{"id":16705,"date":"2010-07-08T20:53:50","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T00:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=16705"},"modified":"2010-07-08T20:53:50","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T00:53:50","slug":"musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/musical\/","title":{"rendered":"Get set for &#034;Spelling Bee&#034; fun at Wilson Center in St. Johns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/10july\/danceth.jpg' alt='image.jpg' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-left' \/>Get out your dictionaries and prepare for H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S entertainment at the Wilson Center Auditorium<!--more--> when the Mint City Players present the musical comedy and amateur area premiere of &#8220;The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.&#8221;<br \/>\nShow time is 7 p.m., July 22-24 at the venue that&#8217;s located on Cass Street, just a block south of the St. Johns downtown business district.<br \/>\nThe Tony award-winning musical is fresh off the national tour. It recently closed on Broadway after nearly 1,200 performances.<br \/>\nA cast of great characters makes the musical come alive &#8211; the reigning spelling champion, the overachiever with the lisp, the kid with a host of health problems, and the second alternate that never expected to compete &#8211; they all are united by a love of spelling.<br \/>\n&#8220;This is not a show you want to miss,&#8221; says director Ashley Bowen. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been laughing continuously in rehearsals and know that audiences will enjoy this musical. The cast includes both past and current performers from the St. Johns High School Theatre Department.&#8221;<br \/>\nAudience participation adds to the fun.<br \/>\n&#8220;Four, different audience &#8216;volunteers&#8217; will be chosen at each performance to participate on stage in the spelling bee, making each performance unique,&#8221; Bowen says.<br \/>\nVolunteer spellers are encouraged to arrive at the theater 30 minutes prior to curtain time on the day of each performance to sign up for the impromptu cast duty.<br \/>\nTickets for &#8220;The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee&#8221; are $10 for adults, and $8 for students with a valid ID. All tickets are general admission. The show is suggested for ages 13 and older.<br \/>\nTickets are available by calling the box office, (989) 227-4210, and on show dates two hours prior to each performance time.<br \/>\nProceeds benefit renovations at the Wilson Center Auditorium.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/10july\/dance.jpg' alt='image.jpg' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-center' \/><br \/>\n<em>Members of the &#8220;Spelling Bee&#8221; cast rehearse for their upcoming performance: Ashley Kerby, Chris Robinson, Keean Quinn, Trish Amanda Hubbard, Joel Carpenter, Mallory Cormier, and Travis Cormier.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get out your dictionaries and prepare for H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S entertainment at the Wilson Center Auditorium<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}