Preview of Spelling Bee With Members of the Newtown Community

NewArts Musicals is having a

SPELLING BEE

WITH MEMBERS OF THE NEWTOWN COMMUNITY

SATURDAY JULY 11th at 7PM

Newtown High School

Special guest hosts will be two of the creators of the Tony Award winning hit Broadway musical ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ Rebecca Feldman and Jay Reiss

Tickets may be purchased online in advance or at the door.

WHAT IS IT?

It’s a real spelling bee – but with spellers of all ages. Imagine a Walk-A-Thon… where people sponsor other people – but, in this case, it’s for spelling. AND… CHEATING IS ALLOWED! More on that later. Sponsors donate to support their chosen team. Donations are 100% Tax Deductible.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN CHEATING IS ALLOWED?!

The more money teams raise ahead of time through their team members and sponsors, the more CHEATS they can buy and the longer they can stay in the game. At the beginning of the Bee, teams “buy” CHEATS with the money they have raised. CHEATS include things like: Ask your team, Ask the audience, Phone a friend, Buy a letter, Buy a different word, Get back in the game after you’ve been kicked out and Roll the big fuzzy dice to try your luck.

The team leader is up on stage as the speller. Teams are encouraged to be as silly as possible, dress in costumes and pick a name. The team with the most creative costumes get 5 free tickets to any of NewArts’ summer shows. The team with the most team spirit gets 10 free tickets to any of the summer shows and the team that raises the most money gets 15 free tickets to any of the summer shows.

Rebecca Feldman is the creator of the original show and the co-director on the world premiere production. Jay Reiss played the original word pronouncer, Panch, and also wrote additional material – including the zany word definitions – the source of much of the hilarity in the show.