Pace Theater Spring Production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Premieres New GiveBack Program for Pace Academy to Benefit MS Society
Summary
Please call 404.262.1345 for more information Nominated for 5 Tony awards and winner of 2, "Spelling Bee" is the hilarious story of overachieving middle schoolers and their individual angst.“Through the partnership with community leaders like Pace Academy, the National MS Society continues to be at the forefront of the MS Movement so that one day we will create a world free of MS.” From Caroline Clements Kulinski: “After I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2007 and started a WalkMS team, it was because of the generosity of Pace students, parents and alumni that we raised over $15,000 in our first year and have raised a total of over $70,000 since then.My illness has forced me to give up working on shows for the time being, but with this generous act of donating a portion of "Spelling Bee" proceeds to the National MS Society, my Pace Family is reminding me that they never stop caring for one of their own.Caroline has approached her fight against MS with the same zeal and energy that she employed when playing Marion the Librarian in Music Man, and Nelly Forbush in South Pacific, on the Pace stage,” said Dr. George Mengert, Director of Pace Theater for the last 40 years, and Caroline’s Stepfather.“Though many people take movement for granted, MS is a disease that stops people from moving; and more than 9,000 Georgians face the challenges of this disease every day,” said Georgia Chapter President, Roy Rangel.My illness has forced me to give up working on shows for the time being, but with this generous act of donating a portion of "Spelling Bee" proceeds to the National MS Society, my Pace Family is reminding me that they never stop caring for one of their own.