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Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The Seoul Players presents the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ― a hit Broadway musical presented in English.
Can you spell Crepuscule? How about Omphaloskepsis? The participants in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee hope they can.
Six quirky kids (played by adults) compete in the Bee, including a boy with a magic foot, a girl with two ultra-competitive dads and a genius who speaks six languages.
The Bee is overseen by three equally eccentric adults who invite four audience members to participate at each performance.
Winner of two Tony Awards, Spelling Bee is a hilarious, light-hearted musical for everyone who's lived through the pains of adolescence.
Seoul Players is an English-speaking community theater company in Seoul, South Korea.
Established in 2001 as a non-profit organization, the company consists of ex-pats and Koreans who delight in bringing English-language theater to audiences in Seoul.
Spelling Bee opened on Broadway in 2005, and was nominated for six Tony Awards, winning Best Book & Best Featured Actor in a Musical.
The production ran in Korea in 2007, entirely in Korean aside from the words the spelled in the Bee. This is the first time Spelling Bee has played in Seoul in English.
The show will run from May 29 through June 13 with shows at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 5 p.m. on Sundays at Roofers Bar, Itaewon.
To get there from Itaewon Station, line 6, go out of exit 3, walk straight one block and turn right at Dunkin Donuts. Walk up the hill for two blocks. Roofers is on the right, across from the Foreign Food Mart, on the third floor.
Tickets are 10,000 won. Reservations can be made at
. Early booking is recommended as seating is limited.
For more information: Margaret Whittum: seoulplayers@gmail.com or visit: https://www.seoulplayers.com
Free Outdoor Concert
The opera and animation group, Operamica, is part of the line-up for the May series of free outdoor evening performances being held at Seoul Plaza in front of Seoul City Hall.
Operamica, with a name that combines the Italian words "opera" and "amica" (meaning friend), brings a fantastic blend of operatic arias and selections from musical theater. Operamica invites you to a delightful performance featuring amazing voices, exciting staging and accessible renditions of the classics that anyone can understand and enjoy.
The concert will be on May 27 at 7:30 p.m. and runs for 100 minutes. The performance will be free but may be cancelled because of rain.
Take the subway to City Hall Station on line 1 or 2, exit 5.
Please visit: https://www.casp.or.kr
Meditation class in English
A disciplined and calm mind will keep our life balanced, make work easier, and develop and nurture reason to govern our actions. In the end, as we follow a proper mind training, our happiness will increase accordingly.
A weekly class is starting June 1 at Gilsang Temple on meditation and the Buddhist way of training the mind ― calm abiding (Samatha), insight meditation (Vipassana) and the true eye of Zen.
The classes are free of charge to all who wish to meditate and deepen their understanding of the Buddhist practice and are from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
To get to Gilsang Temple, line number 4 to Hanseong University Station and take exit 6. From there take a taxi to the temple. It takes about five minutes and costs around 2,500 won.
For more information, contact
or 010-7650-1859.
The class will be cancelled if less than 10 people sign up.
Wine Tasting
International Cafe Huh is holding a wine tasting event on May 28. Activities will include a blindfolded tasting challenge, human bingo, and more. Prizes include wine bottle sets, champagne, books about wine and movie tickets.
The evening will run from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Pagoda Tower, Gangnam.
Admission is 10,000 won (3,000 won for Pagoda students) and includes food, desserts and wine.
To get there, head to Gangnam Station, line 2, exit 6. Go straight for about a block. Cafe Huh is in the Pagoda Tower, which will be on your left on the 11th floor. For information, call 02-3477-4330