

Jesus: Ryan Vulgamore

Olive's mom: Anna Osborne

Olive's dad: Lorenzo Bustamante

Leaf's mom: Sabrina Franco

Leaf's dad: Aaron Garner

Brooke: Anika Ganesan

Kids: Brianna Ferguson, Zaynah Khan, Olivia Martin, Taylor Nelson, Jillian Nickelson, Ella Nocera, Katherine Oliver, Destinee Saccoh, Manaal Sharif, Luis Quiles

Tech Heads

Stage Manager: Katherine Moore

Assistant Stage Manager: AJ Miller

Lights: Mikey Marsh & Ian Stummer

Sound: Sydney Preston

Props: Olivia Edwards 

Costumes: Sabrina Franco

Poster & Playbill and Hair & Makeup: Jacqueline Preston

Publicity Manager and Photography: Lucy Vulgamore

Social Media Manager: Ale Nance

Tech Crew

To be posted

Conceived by Rebecca Feldman

Music & Lyrics by William Finn

Book by Rachel Sheinkin

Additional Material by Jay Reiss

The Troubles raging through Northern Ireland cost sixteen-year-old Colleen half her family, and she sees only one way to give her loss meaning: join the bloody fight for Irish independence from Britain. It seems so simple, but the IRA's reception isn't what Colleen expects and her older sister Brigid will do anything to stop her from making the same mistake as their father. How far will she go to make her path clear again? How far will Ireland go? And Britain? And what more will it cost?

(Synopsis courtesy of Playscripts)

Placed Second at Sectionals

Best Actresses (Sectionals): Jacqueline Preston and Mia Roberts

Placed Second at Regionals

Best Actress (Regionals): Jacqueline Preston

Director: Dr. Timothy Willmot

Colleen: Jacqueline Preston

Brigid: Mia Roberts

Covey: Peter Nwachukwu

Finder: Tanvika Vegiraju

IRA Member: Luna Li

Claire: Sam HIlario

Liam: Collin O'Brien

Stutterin' Mike: Aaron Garner

The Toad: Ryan Vulgamore

Ensemble: Sabrina Franco, Will Frutchey, Aaron Garner, Mikey Marsh, Claire Norman, Kylie Nulf, Collin O'Brien, Katherine Oliver, Lucy Vulgamore, Richa Zade

Lights: Katherine Moore

Sound: Sydney Preston

Running Crew: Zaynah Khan and Ella Nocera

Photography: Ale Nance

Written by Laura Lundgren Smith

November 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th

On a hot summer day after a long trial, a jury must decide whether a 19-year-old man is guilty of murdering his father. The jury votes 11-1 that the man is guilty of the crime, but laws in the United States require a unanimous vote by all 12 jurors in order to pass judgment. Tempers flare as the eleven jurors try their best to convince the 1 dissenter to come around to their side. As the evidence is re-examined, however, new uncertainties come to light, forcing everyone to truly question if there is in fact some measure of "reasonable doubt". Twelve Angry Men is a heightened courtroom thriller that puts you on the edge of your site while powerfully exploring what it means to live in a democracy.

(Synopsis courtesy of StageAgent)

Director: Dr. Timothy Willmot

Blue Cast

Foreman (Juror 1): Luna Li

Juror 2: Kira Shinas

Juror 3: Natalie Lewis

Juror 4: Tanvika Vegiraju

Juror 5: Thrinath Chinnapati

Juror 6: Bill Tozer

Juror 7: Ale Nance

Juror 8: Mia Roberts

Juror 9: Zaynah Khan

Juror 10: Lorenzo Bustamante

Juror 11: Collin O'Brien

Juror 12: Megan Woody

Guard: Laurie Ziegler

Judge: Aaron Garner

Clerk: Destinee Saccoh

Orange Cast

Foreman (Juror 1): Claire Norman

Juror 2: Alyssa Vanlandingham

Juror 3: Ella Nocera

Juror 4: Jacqueline Preston

Juror 5: Ryan Vulgamore

Juror 6: Will Frutchey

Juror 7: Peter Nwachukwu

Juror 8: Sam Hilario

Juror 9: Anika Ganesan

Juror 10: Richa Zade

Juror 11: Lucy Vulgamore

Juror 12: Olivia Martin

Guard: Reilly Johnston

Judge: Brianna Ferguson

Clerk: Grace Kianka

Tech Heads

Stage Manager: Katherine Moore

Assistant Stage Manager: AJ Miller

Lights: Ian Stummer

Sound: Sydney Preston

Props: Olivia Edwards

Costumes: Nellie Edwards

Poster & Playbill Design: Lucy Vulgamore

Hair & Makeup: Jacqueline Preston

Publicity/Social Media: Ale Nance and Lucy Vulgamore

Photography: Katherine Oliver

Tech Crew

Abigail Firestone, Fordon Miller, Anu Nareddy, Katherine Oliver, and Ethan Sikora

Written by Reginald Rose

Adapted by Sherman L. Sergel

March 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th

In nineteenth century France, Jean Valjean is released from years of unjust imprisonment, but finds nothing in store for him but mistrust and mistreatment. He breaks his parole in hopes of starting a new life, initiating a lifelong struggle for redemption as he is relentlessly pursued by police inspector Javert, who refuses to believe Valjean can change his ways. Finally, during the Paris student uprising of 1832, Javert must confront his ideals after Valjean spares his life and saves that of the student revolutionary who has captured the heart of Valjean's adopted daughter.

(Synopsis courtesy of MTI)

Director: Dr. Timothy Willmot

Musical Director: Nigel Tangredi

Choreographer: Kelly Gray

Jean Valjean: Benji Lord

Javert:Jaime Lowman

Marius: James Morris

Cosette: Sam Hilario

Eponine: Nellie Edwards

Fantine: Kaya Trippel

Thenardier: Matt Flynn

Madame Thenardier: Jacqueline Preston

Enjolras: Lorenzo Bustamante

Gavroche: Bill Tozer

Little Cosette: Caroline Godwin

Ensemble: Nico Feldman, Sabrina Franco, Will Frutchey, Chris Goffi, Elliot Israel, Zaynah Khan, Grace Kianka, Natalie Lewis, Vincent Litwinowicz, Ainsley Mcneme, Ale Nance, Ella Nocera, Claire Norman, Collin O'Brien, Katherine Oliver, Carly Ratcliffe, Mia Roberts, Manaal Shariff, Roshini Subash, Collin Vanderhoek, Sean Vanderhoek, Alyssa Vanlandingham, Tanvika Vegiraju, Lucy Vulgamore, Kiara Wilson, Megan Woody, Richa Zade

Tech Heads

Stage Managers:  Zoe Calderazzi and Katherine Moore

Lights: To be posted

Sound: To be posted

Props: Olivia Edwards 

Costumes: Rachel Sink

Poster & Playbill: To be posted

Hair & Makeup: Jacqueline Preston

Photography: Jacqueline Preston and Stephanie Yap

Tech Crew

To be posted

Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg

Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer

Additional Material by James Fenton

Based on the novel by Victor Hugo

An original show

To be posted

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Student Director: James Morris

Assisted by Dr. Timothy Willmot

To be posted

To be posted

Written by Nico Feldman and Jaclyn Snyder

October 24th, 25th, 27th, & 28th

An age-old vendetta between two powerful families erupts into bloodshed. A group of masked Montagues risk further conflict by gatecrashing a Capulet party. A young lovesick Romeo Montague falls instantly in love with Juliet Capulet, who is due to marry her father’s choice, the County Paris. With the help of Juliet’s nurse, the women arrange for the couple to marry the next day, but Romeo’s attempt to halt a street fight leads to the death of Juliet’s own cousin, Tybalt, for which Romeo is banished. In a desperate attempt to be reunited with Romeo, Juliet follows the Friar’s plot and fakes her own death. The message fails to reach Romeo, and believing Juliet dead, he takes his life in her tomb. Juliet wakes to find Romeo’s corpse beside her and kills herself. The grieving family agree to end their feud.

(Synopsis courtesy of Shakespeare.org.uk)

Director: Dr. Timothy Willmot

Assistant Director: Nico Feldman

Romeo: James Morris

Juliet: Caroline Godwin

Mercutio: Benji Lord

Benvolio: Kira Shinas

Tybalt: Peter Nwachukwu

Nurse: Mia Roberts

Friar Lawrence/Apothecary: Jacqueline Preston and Rachel Sink

Capulet: Ayussh Shukla

Lady Capulet/Lady Montague: Kaya Trippel and Tanvika Vegiraju

Montague: Will Frutchey

Prince: Max Layman

Paris: Ismail Omarjee-Chavez

Friar John: Dylan Marti

Peter: Bill Tozer

Sampson: Lucy Vulgamore

Gregory: Katherine Oliver

Abraham: Ale Nance

Balthasar (speaking): Collin O'Brien

Fighting ensemble: Natalie Lewis, Luna Li, Claire Norman, Alyssa Vanlandingham, Stephanie Yap

Ensemble: Mackenzie Cunnane, Nellie Edwards, Zaynah Khan, Grace Kianka, Fordon Miller, Ella Nocera, Liza Paluy, Amal Qazi, Ashna Rao, Ayisha Shardow, Alejandra Smith-Torres, Aarya Walvekar, Richa Zade

Tech Heads

Stage Manager: Zoe Calderazzi

Lights: To be posted

Sound: To be posted

Props: Olivia Edwards 

Costumes: Rachel Sink

Poster & Playbill: To be posted

Hair & Makeup: Jacqueline Preston

Photography: Jacqueline Preston and Stephanie Yap

Tech Crew

To be posted

Written by William Shakespeare

February 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 23rd, & 24th

The bickering residents of a rural village in 1935 Provence, France, have been without a baker for seven weeks. They finally find peace and contentment in the new baker, Aimable, and his attractive young wife, Genevieve. However, when Genevieve is lured away by a handsome young gigolo, the middle-aged baker loses all zest for life and baking. When he refuses to bake, the villagers must work as a team to bring Aimable and Genevieve back together.

(Synopsis courtesy of MTI)

Director: Dr Timothy Willmot

Musical Director: Nigel Tangredi

Choreographer: Kelly Gray

Assistant Director: Cassie Picard

Aimable Castagnet: James Morris

Genevieve Castagnet: Sydney Maloney

Denise: Leah Good

Claude: Sujit Anumukonda

M. Martine (The Teacher): Nico Feldman

M. Le Marquis: Benji Lord

M. Le Cure (The Priest): Matt Flynn

Therese: Kaya Trippel

Pierre: Autumn Zipfel

Doumergue: Matigan Nagle

Antoine: Peter Nwachukwu

Barnaby: Ayussh Shukla

Hortense: Katy Shinas

Dominique: Mitchell Mai

Philippe: Rachel Sink

Inez: Stephanie Yap

Nicole: Donna Goicoechea

Simone: Jacqueline Preston

Ensemble: Evan Clark, Leilani Dellinger, Ava Dorn, Nellie Edwards, Sabrina Franco, Caroline Godwin, Autumn Hall, Ella Krygiel, Natalie Lewis, Luna Li, Abby Malone, Dylan Marti, Fordon Miller, Ale Nance, Claire Norman, Kylie Nulf, Collin O'Brien, Katherine Oliver, Mia Roberts, Kira Shinas, Tanvika Vegiraju, Lucy Vulgamore

Tech Heads:

Stage Manager: Zoe Calderazzi

Lights: Mikey Marsh, Katherine Moore, and Richa Zade

Sound: Brody Nagle and Ryan Rodriguez

Props: To be posted 

Costumes and Hair & Makeup: Matigan Nagle

Poster: Cassie Picard

Playbill: James Morris

Photography: To be posted

Tech Crew

Jayda Osgood, Ismail Omarjee-Chavez, Olivia Edwards, Sanaa Khan, Aimee Vu

Book by Joseph Stein

Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

Elephant's Graveyard is the true tale of the tragic collision of a struggling circus and a tiny town in Tennessee, which resulted in the only known lynching of an elephant. Set in September of 1916, the play combines historical fact and legend, exploring the deep-seated American craving for spectacle, violence and revenge.

Placed First at Sectionals

Best Actor: Christian Krupa

Best Actresses (Sectionals): Amira Bedewi and Sydney Maloney

Placed First at Regionals

Best Actress: Sydney Maloney

Placed Third at States

Director: Dr. Timothy Willmot

The Circus:

Ringmaster: Autumn Zipfel

Trainer: Amira Bedewi

Ballet Girl: Kaya Trippel

Tour Manager: Matigan Nagle

Strongman: James Morris

Clown: Benji Lord

The Town

Hungry Townsperson: Ariana Rokneddini

Marshal: Nico Feldman

Muddy Townsperson: Sydney Maloney

Preacher: Katy Shinas

Steam Shovel Operator: Hannah Pilli

Young Townsperson: Jaclyn Snyder

The Railroad

Engineer: Christian Krupa

Musicians

Percussionist: Natalie Norman

Guitarist: Rachel Sink

Lights: Katherine Moore

Spotlight: Zoe Calderazzi

Sound: Brody Nagle

Written by George Brant

October 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th

Black Comedy

Struggling sculptor Brindsley Miller and his fiance, Carol, are having a party with the aim of impressing Carol's bombastic father, Colonel Melkett, and millionaire Georg (Georgette) Bamberger. They hope the two men might purchase some of Brindsley's sculptures. Without permission, they have borrowed the furniture and effects of their fussy neighbor, Harold (Harriet), to make their own flat more presentable. Just before the guests arrive, the main fuse blows, plunging the flat into darkness. What follows is a frantic romp with unexpected visitors, mistaken identities, and surprises lurking in every dark corner! Only we, the audience, can see the action that ensues in the dark. As you might expect, the results are chaotic, disastrous and very funny, indeed! 

(Synopsis courtesy of StageAgent)

The Real Inspector Hound

It is a foggy and foreboding day at Muldoon Manor. This charming, but isolated, English country house is populated by tortured and suspicious characters. A game of bridge results in raised temperatures and veiled threats; a mysterious man, possibly mad, shows up to charm the lady of the house and her young friend; and a dead body lies under the sofa, waiting to be discovered. All the while, a pair of pretentious critics comment on the action, munch chocolates, complain bitterly about their professional rivals, and ogle the attractive actresses. In The Real Inspector Hound, Tony and Academy award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard has crafted a witty, surreal, and compelling tale in which identity is as changeable as a moustache, or a pair of boots, and a hack production of a tired whodunnit can be the cover for a masterful revenge plot, trained on the professional members of the audience.

(Synopsis courtesy of StageAgent)

Director: Dr. Timothy Willmot

Assistant Director: Stephanie Yap

Black Comedy

Brindsley Miller: James Morris

Carol Melkett: Mia Roberts

Miss Furnival: Autumn Zipfel

Colonel Melkett: Christian Krupa

Harriet Gorringe: Matigan Nagle

Schuppanzigh: Rachel Sink

Clea: Amira Bedewi

Georgette Bamberger: Cassie Picard

The Real Inspector Hound

Moon: Sydney Maloney

Birdboot: Benji Lord

Mrs. Drudge: Jacqueline Preston

Simon: Ismail Omarjee-Chavez

Felicity: Kaya Trippel

Cynthia: Tanvika Vegiraju

Magnus: Nico Feldman

Inspector Hound: Katy Shinas

Radio Voice: Claire Norman

Dead Body: Dylan Marti and Fordon Miller

Audience Members: Caroline Godwin, Natalie Lewis, Luna Li, Kristin Lurie, Mikey Marsh, Dylan Marti, Fordon Miller, Ale Nance, Peter Nwachukwu, Katherine Oliver, Kira Shinas, Ayussh Shukla, Aimee Vu, Lucy Vulgamore, Stephanie Yap, Richa Zade

Tech Heads

Stage Managers: Zoe Calderazzi and Connor Maycott

Lights: Mikey Marsh, Katherine Moore, and Richa Zade (???)

Sound: Brody Nagle (???)

Props: To be posted 

Costumes: Matigan Nagle

Poster & Playbill: To be posted

Photography: To be posted

Hair & Makeup: Cassie Picard (???)

Tech Crew

To be posted

Black Comedy

Written by Peter Shaffer

The Real Inspector Hound

Written by Tom Stoppard

February 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 16th, and 17th

The Fantasticks is a funny and romantic musical about a boy, a girl, and their two fathers who try to keep them apart. The narrator, El Gallo, asks the audience to use their imagination and follow him into a world of moonlight and magic. The boy and the girl fall in love, grow apart and finally find their way back to each other after realizing the truth in El Gallo's words that, "without a hurt, the heart is hollow."

(Synopsis courtesy of MTI)

Director: Dr. Timothy Willmot

Musical Director: Nigel Tangredi

Assistant Directors: Ava Linder and Matigan Nagle

El Gallo: Adrian Gonzalez and Jordan Ward

Matt: Kieran Connors and Benji Lord

Luisa: Chloe Grant and Sydney Maloney

Henry: Sierra Garrity and Leah Good

Bellomy: Arianna Santana and Kaya Trippel

Hucklebee: Sujit Anumukonda and Cailey Taylor

Mortimer: Amira Bedewi and Autumn Zipfel

Mutes: Christina Hastings, Harrison Knakal, James Morris, Cassie Picard, Katy Shinas, Kira Shinas, 

Ensemble: Ashley Elmore, Peter Nwachukwu, Hannah Pilli, Jacqueline Preston, Rachel Sink, Kate Sopp, Maggie Sylvester, Isha Thukral, Enora Udin, Tanvika Vegiraju

(This show had 2 casts, the Sun and Moon cast; however, that information on who was in which cast is currently unknown)

Tech Heads

Stage Manager: Devi Ruia

Assistant Stage Manager: Grace Karl

Lighting and Board: Nick Early

Costumes: Cailey Taylor

Tech Crew

Connor Maycott and Zoe Calderazzi

(There was more tech, but due to lack of that knowledge, that information currently remains unknown)

Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones

Music by Harvey Schmidt

An original show

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Placed at Sectionals

Advanced to Regionals

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Director: Dr. Timothy Willmot

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November 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th

In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not just with the U.S. Radium Corporation, but with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire. Written with warmth and humor, Radium Girls is a fast-moving, highly theatrical ensemble piece for 9 to 10 actors, who play more than 30 parts—friends, co-workers, lovers, relatives, attorneys, scientists, consumer advocates, and myriad interested bystanders. Called a "powerful" and "engrossing" drama by critics, Radium Girls offers a wry, unflinching look at the peculiarly American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science.

(Synopsis courtesy of Dramatic Publishing)

Director: Dr. Timothy Willmot

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Written by D.W. Gregory

April 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th

Set in the little village of Anatevka, the story centers on Tevye, a poor milkman, and his five daughters. With the help of a colorful and tight-knit Jewish community, Tevye tries to protect his daughters and instill them with traditional values in the face of changing social mores and the growing anti-Semitism of Czarist Russia. Rich in historical and ethnic detail, Fiddler on the Roof's universal theme of tradition cuts across barriers of race, class, nationality and religion, leaving audiences crying tears of laughter, joy and sadness.

(Synopsis courtesy of MTI)

Director: Dr. Timothy Willmot

Musical Director: Nigel Tangredi

Choreographer: Kelly Gray

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Book by Joseph Stein

Music by Jerry Bock

Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

What if Friar John had a second chance to avert the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? What if he had a third chance, and a fourth, and more, only to fail and fail again at the hands of Lady Macbeth, or Robin Hood, or Tom Sawyer? And what would Shakespeare think?

(Synopsis courtesy of Playscripts)

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Director: Dr. Timothy Willmot

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Written by Yuri Baranovsky

November 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22nd 

A woman carries her heart, broken into nineteen pieces, in a small paper bag. A man shrinks to half his former size, after losing hope in love. A couple keep the love they have given each other in large red bags, or compress the mass into the size of a diamond. These playful and surreal experiences are commonplace in the world of John Cariani’s Almost, Maine, where on one deeply cold and magical Midwinter Night, the citizens of Almost -- not organized enough for a town, too populated for a wilderness -- experience the life-altering power of the human heart. Relationships end, begin, or change beyond recognition, as strangers become friends, friends become lovers, and lovers turn into strangers. Propelled by the mystical energy of the aurora borealis and populated with characters who are humorous, plain-spoken, thoughtful, and sincere, Almost, Maine is a series of loosely connected tales about love, each with a compelling couple at its center, each with its own touch of sorcery.

(Synopsis courtesy of StageAgent)

Director: Dr. Timothy Willmot

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Written by John Cariani