William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will make a NYC return at Off-Broadway's New World Stages, with performances to begin November 7 ahead of a November 17 opening night. The limited engagement will continue through February 15. The revival will mark the 20th anniversary of the 2005 musical.

The revival will be a new production, directed and choreographed by Danny Mefford (Kimberly Akimbo). The NYC engagement follows an earlier run, also helmed by Mefford, at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center. That bow featured a starry cast led by Bonnie Milligan, Noah Galvin, Beanie Feldstein, and more. No casting has been revealed for the New York engagement.

Also back from the Kennedy Center run will be costume designer Emily Rebholz, lighting designer David Weiner, and sound designer Haley Parcher. New for the Off-Broadway creative team will be scenic designer Teresa L. Williams. Carmel Dean will serve as music supervisor, with casting by Geoff Josselson Casting and general management by 321 Theatrical Management.

The musical, which premiered on Broadway in 2005 after an Off-Broadway run, features a Tony-winning book by Sheinkin (adapted from a play by Rebecca Feldman) and music and lyrics by the late two-time Tony winner Finn. The work is set at a fictional middle school spelling bee, where a lovable band of misfits—plus a few lucky audience members—assemble to duke it out on their knowledge of word spellings and languages of origin. The show was a Best Musical nominee at the 2005 Tony Awards, winning for Sheinkin's book and original cast member Dan Fogler's featured performance.

The Off-Broadway return is being produced by Barbara Whitman, Aaron Glick, and Timothy Bloom, with co-producers James L. Nederlander, Patrick Catullo, Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Jeffrey Finn, and Rachel Sussman. The musical is being presented by special arrangement with David Stone.

Tickets will go on sale in July. Visit SpellingBeeNYC.com.

See photos from the Kennedy Center run below:

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Photos: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at The Kennedy Center

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