Stages St. Louis Kicks Off 40th Season with Delightful "Spelling Bee"

Stages St. Louis opened their 40th Anniversary season with one of the most adorable and wittiest ensemble theater pieces written in the past 25-years. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is the award winning, silly, and relatable musical comedy about a group of quirky middle schoolers competing to win a trip to a national spelling bee competition. Stages St. Louis frolicsome production of The 25th Annual Spelling Bee is gleefully irreverent carefree fun. Directors RonnGibbs and Gayle Holsman Seay capture the script’s humor and the heart that is carefully tucked behind the comedic playfulness.

_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/st-louis/article/Review-Stages-St-Louis-High-Spirited-THE-25TH-ANNUAL-PUTNAM-COUNTY-SPELLING-BEE-Delights-20260604)._