William Barfee, played by Central junior Jordan Rinkenberger, holds his trophy high over his head as he celebrates his victory in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Champaign Central Drama’s Fall Musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, ran from November 14th-17th in Central’s Decker Theatre, with their performance being chosen to perform at the Illinois High School Theatre Festival in Urbana in January. Using two different casts, Central’s Drama Department invited The Chronicle to photograph a dress rehearsal of their Pandemonium cast on November 12th.
Ms. Rona Lisa Perretti (Allison Williams) wins the 3rd Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in the opening scene.Reigning champion Chip Tolentino (Nevaeh Bickerstaff) takes a bow as he receives his number for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.Contestant Logainne Schwartzandgrubenniere (Hazel Leakey) receives her number as she takes the stage.Leaf Coneybear (Brady Hong) receives his number as he takes the stage.William Barfee (Jordan Rinkenberger) corrects the pronunciation of his last name when called to the stage.Putnam County newcomer and well-renowned speller Marcy Brook (Orli Cook) shakes hands with Ms. Rona Lisa Perretti (Allison Williams) as she takes the stage.Nervous Olive Ostrovsky (Adsen Tarr) takes her number from Ms. Rona Lisa Perretti (Allison Williams) as she gets her $25 entrance fee deferred until after the bee.Vice Principal Douglas Panch (Brandon Potenberg) takes the mic as he introduces himself in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.Vice Principal Panch (Brandon Potenberg) lays out the rules of the spelling bee to contestants.Ms. Rona Lisa Perretti (Allison Williams) lays out the rules of the spelling bee to contestants.Logainne Schwartzandgrubenniere (Hazel Leakey) stands behind the microphone as she’s given the first word in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Leaf Coneybear (Brady Hong) focuses under pressure to knock out his first word in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.Spellers sing during The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.Cher Gold (Caroline Yu) snaps in the air as she celebrates getting her word correct.One of the guest spellers reacts as she becomes the first contestant to be eliminated from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.The spellers sing “Goodbye” as one of the guest spellers is escorted off-stage.William Barfee (Jordan Rinkenberger) displays his iconic “magic foot” as he spells out his word.Lacey Bluegrass (Nora Troyer) looks towards the judges in awe when given her word to spell.Chip Tolentino (Nevaeh Bickerstaff) waves his hands up like a celebrity as he takes the stage again in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.The Ensemble points off while they sing as the purple light of failure shines on the stage.Marcy Brook (Orli Cook) leads the ensemble as she sings “Pandemonium”.Logainne Schwartzandgrubenniere (Hazel Leakey) sings into the microphone with the cast behind her.William Barfee (Jordan Rinkenberger) points in the air with the cast’s arms interlocked behind him as he sings.Chip Tolentino (Nevaeh Bicketstaff) sings into the microphone atop Vice-Principal Panch’s chair in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.Lucas Miller (Ozzie Decker) yells in anger after finding out that he’s been eliminated from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.Jackie Clark (Stella McLoughlin) stumbles towards the microphone like an animal in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Jackie Clark (Stella McLoughlin) is forced to be dragged off the stage by Mitch Mahoney (Lauren Payton) after misspelling her word in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.A nervous Olive Ostrovsky (Adsen Tarr) has her posture corrected on stage by Ms. Rona Lisa Perretti (Allison Williams).Chip Tolentino (Nevaeh Bickerstaff) points off towards the audience and asks Leaf Coneybear (Brady Hong) if his sister’s the one over in the second row.Cher Gold (Caroline Yu) holds her sunglasses in one hand as she speaks into the microphone.William Barfee (Jordan Rinkenberger) performs his magic foot on stage in tap shoes during The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.William Barfee (Jordan Rinkenberger) tap dances alongside other members of the Pandemonium cast in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.William Barfee (Jordan Rinkenberger) tap dances alongside other members of the Pandemonium cast in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.Chip Tolentino (Nevaeh Bickerstaff), distracted by Leaf’s sister, asks if he can pass on this round for later.Chip Tolentino (Nevaeh Bickerstaff) stands behind the microphone as he’s given his word to spell in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.Chip Tolentino (Nevaeh Bickerstaff) stands in shock after his untimely loss as Mitch Mahoney (Lauren Payton) stands at the microphone ready to escort Chip off.Chip Tolentino (Nevaeh Bickerstaff) hangs his head down following his early loss in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.Mitch Mahoney (Lauren Payton) sings about his job into the microphone in the final moments of Act One.Mitch Mahoney (Lauren Payton) sends off one of the guest spellers on the edge of the stage in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.The ensemble of spellers throw their hands out and into the air around Mitch Mahoney (Lauren Payton) at the end of Act One.Chip Tolentino (Nevaeh Bickerstaff) sings about his “unfortunate distraction” towards Leaf’s Sister (Noelle Song).Chip Tolentino (Nevaeh Bickerstaff) intimidates William Barfee (Jordan Rinkenberger) on stage following his performance of “My Unfortunate Distraction” at the beginning of Act Two.Logainne Schwartzandgrubenniere (Hazel Leakey) cowers under the pressure of her two dads (Brady Hong & Lauren Payton) during the song “Woe is Me”William Barfee (Jordan Rinkenberger) corrects the judges over the pronunciation of his name once again in slow-motion.Leaf Coneybear (Brady Hong) shakes hands with Mitch Mahoney (Lauren Payton) after being eliminated from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.Marcy Brook (Orli Cook) tosses a color guard flag into the air as she sings “I Speak Six Languages”.The cast joins Marcy Brook (Orli Cook) as she sings “I Speak Six Languages”.Jesus (Nevaeh Bickerstaff) greets Marcy Brook (Orli Cook) after she prayed to have a harder word.Marcy Brook (Orli Cook) smiles as Jesus (Nevaeh Bickerstaff) asks her why she’d want a harder word.Vice Principal Panch (Brandon Potenberg) rings the bell after Marcy Brook (Orli Cook) intentionally blows her spelling word in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.Vice-Principal Panch (Brandon Potenberg) clutches his chest and yells out at Logainne Schwartzandgrubbenniere (Hazel Leakey) after she repeatedly asks for more definitions/examples of her word.Carl Schwartzandgrubenniere (Brady Hong) kicks a can of coca cola on the ground in order to make the floor sticky and throw off Barfee’s magic foot.Carl Grubenniere (Brady Hong) discusses with Logainne Schwartzandgrubenniere (Hazel Leakey) his intent to throw off Barfee’s magic foot.Olive’s Mom (Sierra Smith) approaches Olive Ostrovsky (Adsen Tarr) in a daydream performance of “I Love You”.Olive Ostrovsky (Adsen Tarr) sings about the absence of her parents and the family issues she faces in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.Olive Ostrovsky (Adsen Tarr) sings “I Love You” while accompanied by her parents (Jordan Rinkenberger and Sierra Smith) in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.William Barfee (Jordan Rinkenberger) celebrates being able to spell his word without the assistance of his magic foot after being thrown off by the sticky floor.Olive Ostrovsky (Adsen Tarr) and William Barfee (Jordan Rinkenberger) sing “Second” as they compete for first place in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.William Barfee (Jordan Rinkenberger) and Olive Ostrovsky (Adsen Tarr) dance together as they sing “Second”.William Barfee (Jordan Rinkenberger) stands at the microphone nervously awaiting the result as he has the chance to win The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.William Barfee, played by Central junior Jordan Rinkenberger, holds his trophy high over his head as he celebrates his victory in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.William Barfee (Jordan Rinkenberger) shows his trophy to the other contestants following his victory in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.The cast bows following the end of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Fans of Central’s theater department will once again be able to see the Pandemonium and Magic Foot casts perform as they compete at the Illinois High School Theatre Festival in Urbana in January.
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