Composer William Finn's celebrated 2005 musical comedy received two Tony Awards and enjoyed a Broadway run of 1,136 performances, with a fun, unusual aspect of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee being that certain audience members are invited on stage to compete in the spelling bee alongside the six young characters. Directing and set designing Putnam County is Quad City Music Guild veteran Michael Turczynski, who previously helmed such musicals as The Prom, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Young Frankenstein. Joie Stoefen and Eli Swailes act as swing performers, and on August 15, they will respectively play the roles of Logainne and Leaf. Quad City Music Guild's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee runs at Moline's Prospect Park Auditorium August 7 through 16, with performances Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Admission is $15-20, and more information and tickets are available by calling (309)762-6610 and visiting QCMusicGuild.com.