Detailed Spring Production Information

Below you will find character lists, tentative rehearsal schedules, and more for each production. Click on the production title to see all relevant information.

The Wolves

Director: Annamaria Pileggi
Theater: Edison Theatre
Written by: Sarah DeLappe

Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals. 

Rehearsal & Tech Schedule: HERE
Shows: February 21, 22, 28, and March 1 at 7:30 pm,  February 23 & March 2 at 2 pm
Strike: March 2, After Show
Holiday Conflicts: Lunar New Year, Valentine’s Day, & Ramadan
Other PAD Production Conflicts: Spelling Bee

Expected Hours, Per Week, for Rehearsals is maximum of 15 hrs., until Tech Week.

Roles to be Cast: 

#11 – Midfield. Brainy, morbid, budding elitist, thoughtful. Seventeen. 
#25 – Defense, Captain. Classic (ex)coach’s daughter. Seventeen.
#13 – Midfield. Stoner, older pot dealer brother, into her wackiness. Sixteen.
#46 – Bench. New girl. Awkward, different, just wants to fit in. Sixteen.
#2 – Defense. Innocent, unlucky, kind, skinny. Sixteen. 
#7 – Striker. Too cool for school. Sarcastic, “fuck”, thick eyeliner. Almost seventeen. 
#14 – Midfield. #7’s insecure sidekick. Just switched to contacts. Sixteen. 
#8 – Defense. Plays dumber than she is. Sixteen. 
#00 – Goalie. Intense performance anxiety, perfectionist, high achiever. Seventeen. 
SOCCER MOM

Notices:

  • Those cast in THE WOLVES will be expected to do rigorous physical exercises throughout the play
  • We will honor all language choices the playwright has built into these characters and will not change anything, including the salty stuff.  
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Director: Brenna Jones
Music Director: Larry Pry
Choreographer: Jo Palisoc
Theatre: Hotchner Studio
Music & Lyrics by: William Finn
Book by: Rachel Sheinkin

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. ( This schedule is tentative and may be adjustments made later on)

Rehearsal & Tech Schedule: HERE (This schedule is tentative and there may be adjustments made later on)
Shows: April 17, 18, & 19 at 7:30 pm,  April 19 & 20 at 2 pm
Strike: April 20, After Show
Holiday Conflicts: Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, Passover, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, & Easter
Other PAD Production Conflicts: Last Weekend of The Wolves

Expected Hours, Per Week, for Rehearsals is maximum of 15 hrs., until Tech Week.

Roles to be Cast:

Chip Tolentino-
An athletic, social, boy scout and champion of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, he returns to defend his title, but he finds puberty hitting at an inopportune moment.
 
Logainne Schwartzandgrubeniere (Schwartzy)-
Logainne is the youngest and most politically aware speller, often making comments about current political figures. She is driven by internal and external pressure, but above all by a desire to win to make her two fathers proud. She is somewhat of a neat freak, speaks with a lisp, and will be back next year. 
 
Leaf Coneybear-
The second runner-up in his district, Leaf gets into the competition on a lark and finds everything about the bee incredibly amusing. He is home-schooled and comes from a large family of former hippies. He has severe Attention Deficit Disorder and spells words correctly while in a trance.
 
William Barfee-
A Putnam County Spelling Bee finalist last year, he was eliminated because of an allergic reaction to peanuts and is back for vindication. His famous “Magic Foot” method of spelling has boosted him to spelling glory, even though he only has one working nostril and a touchy, bullying personality. He develops a crush on Olive.
 
Marcy Park-
The ultimate over-achiever, Macy has never been given another option. She comes from a family where excellence is expected and so simply produced. A parochial school student, she assumes God, too, expects perfection. She sees herself as a mess of problems but she keeps them to herself. Having moved often because of her parent’s work, she knows she can beat the local competition. Her many talents include piano, dance, martial arts, baton twirling, and/or whatever special gifts you can find in your casting pool. 
 
Olive Ostrovsky-
A young newcomer to competitive spelling. Her mother is in an ashram in India, and her father is working late, as usual, but he is trying to come sometime during the bee. Having found comfort in its words and vastness, Olive made friends with her dictionary at a very young age, helping her to make it to the competition. She starts enormously shy, and shyly blossoms.
 
Rona Lisa Peretti-
The number-one realtor in Putnam County, a former Putnam County Spelling Bee Champion herself, and the returning moderator. She is a sweet woman who loves children, but she can be very stern when it comes to dealing with Vice Principal Panch and his feelings for her. Her interest in the competition is unflagging and drives it forward.
 
Douglas Panch-
The Vice Principle. Frustrated with his life, he finds the drive of the young spellers alien to him. After five years’ absence from the Bee, Panch returns as judge. There was an “incident” at the Twentieth Annual Bee, but he claims to be in “a better place” now, thanks to a high-fiber diet and Jungian analysis. He is infatuated with Rona Lisa Peretti, but she does not return his affections.
 
Mitch Mahoney-
The Official Comfort Counselor. An ex-convict, Mitch is performing his community service with the Bee, and hands out juice boxes to losing students. He has no idea how to offer comfort, but does find himself wishing he could find a way to make the kids feel better.
 
Carl Dad-
Schwarzy’s main trainer, the more intense and competitive of Schwarzy’s fathers. Normally played by actor playing Leaf.
 
Dan Dad-
the more laid back and ineffectual of Schwarzy’s fathers. Normally played by the actor playing Mitch.
 
Jesus Christ-
Deity invoked by a speller in need. Normally played by the actor playing Chip.
 
Leaf’s Mom, Dad, And Siblings-
All more academically gifted than Leaf, they are even more surprised than he is by his success. Normally played by the spellers and audience volunteers as indicated in the script.
 
Olive’s Dad-
A fantasy version of Olive’s dad coming to the bee from work. Normally played by the actor playing Mitch.
 
Olive’s Mom-
A fantasy version of Olive’s mom at her Ashram in India. Normally played by the actor playing Rona.
 

Notices:

  • We will honor all language choices the playwright has built into these characters and will not change anything, including the salty stuff.  

Scripts

Perusal copies of the scripts will be available on Box HERE. Please contact Isabelle Scheibe (scheibe@wustl.edu) with any issues. Scripts are available for viewing ONLY. You may not print, download, or save them. If cast, you will receive an individual copy of the script.