Theater review: ‘25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ at Mad Cow (Orlando Sentinel) Subterfuge, noun: A deceptive stratagem or device. Can you use that in a sentence? There s a bit of subterfuge going on in Mad Cow Theatre s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which starts off the theater s 13th season with aplomb. (Aplomb: Self-confidence, poise.) [News Source]