Festival Theatre | St. Croix Falls, WI

Welcome to Festival Theatre
St. Croix Falls, WI
Professional Entertainment and Arts Education in the Franklin Square Black Box.

Only 2 performances remain of our summer musical:
The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee!

"Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences across the country with its effortless wit and humor. Featuring a fast-paced, wildly funny and touching book by Rachel Sheinkin and a truly fresh and vibrant score by William Finn, this bee is one unforgettable experience." - from MTI's website about Spelling Bee.

This heartfelt, hilarious musical comedy brings musical theatre back to St. Croix Festival Theatre for the first time since 2019! The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee kicks off our summer season with tons of laughs, great music, and lots of fun!

Only 2 showings remain!
Thursday, June 30th @7:30pm - Only 10 tickets available
Saturday, July 2nd @2:00pm - Only 26 tickets available

Plot:
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.

AGE ADVISORY - 12 & Up
This show contains some language and adult themes.

spelling bee tickets

Every summer, Festival Theatre is lucky to invite a number of talented artists from around the nation be a part of our summer season! We’re thrilled to introduce our 2022 Intern/Apprentice company to you! We’ll be highlighting them individually over the summer, but we just couldn’t wait to show them all off together (plus the OG hometowns they hail from)! They’re rocking it in The 25th Putnam County Spelling Bee currently, and will also be seen acting/working behind the scenes on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Nerd as the summer continues on! You can also catch their awesome talent at Friday Night Improv (Starting June 24th!) and in our Art in Action summer camps held for kids 7-13 in Scandia, St. Croix Falls, and Siren this summer! We love working with these seriously talented and wonderful people, and we can’t wait to share their spirit/talent with our audiences starting when Spelling Bee opens on June 11th!