INDIANAPOLIS – The Buck Creek Players will continue their 41st season of quality theater, LIFE 101: A Season of Life Lessons, with the award-winning musical comedy, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin. Opening Friday, June 5th, and continuing for three weekends through Sunday, June 21st, curtain times are at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, with 2:30 p.m. matinees on Sundays. All performances will be held at the Buck Creek Playhouse on the southeast side of Indianapolis at 11150 Southeastern Ave. Tickets are $18 for adults and $16 for children, students, and senior citizens (aged 62 and older). Reservations are highly recommended and can be made securely online with no added fees at www.buckcreekplayers.com, or by calling the automated reservation line at (317) 862-2270. Group discounts are also available for parties of ten or more when purchased online. Please note that this production is recommended for ages 13 and up due to minor language and adult situations.
An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home life, the tweens spell their way through a series of words hoping to never hear the soul crushing, pout inducing, life un-affirming “ding” of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves! At least the losers get a juice box.
