Getting on stage at Spelling Bee
Getting on stage at Spelling Bee
#0Getting on stage at Spelling Bee
Posted: 9/29/05 at 7:03pmI'm taking some students to see SPelling Bee (45 or so) in a couple of months. Anyone have any suggestions on how to get one of them into the show? Is there someplace we can go to be picked?
#1re: Getting on stage at Spelling Bee
Posted: 9/29/05 at 7:17pmBefore the show, there are sign up sheets aviliable in the lower lobby of the theater in which you can sign up your name and they interview you (what's your name, job ect...). Its a fun process. I have heard thought that if you say you're an actor, they don't pick you or have a tendency not to pick you. Its a very easy process though.
theaterlover45
Broadway Star Joined: 8/21/05
#2re: Getting on stage at Spelling Bee
Posted: 9/29/05 at 7:17pmIn the lobby there is a guy with a clipboard and he asked questions and then you have to get asked more questions at this table, but you have to wait in line. So I guess there is a slight chance to get in, but you never know. You could lie and say it's their birthday, but what ever.
sassypanz
Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/05
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#4re: Getting on stage at Spelling Bee
Posted: 9/29/05 at 7:22pmhey try to pick people who are in groups, so there's a plus!
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#5re: Getting on stage at Spelling Bee
Posted: 9/29/05 at 7:33pmwill they allow u to go onstage if you're under 18? i really would love me (or my sis) to go onstage when we see it next week (hey, ive won a regional spelling bee, and came 7th in state!!!) :P :)
PJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#6re: Getting on stage at Spelling Bee
Posted: 9/29/05 at 7:44pmWhen I saw the show, there was a little boy who got picked to be a speller.
#7re: Getting on stage at Spelling Bee
Posted: 9/29/05 at 8:12pmIs it worth calling ahead maybe and asking you think? Or should I just wait till I get there...? What time do we need to be there?
PJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#8re: Getting on stage at Spelling Bee
Posted: 9/29/05 at 8:15pmDon't bother calling. You'll just end up talking to some intensely rude person. Just wait until you get there and play it by ear.
#9re: Getting on stage at Spelling Bee
Posted: 9/29/05 at 8:25pm
It's a matter of luck...last night I took some advice I read here and didn't say I was an actress and I mentioned I was wit ha big group from school, but I didn't get picked 
There were a lot of people signing up though, so who knows. They generally pick one younger kid, an older person, and two 20-30ish people. Good luck, and the show is a blast even if you don't get on stage =)
#10re: Getting on stage at Spelling Bee
Posted: 9/29/05 at 8:25pm
It's a matter of luck...last night I took some advice I read here and didn't say I was an actress and I mentioned I was wit ha big group from school, but I didn't get picked There were a lot of people signing up though, so who knows. They generally pick one younger kid, an older person, and two 20-30ish people. Good luck, and the show is a blast even if you don't get on stage =)
#11re: Getting on stage at Spelling Bee
Posted: 9/29/05 at 8:25pm
It's a matter of luck...last night I took some advice I read here and didn't say I was an actress and I mentioned I was wit ha big group from school, but I didn't get picked There were a lot of people signing up though, so who knows. They generally pick one younger kid, an older person, and two 20-30ish people. Good luck, and the show is a blast even if you don't get on stage =)
tmz814
Broadway Star Joined: 8/21/03
#12re: Getting on stage at Spelling Bee
Posted: 9/29/05 at 10:49pmI thought the same thing about saying that you were an actor. I took a few kids to see the show and one of them wanted to be a guest speller. When they asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up she said "an actress". I told her sister then and there that she wasn't going to get picked because she said that. 10 minutes later when they called the names, her's was the first one called!!! So I guess it is really just a matter of luck!
dReAmiNgAwAkE
Chorus Member Joined: 6/16/05
#13re: Getting on stage at Spelling Bee
Posted: 9/30/05 at 12:50amthis is how it goes down.....the writers write jokes before the show and the guy with the CLIPBOARD tries to find people that fits the jokes.....i know the 2nd night i saw the show a woman had on glittered sliver shoes and when she went up to spell they said,"ms. smith is a frequent shopper @ the Wicked Gift Shop next door!" LOL ....so it's basically all a matter of luck tend to pick, " non actors" the regular people if you will ...how do i know this?! i attend the school and i know the stage manager and she told me lol
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