Comtra Theatre

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

directed by Robert Hockenberry

January 2012

Role - Mitch Mahoney (The Comfort Counselor)

This was an extremely fun show to do and I got to work with a great group of talented actors. True to form, I completely changed my facial hair for the role and even shaved my head. I really did look like I had just escaped from prison.

Mitch is the ex-con with the heart of gold trying to be as comforting as possible to a bunch of kids and a couple of adults. I had a solo (Prayer of the Comfort Counselor) and a trio with Olive and Rona (The I Love You Song), a song which still gives me goosebumps when I hear it.

It was a lot of fun to sing to the audience volunteer. A lot of them just wanted to get off the stage and away from me. Which of course, made it all the funnier.

I think I was on stage for 90% of the show but only had two written lines.


The I Love You Song

Here is my favorite song from the show.