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URI Theatre production of Cinderella

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Music & Lyrics by William Finn; Book by Rachel Sheinkin

Six adolescents in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser. The show’s Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time. "The lovably, entirely adorable new musical... Spelling Bee is, in essence, A Chorus Line with pimples." - New York Times


Performance Dates

  • December 3-5 and 10-12, 2009 at 7:30 pm


  • December 5 & 12*, 2009 at 2:00 pm
    • *Thomas R. Pezzullo Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser

  • December 6 & 13, 2009 at 3:00 pm

2011-2012 Season

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Oct. 13-23, 2011

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Dec. 1-11, 2011

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Feb. 23-March 4, 2012

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April 25-29, 2012


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