The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Workhouse Arts Center
9601 Ox Road Lorton

An hilarious tale of overachievers' angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. 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. Six young people 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.

Thru - May 6, 2012

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DCTheatreScene - Recommended

The Workhouse Theatre production is considerably cheerier than the musical itself. Director Joseph Wallen expertly captures the manic, disorganized energy of the pre-teener, and the actors scramble around with the loose-limbed, sweaty exuberance of those who have just been slapped in the face by pubescence.

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- Tim Treanor

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Workhouse Arts Center