The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Date(s): Saturday, August 8, 2026
Time: 1:00pm
Venue: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
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Horizon Performing Arts is performing The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee this August.

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 lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up) words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life un-affirming “ding” of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves a champion! At least the losers get a juice box.

Tickets are $22/regular, $20/students/seniors.

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