[Capdist-announce] 'THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE' AT HUBBARD HALL, NOVEMBER 7-30

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News release follows as text and is attached as a Word doc, along with production photo, please credit Sara Kelly .
Reviewers are invited to attend opening weekend performances, November 7 and 8 @ 8 p.m., or November 8 and 9 @ 2 p.m. RSVP debfoster at hubbardhall.org by Thursday, November 6.

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EDITORIALCONTACTS:
PatLamb                                 or                     DebFoster
(518)727-4933                                                   (518)677-2495   
patalamb at aol.com                                            debfoster at hubbardhall.org
 
R-O-L-L-I-C-K-I-N-GWITH A ‘K,’ E-X-U-B-E-R-A-N-T WITH AN ‘X’: THE THEATRE COMPANY at HUBBARD HALL PRESENTSTONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL COMEDY, 
‘THE25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE,’ NOVEMBER 7- 30  
 
CAMBRIDGE,NY (October 29, 2014)—The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall (TCHH) will present The 25th AnnualPutnam County Spelling Bee, the Tony Award-winning musical comedy classic byWilliam Finn and Rachel Sheinkin, November 7-30.
Perfect for family audiences, thishilarious tale of overachievers’ angst chronicles the experience of sixadolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. For thisquirky yet charming band of kids, a spelling bee is the one place where theycan stand out and fit in at the same time.
Hubbard Hall ExecutiveDirector David Snider will direct a cast that includes Sylvia Eowyn Bloom, KyraFitzgerald, Edward Mawere, Jeffrey Vizcaino, Digby Baker-Porazinski, ChrisBarlow, Sebastian Durfee, Sara Curtis and Erin Ouellette.  .
 
“The 25thAnnual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a hilarious farce – but one with agolden heart,” Snider said. “It’s a celebration of hard work, risk taking andtrying to be the best, a celebration of those who don’t fit in easily and theirjourney to find their own path. It’s a party for us all, to remember how itfelt to be so young, so earnest and so excited to find our own way.”
 
The production’s creative staffincludes Richard Cherry, musical director; Jack Boggan, assistant director; BenjieWhite, technical director; Sherry Recinella, costume designer; Calvin Anderson,lighting designer; and Darcy May, choreographer.
 
Thursday,November 6 will be the Pay What You Will / Open Final Rehearsal at 8 p.m. Therewill be 16 performances of The 25th Annual Putnam CountySpelling Bee, November7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29 at 8 p.m.; and November 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23,29 and 30 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $24 for Hubbard Hall members, $27 fornon-members, $15 for students (11 and up), and $10 for youth (ages 6-10).Tickets are available at www.hubbardhall.orgor by calling (518) 677-2495.
 
An Opening Night Dinner will take place Friday,November 7 at 6 p.m. in the Beacon Feed Studio. The menu will feature (not yourcafeteria-style) school lunch specialties. Reservationsare requested by Wednesday, November 5 at 5 p.m. Visit www.hubbardhall.orgor call (518) 677-2495 for tickets.The cost: $50.00, including theatre ticket /$30.00, meal only (for seasonsubscribers). 


Hubbard HallCenter for the Arts, located in a renovated 1878 rural opera house and adjacentformer freight yard complex, is a community arts center dedicated to bringingthe best of the arts to the region with year-round theater, music and danceperformances and classes and workshops for all ages and skill levels. HubbardHall is located at 25 East Main Street in Cambridge, NY.  For more information on this and all HubbardHall programs, or to purchase tickets, register for classes, make a donationand/or become a member or theatre subscriber please visit www.hubbardhall.org or call (518)677-2495.
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