Jennifer Overton’s Spelling 2-5-5 is a fast-paced, funny, informative play that’s staged with flare and creativity by the Carousel Players of St. Catharines, Ontario. It boasts a cast of adults who, for the most part, are playing children and who brilliantly capture that youthful essence. The story centres on twelve-year-old Simon (Ryan Bondy) and his conflicted relationship with his autistic younger brother Jake (Aaron Stern). Kerry Ann Doherty plays the boys’ overworked but loving mother and Tiffany Martin plays a wide variety of roles, including a gut-busting, scene-stealing turn as an entire classroom of spellers. While this play is aimed at children in Grades 4 to 8, the writing, acting and staging is so sophisticated and clever that there’s no reason that you need a kid in tow to see it…although kids will certainly love it, too.
For a complete listing of show times and ticket prices visit http://www.easternfronttheatre.com/index.php/supernova-theatre-festival/
This article appears in May 10-16, 2012.