The organization's production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" opens Friday at Moorestown High School.
MoorArts takes audience participation to a whole new level with its production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, opening this week. For the show—which according to a MoorArts’ release focuses on “a group of brainy middle-school misfits, each vying to emerge as the winner of the county spelling competition”—audience members will be seated on stage with the cast and four of them will be selected as “contestants” in the bee in advance of each performance. “It’s a very intimate kind of stage setting. It’s a very different experience for us,” said communications trustee Candace Coleman. MoorArts president Georgean Wardzinski said, due to the level of crowd interaction the play calls for, “Each show has its own unique appearance,” …
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The arts group previewed its upcoming production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."
MoorArts hosted an evening of exciting vocal entertainment at Perkins Center for the Arts on Wednesday, part of the Moorestown Parks and Recreation Department’s Concerts in the Park. The audience was treated to a variety of music performed by former MoorArts stage stars and Moorestown High School faculty members. The cast of the 2012 MoorArts summer theatre production, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, closed the evening with a rousing preview of the show. MoorArts headliners Jen Rosario Kent (Into the Woods, Thoroughly Modern Millie), Carol Jones (Godspell, Hairspray) and Christine Serenbetz (Hairspray) returned to Moorestown to serenade the crowd with popular ballads, jazz standards and show tunes. Moorestown High School …
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Ann O Neemus
1:09 am on Friday, July 13, 2012
Of course no two shows will be the same... that's an inherent principle of theater. I hope MoorArts isn't just discovering this simple fact. DERP more ›