{"id":5244,"date":"2016-10-07T11:58:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T16:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=5244"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:22:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:22:26","slug":"putnam-county-opens-2016-2017-theatre-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2016\/10\/07\/putnam-county-opens-2016-2017-theatre-season\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Putnam County&#8217; opens 2016-2017 Theatre Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/Putnam-County-Spelling-Bee.png\" class=\"broken_link\"><\/a>\u201cThe 25<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee\u201d is the first production in the 2016-2017 Theatre Season presented by the Department of Theatre, Cinema and Dance at Missouri Western State University. Performances are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22, with a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Oct. 16. Tickets are $14 for adults, $12 for Missouri Western faculty and staff, $8 for students, and free for Missouri Western students with valid ID. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance at the Potter Hall Box Office, 816-271-4452, or online at mwsutix.com.<\/p>\n<p>In the comedy musical, six awkward spelling champions learn that winning (and losing) isn\u2019t everything. The original Off-Broadway production in 2005 won three Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Book of a Musical. The show ran on Broadway for more than 1,000 performances from 2005 to 2008 and was nominated for six Tony Awards, winning for Best Book and Best Performance by a Featured Actor.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri Western\u2019s production is directed by Tee Quillin, associate professor of theatre. The cast includes:<\/p>\n<p>Chip\/Jesus: Erik Burns-Sprung<\/p>\n<p>Panch: Antonio Daniels-Braziel<\/p>\n<p>Mitch\/Dan Dan\/Olive Dad: Adarius Wells<\/p>\n<p>Coneybear\/Carl Dad: Joseph Kellogg<\/p>\n<p>Barfee: Brandt Shields<\/p>\n<p>Schwartzy: Raven Reed<\/p>\n<p>Marcy: Jillian Lysaght<\/p>\n<p>Olive: Kelsey Garber<\/p>\n<p>Rona\/Olive Mom: Abby Sexton<\/p>\n<p>Music and lyrics are by William Finn. Book by Rachel Sheinkin. Conceived by Rebecca Feldman.<\/p>\n<p><em>Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\">www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee\u201d is the first production in the 2016-2017 Theatre Season presented by the Department of Theatre, Cinema and Dance at Missouri Western State University. Performances are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22, with a Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. Oct. 16. Tickets are $14 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48,52,60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5244"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8221,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5244\/revisions\/8221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}