Photo Flash: Paper Mill Playhouse's ...SPELLING BEE

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will play the following performance schedule: Wednesdays at 7:30PM, Thursdays at 1:30PM & 7:30PM, Fridays at 8:00PM, Saturdays at 1:30PM & 8:00PM and Sundays at 1:30PM & 7:00PM. Single tickets are now on sale and range in price from $25 to $92. Student rush tickets are $25 and are available the day of performance in person with current student ID.  Tickets may be purchased by calling 973-376-4343, or at the Paper Mill Box Office on Brookside Drive in Millburn, or online at Paper Mill Playhouse's website: www.papermill.org.  Paper Mill Playhouse gift cards, available in any denomination, can be purchased at the Paper Mill Playhouse Box Office.  Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express accepted.  Groups of ten or more can receive up to a 25% discount or more on tickets and should call 973-379-3636, extension 2438. 

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee brings a talented cast to the Paper Mill Playhouse stage. Ephie Aardema Logainne performed as Liesl in the national tour of The Sound of Music and as Olive in the Media Theatre production of Spelling Bee.  She has appeared Off-Broadway in the title role of Dear Edwina and regionally at Circle in the Square, Goodspeed Opera House and Orlando Repertory Theatre. Will Blum Barfee appeared in the Broadway and national tour productions of Grease. He has starred in several productions at Center for the Arts on Main and Roxy Regional Theatre as well as at The Boston Conservatory where he earned his BFA in Musical Theatre. Lyle Mackston Leaf appeared at New York Music Festival and in the musical revue Rated RSO at Joe's Pub.  Currently pursuing a BFA at Pace University, he has starred in Fiddler on the Roof, My Favorite Year, Parade and All Shook Up.  Marla Mindelle Rona appeared on Broadway in the Lincoln Center Theatre production of South Pacific and in the national tour of The Drowsy Chaperone.  She has performed in New York at Playwrights Horizon, National Alliance and Manhattan Theatre Club, and regionally at New Repertory Theatre, New York Stage & Film, and Princeton Opera. Olivia Oguma Marcy has appeared on Broadway in Mamma Mia, Les Miserables and A Christmas Carol, as well as in the national tour of Disney High School Musical.  Off-Broadway she performed at Playwrights Horizon and the Lucille Lortel Theatre.  A series regular on Sesame Street, she has had a recurring role on As The World Turns and guest stars on Law & Order and All My Children. Jerold E. Solomon Mitch performed in South Pacific at Lincoln Center Theatre and in the national tours of Big River, Annie and Ragtime.  He appeared in several productions at Berkshire Theatre Festival, New York Music Festival, and Ensemble Studio Theatre. Ali Stroker Olive has starred in several productions at New Players Company and Surflight Theatre.  She has appeared at Playwrights Horizon and American Theatre of Actors as well as on the national tour of The Kids for Kids Project. David Volin Panch appeared in the Walnut Street Theatre production of The Odd Couple.  Regionally he has performed with New Jersey Repertory Company in The Women of Lockerbie, Klonsky & Schwartz, and The Laramie Project, Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Frost/Nixon, and Gloucester Stage in Enigma Variations. Brandon Yanez Chip has been featured at Allegro Productions, including leading roles in Grease, Oliver, West Side Story, and The Sound of Music, and in several cabaret performances of Don't Tell Mama.  He has appeared in the touring company productions of Romeo and Juliet and Taming of the Shrew.

In conjunction with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to announce a series of free audience enrichment activities including: The Director's Viewpoint, January 19 at 6:30pm, Conversation Club, every Thursday evening at 6:30pm and Q & A With the Cast on February 12 following the matinee. Visit www.papermill.org for more details on Paper Mill Playhouse's Free Audience Enrichment Activities.

Paper Mill Playhouse, a not-for-profit arts organization, is one of the country's leading regional theatres.  Paper Mill Playhouse programs are made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, A Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.  Additional support is provided by generous contributions from numerous corporations, foundations, and individuals.  Paper Mill Playhouse is a member of Theatre Communications Group, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, the Council of Stock Theatres, and the New Jersey Theatre Alliance. 

Photo Credit: Mark Garvin