Overview
THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family – a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before – keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.
Casting & Production
Casting
4 female and 6 male featured roles
Opportunities for flexible casting in the ancestor ensemble.
Gomez Addams
Morticia Addams
Uncle Fester
Grandma
Wednesday Addams
Pugsley Addams
Lurch
Mal Beineke
Alice Beineke
Lucas Beineke
The Addams Ancestors – 5m, 5w (or more if desired)
Orchestral Information
12 Musicians
Piano Conductor (Keyboard 1)
Keyboard 2
Reed 1 (Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax)
Reed 2 (Flute, Clarinet, Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Bass Clarinet)
Trumpet (Trumpet, Flugelhorn), Trombone (Trombone, Bass Trombone), Violin (1 Player), Cello (1 Player), Bass (Acoustic, Electric), Guitar (Solid Body Electric, Banjo, Ukulele, Nylon Acoustic, Arch Top, Semi Hollow Body), Drums/Percussion (2 players)
Credits
THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL
Book by MARSHALL BRICKMAN and RICK ELICE Music and Lyrics by ANDREW LIPPA
Based on Characters Created by Charles Addams
Originally produced on Broadway by Stuart Oken, Roy Furman, Michael Leavitt, Five Cent Productions, Stephen Schuler, Decca Theatricals, Scott M. Delman, Stuart Ditsky, Terry Allen Kramer, Stephanie P. McClelland, James L. Nederlander, Eva Price, Jam Theatricals/Mary LuRoffe, Pittsburgh CLO/Gutterman-Swinsky, Vivek Tiwary/Gary Kaplan, The Weinstein Company/Clarence, LLC, Adam Zotovich/Tribe Theatricals By Special Arrangement with Elephant Eye Theatrical
Media
- Overture - Addams Theme
- When You're An Addams
- Fester's Manifesto
- Two Things
- Wednesday's Growing Up
- Trapped
- Pulled
- One Normal Night
- Secrets
- Gomez's What If
- What If
- Full Disclosure Part 1
- Waiting
- Full Disclosure Part 2
- Just Around the Corner
- The Moon and Me
- Happy Sad
- Crazier Than You
- Not Today
- Let's Live Before We Die
- Finale: Move Toward the Darkness
Authors
Upcoming Productions
Deutsch-Sorbisches Volkstheater Bautzen
Bautzen, Germany
Staatstheater Mainz
Mainz, Germany
Foothill High School
Pleasanton, CA
Resources
