June 10 - 26

Music and Lyrics By: William Finn
Book by: Rachel Sheinkin, Conceived By Rebecca Feldman
Additional Material by Jay Reiss
Originally produced on Broadway by David Stone, James L. Nederland, Barbara Witman, Patrick Catullo. 
Barrington Stage Company, Second Stage Theatre
Presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International, 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019

Directed by Terri Kent


We kick off our 43rd season with Broadway’s more recent hits The 25th Anniversary Putnam County Spelling Bee running June 10 – 26, 2010.   This hilarious musical tale of overachievers’ angst chronicles the experience of six adolescents vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime.  Overseen by adults who just barely managed to escape childhood themselves, see who learns that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser.

July 1 - 17

By Larry Shue

Directed by Rohn Thomas

Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
Continuing our comedy run is the fabulous farce entitled The Foreigner by Larry Shue known for the comedy The Nerd.  The story is about Charlie, a painfully shy Englishman, who is on a vacation at a Georgia hunting lodge. He concocts a plan to avoid speaking to others by posing as a mysterious foreigner who speaks no English. The plan works well at first, but then backfires when he finds himself the confidant of everyone there. Running July 1 – 17, 2010.

July 22 - August 8

Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Lee Adams
Book by Michael Stewart
As Revised by Peter Stone
Originally Produced by Edward Padula
Presented by special arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc., 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022.

Directed by Terri Kent, Artistic Director


Finally, we close the season with the All-American musical, Bye Bye Birdie with book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse.  Running July 22 – August 7, 2010. This rocking and rolling musical revolves around the Elvis Presley-esque rock 'n' roll superstar Conrad Birdie who, to the dismay of his adoring fans, is about to be drafted into the army. As part of one last publicity stunt cooked up by his agent, he promises to give a good-bye kiss to one lucky girl from Sweet Apple, Ohio, on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The upbeat score features "How Lovely To Be a Woman," "The Telephone Hour," "Put On A Happy Face," "A Lot of Livin' To Do," and "One Last Kiss."