University stages 'Bee' - tickets now on sale
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Gathered around Sarah Diller (center, as Rona Lisa Perretti) from Bluffton University's production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" are (clockwise from lower left) Meghan Sager (Logainne), Zeke Tracy (Leaf), Brian Timpe (Mitch), Kim Rupert (Marcy), Jonathan Luginbill (Chip), Aaron Yost (Vice Principal Panch), Joni Martin (Olive) and Chris Welch (William).
The play will be staged at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, May 5-7, in Founders Hall as part of the university's annual May Day celebration.
Tickets, $13 for reserved seats and $5.50 for bleacher seats, are available online at http://tickets.bluffton.edu, or by contacting the box office at 419-358-3239 or [email protected].
(Photo by Cody Litwiller)
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