Broadway veterans Lilli Cooper and Jason Kravits will join the cast of the off-Broadway revival of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which is set to begin previews at New World Stages on November 7 ahead of an official opening night November 17. Cooper will play Rona Lisa Peretti, while Kravits will star as Vice Principal Douglas Panch.
Cooper was last seen on Broadway in The Cottage. She was nominated for a 2019 Tony Award for her performance in Tootsie. Kravits provided the voice for Sneezy in the remake of Disney’s Snow White. He also created the hilarious Schoolhouse Rock parody “The Project 2025 Song.”
They join a star-studded (and previously announced) cast that includes Jasmine Amy Rogers (BOOP!) as Olive Ostrovsky, Autumn Best (Netflix’s Woman of the Hour)...READ MORE