Lilli Cooper, Jason Kravits complete 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' cast

The actors join the six previously announced stars of the award-winning musical's 20th-anniversary revival, playing off Broadway at New World Stages from November.

Summary

• Tony Award nominee Lilli Cooper and Jason Kravits complete the Off-Broadway cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• They play the adult moderators of the title bee featuring six student competitors
• Performances run at New World Stages from November 7 to February 15

Casting is C-O-M-P-L-E-T-E! Lilli Cooper and Jason Kravits round out the cast of the 20th-anniversary revival of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee off Broadway, running from November 7 to February 15 at New World Stages. Opening night is November 17.

Tony Award nominee Cooper (Tootsie) and Kravits (The Drowsy Chaperone) will play Rona Lisa Peretti and Vice Principal Douglas Panch, respectively. They join the previously announced Jasmine Amy Rogers as Olive Ostrovsky, Autumn Best as Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre, Matt Manuel as Mitch Mahoney, Philippe Arroyo as Chip Tolentino, Leana Rae Concepcion as Marcy Park, Justin Cooley as Leaf Coneybear, and Kevin McHale as William Barfée.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee follows six quirky students competing in a highly competitive spelling bee run by equally quirky adults. Danny Mefford directs and choreographs this revival of the musical, which has a Tony Award-winning book by Rachel Sheinkin and a score by Tony winner William Finn.

As previously announced, Spelling Bee also features scenic design by Teresa L. Williams, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by David Weiner, sound design by Haley Parcher, and music supervision by Carmel Dean.

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Photo credit: Lilli Cooper and Jason Kravits. (Cooper photo by Justin Patterson; Kravits photo by Luke Fontana)