Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. on September 21, 22, and 23 and a 3 p.m. matinee on Sunday, September 24, in the Mabee Little Theatre/Black Box. This production is directed by student Cassie Williams and faculty mentor Dr. Haidee Heaton. The student production team includes Kalista VanDerAa, Stage Manager; Mackenzie Coleman-Portell, Assistant Stage Manager/Props Master; Sebastian Pearson, Assistant Stage Manager/Props Master; and Brad Collins, Sound Design. They are led by the production team, including designer David Lane and technical director Michael York.

Admission is free to C-SC students, faculty, and staff. Admission for the public is $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. For further information or reservations, please contact David Lane at聽dlane@culver.edu聽or call 573-288-6398. C-SC Faculty, Staff, and Students can reserve tickets on Wildcats Connect.

CANTON, Mo. 鈥� An eclectic group of six pre-teens vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime as the 乱伦社区 theatre department will be presenting 鈥淭he 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee鈥� at聽four regional high schools in March and in the Mabee Little Theatre in the Robert W. Brown Performance Arts Center on the C-SC campus in April.

While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the six students spell their way through a series of 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, and one speller leaves a champion. (At least the losers get a juice box.)

A riotous ride, complete with audience participation聽and a small cast and unit set, makes this show a perfect option for high school tours. Shows will be performed at:

• Highland High School in Ewing, Mo., on Thursday, March 5.
• Knox County High School in Edina, Mo., on Thursday, March 19.
• Burlington High School in Burlington, Iowa, on Wednesday, March 25.
• Mexico High School in Mexico, Mo., on Thursday, March 26.

The show will return to campus for four shows in the Mabee Little Theatre. Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on April 2-4, with a 3 p.m. matinee scheduled for April 5. Admission to those performances is $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors.

The cast consists of:

• Alex Siron, a senior music education major from Paris, Mo. He plays the part of Chip Tolentino, a Boy Scout and the defending champion of the spelling bee.
• Kaitlyn Conaway, a senior English education and theatre major from Steelville, Mo. She plays the part of Logainne Schwartzandgrubenniere, the youngest and most politically aware speller.
• Kar鈥橫el Brewer, a senior music education major from St. Louis. He plays the part of Leaf Conybear, who is homeschooled, makes his own clothes and spells words correctly while in a trance.
• Cody McClain, a senior psychology major from Hamilton, Ill. He plays the part of William Barfee, who uses his 鈥渕agic foot鈥� method to boost him to spelling glory.
• Krista Barth, a senior English education major from Bloomington, Ill. She plays the part of Marcy Park, who speaks six languages, excels in hockey and rugby and sleeps three hours a night.
• Talia Schneider, a sophomore musical theatre major from Altamont, Ill. She plays the part of Olive Ostrovsky, a young newcomer to competitive spelling.
• Brianna Holder, a junior music education major from Moberly, Mo. She plays the part of Rona Perretti, the top realtor in Putnam County and the moderator of the spelling bee.
• Remington Jarvis, a senior individualized major from Canton, Mo. He plays the part of Douglas Panch, a vice principal who returns to be a judge at the bee after a five-year absence.
• Matthew Scheuermann, a senior theatre and music major from Quincy, Ill. He plays the part of Mitch Mahoney, the 鈥渙fficial comfort counselor鈥� who hands out juice boxes to losing students.

Bailey McNamar, a sophomore arts management major from Quincy, Ill., is the stage manager. Kirsten Lippold, a junior English education major from Carlinville, Ill., and Courtney Deeds, a senior theatre major from Fair Grove, Mo., are the assistant stage managers.

All performances are under the direction of David Lane, lecturer of speech/theater education at Culver-Stockton. Scenic design for the performance is under the direction of Seth Campbell, assistant professor of theatre.

For reservations, contact the C-SC Fine Arts Office at 573-288-6000, ext. 6346.

鈥淭he 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee鈥� is presented as part of the C-SC Academic and Cultural Events program.

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