Audition Notice a New Musical Book: Marshall Brickman Book: Rick Elice Music and Lyrics: Andrew Lippa

THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: , 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, 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. Directors: Jason Sturgeon & Tiffany Harrod

Roles: Character roles are open to youth and adults ages 15+ (Pugsley ages 9-12) Gomez Addams A suave man of Spanish descent who adores his wife and children and takes immense pride in being an Addams. He struggles with having to keep his daughter’s secret from his wife, whom he adores more than death.

Morticia Addams The strength of the Addams family who believes strongly in family tradition. Morticia is unnerved thinking that Gomez is hiding something from her. She is confident with a side of dry wit. Feels her husband is hiding something from her and will use any tactic to lure the secret out.

Wednesday Addams Big sister Wednesday who has her father’s heart and her mother’s sensibility and dry wit falls in love with a “normal” boy who she brings home to meet the family. Wednesday is trying to balance her relationships with her “strange” family with that of her new love and his “normal” family. Wednesday showcases compassion, a bit of stubbornness and strong will.

Pugsley Addams The youngest of the Addams Family, Pugsley loves to be tortured by his big sister. He is lost trying to figure out his place now that she has a new boyfriend and family dynamics are changing. He wants to ensure he won’t lose his sister to her new boyfriend so he takes matters in to his own hands.

Uncle Fester Serving as the narrator of the show, is larger than life, lovable, childish, enthusiastic and highly incorrigible.

Grandma Fun, quirky and feisty, Grandma always has a trick up her sleeve. Grandma is wise, wacky and sometimes a bit crass. Don’t mess with Grandma!

Lurch A man of few words, Lurch is the Addams Family butler. His unmistakable commanding presence is accented by grunts, moans and deliberate movement.

Mal Beinecke The uptight and stuffy father of Lucas and exasperated husband to rhyming Alice, cynical Mal meets the Addams with skepticism. He finds the Addams to be too bizarre for his liking and cannot fathom being related to them.

Alice Beinecke Lucas’s mother and Mal’s wife, Alice is strongly devoted to her family. She presents herself as reserved and collected (even when speaking in rhyme) until she learns to unleash her wild side at dinner with the Addams.

Lucas Beinecke The hopeful romantic and son of Alice & Mal, Lucas has fallen in love with Wednesday and intends to marry her. He is optimistic and hopeful yet struggles to find the balance between his “normal” family and the macabre Addams.

The Ancestors the Addams ancestors from various eras serve as the chorus for the show and help bring the story to life. They will be featured both singing and dancing throughout the entire show (once relapsed from the family crypt!).

Audition Date: Saturday, July 17th 2021 Auditions will be held, in person, in the Wylie Acting Group theatre at 205 Industrial Court in Wylie. Once you have registered online, you will receive a link to select a specific audition time. Audition groups will be limited to a maximum of 10 actors per group. When you come in you will have your photo taken. Please do not bring props to the audition. Also, the casting committee requests that you do not wear costumes or face paint. Everyone will be expected to adhere to social distancing guidelines during the audition.

Audition Requirements:

Arrive at scheduled call time. Plan to stay until about 30 minutes. Please have your ride plan to wait for you – you will need to leave the theatre as soon as your audition is complete.

For your audition, you will need to prepare a memorized monologue from the options listed and you will need to prepare two of the songs listed. The audition committee will also have you learn a few dance steps – please wear appropriate shoes (jazz or character shoes preferred, no open-toed shoes allowed).

Monologue Selections (choose 1): Choose one of the following sides to memorize and perform solo at the audition.

Gomez aaahhh.. The intoxicating smell of the graveyard. Once a year, we gather beneath our Family Tree, to honor the great cycle of life and death. Come, every member of our clan - living and dead - and undecided - and let us celebrate what it is to be an Addams. Come to me, my luscious wife - oh she if skin so pale, eyes so black, and dress cut down to Venezuela - and tell us what it is every Addams hopes for!

Morticia I told that Beineke woman we kept nothing from each other. And look at the thanks I get. I gave up my dreams for the sake of this family. I wanted to travel. I wanted to see Paris! I never saw the sewers of Paris! And now it’ll never happen! So that’s how it ends… alone and forgotten in a tiny room, living on cat food and broken dreams - that’s what happens to mothers. Look at yours. She came for the weekend, the weeks turned into months, it’s twelve years later and she’s still up there: Deceived, Deluded. Smoking in the attic. A grandma. Well, I’m not going to end up like your mother.

Uncle Fester We have a problem. That's right. Little Wednesday Addams - that charming, irrepressible bundle of malice who would poison her own brother just for a ride in the ambulance - has grown up and found love. So here’s the deal. Gather around. I’m not letting you back into the crypt until love triumphs. So who is this Lucas fella? Is he worthy of her? Do they really love each other? What is love anyway? does this rash look serious to you? So many questions about love. But when you think about it, is there anything more important?

Wednesday Addams Can you keep a secret? Oh daddy, Lucas wants to marry me! Lucas Beineke loves me and he wants to marry me. I’ve never even met his parents, and he’s never met mine, and - I just need to be sure. That the families can get along. I mean, he has to know what he’s getting into. I’m saying we’re who we are, and they're from Ohio. Do you love me daddy? One tiny little secret. Please. Please. Oh, thank you daddy! Our little secret, right?

Grandma Me ! Me ! Me! Age before beauty! The chalice! The kid and I had a little heart - to - heart before. I told him to use his time wisely. Look who’s talking - how much time have I got left? I’m a hundred and two I have shingles and arthritis, and when I break wind it could start the windmills on an old Dutch painting. But I’ve still got one more round in me. Call me Cougar, but five’ll get you ten there's a couple of 90 - year - old hotties out there just waiting for this Grandma. Full Disclo… Full Disclo… I just peed a little.

Pugsly Addams Hi, Grandma. Grandma - what if there was this girl who met this person and he’s all like “Hey, it’s the Pugster. What up, little man?” and she’s all like “golly” and “were gonna go now” and they’re running away together. What would you give her? But what if she doesn’t get rid of him? What if all the good times are already behind me?

Mal Beineke I did not raise my son to be kidnapped by a bunch of creeped out left-wing Spanish weirdos. I was at the office for you. For him. I had plans for the boy! Lemme get this straight - your son, your only son, wants to marry someone who is named for a day of the week and runs around Central Park with a crossbow - and you’re ok with all that? Well, you better come to your sensed or I’m gonna have to take steps.

Alice Beineke No! We’re in the middle of a game. So button your lip and sit right down! Remember how it used to be Mal? How we’d look at each other and leave the restaurant in the middle of dinner and rush home and go upstairs; and sometimes we couldn’t even wit and you’d just pull the car over to the side of the - (interrupted by son “mom”) Lighten up, Lucas. Parents do it. Live with it. Remember Mal? When we were crazy and the future didn’t exist? What happened Mal? The guy with the Grateful Dead t-shirt? Is he ever coming back? How long do I have to wait?

Lucas Beineke We can’t just run away and get married. You said it was important that everyone got along. Yeah, but they wanna kill each other! You want that hanging over our heads? you know what I think? You don’t really wanna get married. You just said that to stick it to your mother. Let’s go back in the house and make some rational decisions. Look - I - I can’t run away like this. It’s too crazy. I’m sorry. I can be impulsive! I just need to think about it first!

Song Selections Below are a list of song selections for each character. The sheet music and song track are linked below the list – except for a few unique links which are noted.

• Gomez : When you're an Addams • Morticia: Just Around Corner • Wednesday: Pulled and One Normal Night – https://youtu.be/HiHZ0dPYY7A o Extra song for Wednesday: Crazier than You • Fester: Moon and Me o Extra song for Fester: One Normal Night (low-high note at end) • Pugsley: What if • Lucas: One Normal Night and Crazier than You • Alice: Waiting – https://youtu.be/70liF4N6D9E • Mal: Crazier than You • Chorus: When You’re an Addams – https://youtu.be/qo1gAJokgrw

Sheet Music for song selections: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NA43RmCfjNNKAMoG66tqkBaClral0VCL?usp=sharing

Song Tracks: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19Ay7C6xPvKR4OabgKc0Baiiwr7y6KpzW?usp=sharing

Rehearsals: TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, and SATURDAYS

Begin Tuesday, July 20th and will be held weekly on Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday for the most part. Generally, weekday rehearsals will be from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm and Saturdays will vary. Anticipate additional called rehearsals. An in-depth rehearsal schedule is provided at the time of registration beginning three weeks before the audition date. Attendance by child and adult representative at the first rehearsal is required and nonnegotiable – this rehearsal may be held via Zoom. Rehearsals will be limited to small groups with various arrival and dismissal times. Rehearsal attendance is crucial, but no absences are allowed on any rehearsal marked mandatory unless disclosed in registration form conflicts. Inability to attend rehearsals affects casting eligibility.

Preliminary Calendar https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jrHhh8MO_nK9NT3oTyFa5dGspfH9iid4/view?usp=sharing

(6) Performances: ● Friday, September 24th at 7:00 p.m. ● Saturday, September 25th at and 7:00 p.m. ● Sunday, September 26th at 2:30 p.m. ● Friday, October 1st at 7:00 p.m. ● Saturday, October 2nd 7:00 p.m. ● Sunday, October 3rd at 2:30 p.m.

Questions: Email [email protected]