Photo Courtesy Compass Rose Theater
Back Row (L-R): Omar A. Said as Panch, Beth Amann as Rona Lisa, Preston Grover as Chip, B.J. Robertson as Mitch; Middle Row (L-R): Cera Baker as Marcy Stephen Emery as Barfee, Lila Cooper as Olive; Front row (L-R) Sam Slottow as Leaf, Taylor Litofsky as Logainne
Compass Rose Theater Garners Seven 2025 Helen Hayes Award Nominations for “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
Annapolis, MD— Compass Rose Theater, an award-winning and critically acclaimed professional theater in Annapolis, just received seven2025 Helen Hayes Award Nominations for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The Helen Hayes Awards recognize outstanding achievements from professional theatres and theatre-makers across the Washington, DC region. These nominations are for productions in the 2024 calendar year.
The 2025 Helen Hayes Award Nominations for Compass Rose Theater’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee are:
- Outstanding DIRECTOR of a Musical: Tommy Malek
- Outstanding MUSICAL DIRECTION: Rachel Sandler
- Outstanding LEAD Performer in a Musical: Beth Amann
- Outstanding LEAD Performer in a Musical: Sam Slottow
- Outstanding SUPPORTING Performer in a Musical: Omar A. Said
- Outstanding COSTUME Design: Tommy Malek
- Outstanding ENSEMBLE in a Musical: Beth Amann as Rona Lisa, Cera Baker as Marcy, B.J. Robertson as Mitch, Lila Cooper as Olive, Stephen Emery as Barfee, Preston Grover as Chip, Taylor Litofsky as Logainnne, Omar A. Said as Panch, and Sam Slottow as Leaf.
Producer Barbara Webber, Executive Director of Compass Rose Theater, said, “It’s an honor to receive just one Helen Hayes Award nomination, much less seven. I’m thrilled for our professional team whose hard work, dedication, and talent resulted in this high honor. The audience loved it so much that I still imagine bringing our Spelling Bee cast back to the Compass Rose stage or taking it on tour in our area. That’s how proud we are, how great it was, and how much fun we had presenting it.“
