The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

ALL MAIN STAGE INDIVIDUAL TICKETS AVAILABLE AUGUST 23RD

Dates: September 9-19, 2010
Times: Thur, Fri, Sat 7:30 pm; Sun 2 pm

Music & Lyrics by William Finn

Book by Rachel Sheinkin

Synopsis: Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser.

The show's Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.

Auditions: July 19, 20 6pm

Presented at the Lake Mirror Theatre Complex

121 S. Lake Ave, Lakeland, FL 33801

CONTAINS SOME ADULT LANGUAGE

The Producers

Dates: December 3 - 19, 2010
Times: Thur, Fri, Sat 7:30 pm; Sun 2 pm

Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan

Music by Mel Brooks

Lyrics by Mel Brooks

Synopsis: Outrageous, hilarious, a teeny bit offensive, off the wall, and the winner of a record 12 Tony Awards are just a few things that THE PRODUCERS is. But it is never boring and you will find yourself holding your sides with laughter as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom sing and dance their way through the greatest show biz scam that there ever was!

Auditions: October 4, 5 at 6PM

Present at the Lake Mirror Theatre Complex

121 S. Lake Ave, Lakeland, FL 33801

CONTAINS SOME ADULT LANGUAGE

Swing!

Original concept by Paul Kelly

Original Direction and Choreography by Lynn Taylor-Corbett

Synopsis: "Two thirds rhythm and one third soul." That's how Fats Waller defined the uniquely American form of popular music and dance known as "swing." Requiring only joyful enthusiasm and a ready partner, swing exploded out of pre-war Harlem's hotbed of youth culture and swept the world. It shattered ethnic and cultural barriers, generating specialty styles such as Jive, Swing, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing, and Hip-Hop Swing. SWING! celebrates this remarkable diversity to the beat of the most exhilarating songs of the period. But as this enthralling song-and-dance show makes abundantly clear, swing was never a time or place -- it has always been a state of mind!

Auditions: December 13, 14 6PM

Presented at the Historic Polk Theatre

121 S. Florida Ave, Lakeland 33801

Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming

Written by Connie Ray
Conceived by Alan Bailey
Musical Arrangements by John Foley and Gary Fagin

Synopsis: It's October, 1945, and the gospel-singing Sanders Family is back together again. The war is over and America's years of prosperity are just beginning. But there's another kind of rite of passage at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, where Reverent Mervin Oglethorpe is giving his last service. He's been called to preach in Texas, and he's already bought a ten-gallon hat and is preparing to ride into the sunset with his wife June, who is eight months pregnant. Tomorrow morning, young Dennis Sanders takes over as Mount Pleasant's pastor. Join the Sanders Family as they send Mervin and June off in style, with hilarious and touching stories and twenty-five toe-tapping Bluegrass Gospel favorites.

Auditions: February 21, 22 at 6PM

Presented at the Bush Chapel, Southeastern University

1000 Longfellow Blvd, Lakeland FL 33801

The Wizard of Oz

(Subject to availability)

by L. Frank Baum

Adapted by Frank Gabrielson

Music & Lyrics of the MGM motion pictures score by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg

BAckground Music by Herbert Stothart.

Synopsis: Little Dorothy Gale of Kansas, like so many girls her age, dreams of what lies over the rainbow. One day a twister hits her farm and carries her away over the rainbow to another world. Come join Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Cowardly Lion and Toto as they travel the universe of Dorothy's imagination.

Auditions:May 16, 17 6PM

Present at the Lake Mirror Theatre Complex

121 S. Lake Ave, Lakeland, FL 33801