#1
Posted: 2/19/05 at 9:18pm
How are they selected?
Has anyone done this?
Has anyone done this?
Audience Spellers at "Spelling Bee"
#2
Posted: 2/19/05 at 9:19pm
I haven't done it but they are chosen before the show in the lobby
#3
Posted: 2/19/05 at 9:22pm
I did it.
In the lobby, there is a person with a clipboard.
He or she asks people if they are good spellers and then a few more questions.
Then, about ten minutes before the show, if they are going to use you, they get you, take you backstage, and brief you.
Basically they tell you to not try to act because it takes away the integrity of what the actors are doing and makes it stupid. Then they tell you to, for each of your words, to ask for the definition and for them to use it in a sentence.
That's pretty much it.
It's really fun.
You participate in quite a few big production numbers.
And then you get a box of apple juice when you lose.
In the lobby, there is a person with a clipboard.
He or she asks people if they are good spellers and then a few more questions.
Then, about ten minutes before the show, if they are going to use you, they get you, take you backstage, and brief you.
Basically they tell you to not try to act because it takes away the integrity of what the actors are doing and makes it stupid. Then they tell you to, for each of your words, to ask for the definition and for them to use it in a sentence.
That's pretty much it.
It's really fun.
You participate in quite a few big production numbers.
And then you get a box of apple juice when you lose.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
Updated On: 2/19/05 at 09:22 PM
#4
Posted: 2/19/05 at 9:23pm
A young lady with a clipboard comes up to folks as they enter the lobby and asks "Are you a good speller?" If you say yes and are interested in participating, she takes down your name, age, and seat location and around 8:00 picks four to be in the show (she says she casts on personality). She takes the four backstage and gives them a mini-orientation and and sends them back to their seats. They are summoned from the stage about ten minutes into the show and the last speller is dismissed around 45 minutes in.
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#5
Posted: 2/19/05 at 9:25pm
Yeah. She told us she chose on personality. So, I guess, be interesting when you talk to her? I dunno.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#6
Posted: 2/19/05 at 9:29pm
There isn't a doubt in my mind they're chosen for mockability, too. :)
#7
Posted: 2/19/05 at 9:31pm
Yeah. Figures.
Ol' mock-able me.
But, hey, at least I got 'elephant' right.
Of course, the 'Vice-Principal' "yelled" at me when I asked for him to use it in a sentence.
"Elephant"
"May I have the definition, please?"
"An elephant"
"Could you use that in a sentence?"
"PLEASE SPELL ELEPHANT!"
Ol' mock-able me.
But, hey, at least I got 'elephant' right.
Of course, the 'Vice-Principal' "yelled" at me when I asked for him to use it in a sentence.
"Elephant"
"May I have the definition, please?"
"An elephant"
"Could you use that in a sentence?"
"PLEASE SPELL ELEPHANT!"
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
Updated On: 2/19/05 at 09:31 PM
#8
Posted: 2/19/05 at 9:36pm
I'm kind of regretting not volunteering, but I was scared of PTSD-style flashbacks. I almost had one just looking at that set. :P
#9
Posted: 2/19/05 at 9:39pm
When I went, one of the audience members spelled the word correctly on something that she was "supposed" to have gotten wrong. She couldn't be eliminated when the actors had planned on having her be gone, so they had to give her some word that nobody in the world could spell. It was fun to watch them improvise a bit.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#10
Posted: 2/19/05 at 9:46pm
That happens a lot and the cast are all ready for it.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
[http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/]
"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#11
Posted: 2/19/05 at 10:23pm
that is a really cool idea. I know they did something like that in Nunsense, but to have the people come up on stage is really cute.
Was that a fat joke?
#12
Posted: 2/19/05 at 10:26pm
When it comes to the spellers, what do you think they will do on the cast album?
#13
Posted: 2/19/05 at 10:26pm
Is there going to be one?
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#14
Posted: 2/19/05 at 10:29pm
The spellers from the audience don't sing anything, so they wouldn't be on the album.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
[http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/]
"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#15
Posted: 2/19/05 at 10:32pm
I know, I just thought maybe they would include a spelling scene.
#16
Posted: 2/19/05 at 10:44pm
I don't think the novelty seeing actual fellow audience members up on stage looking uncomfortable and bewildered (and the whole spontaneous feel of those moments) would translate to an album.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
[http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/]
"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#17
Posted: 2/19/05 at 10:44pm
i don't think i would want to volunteer, because what if i missed something big? does that happen?
#18
Posted: 2/19/05 at 10:46pm
Margo's right. If you hadn't seen the show and were just listening to the CD, there wouldn't be any way to know that some spellers were from the audience and some were actors, let alone who was who. It wouldn't really be funny, then.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#19
Posted: 2/19/05 at 11:06pm
That sounds like so much fun! Do you think they'd pick you if you just walked up to the chick with the clipboard?
#20
Posted: 2/19/05 at 11:08pm
If you walk up to her and tell her very enthusiastically that you want to do it, you probably have a good shot (most people avoid her or just flat out say no).
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
[http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/]
"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#21
Posted: 2/19/05 at 11:08pm
Margo and Emcee, very good points.
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