Miscellaneous Paperwork

Colorado Mesa University, CO

Spring 2026

Director: Jill Van Brussel

Music Director: Cristin Mortenson Tillinghast

ASM: MJ Mason

Scenic & Lighting Design: Loren Wilder

Sound Design: Mike Legate

Costume Design: Ella Joseph

Putnam Spelling Bee

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 2026, Colorado Mesa University, Photo by Jonah Hokit

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Production needs included: Audience Participators called onstage and chosen by SM, playing action throughout the house, managing Music Pit in the wings of backstage, ad-lib moments with cues called within.

Note: 4 Audience Participators were chosen per show to be on stage by the stage management team. We would be in the lobby once house opened until 10 till places, and have interested people fill it out. Rules were given during this time as well as were on the back of there placards. Selecting people who were interesting, but also would act appropriately on stage was the hardest part, so many questions would clue us in on who to pick each night.