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The Addams Family
Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Based on characters created by Charles Addams
Director: Carissa Meisner Smit – Music Director: Jay Vilhauer – Choreographer: Elizabeth Posluns

Edmonds Driftwood Players is seeking actors for their upcoming production of the award-winning Broadway musical, The Addams Family.

Audition Dates
Saturday, January 26, 2019 from 12:00 – 3:30 pm and Sunday, January 27, 2019 from 2:00 – 5:00 pm.

Audition Location
Edmonds Driftwood Players Rehearsal Annex, 200 Dayton Street, Edmonds, WA 98020.

What to Prepare
Headshot and resume required, plus an approximately 32-bar musical selection from the Broadway canon and 1 to 2-minute contemporary monologue. Songs in the style of the musical are recommended. Please do not sing a song from The Addams Family. A piano accompanist will be provided, so please come with sheet music for your song. Recorded accompaniments are permitted, but must be provided in MP3 format on a USB stick formatted for PC use. Recorded accompaniments must contain instrumental accompaniment only, without the vocal.

Callbacks (By invitation only with dance call)
Saturday, February 2, 2019, time and location TBD.

Rehearsal Dates
February 18 – April 11, 2019. Rehearsal schedule will be finalized after casting and are generally held on Monday through Thursday evenings from 7:00 – 10:00 pm, as well as weekend days and times as needed. Actors cast in the show may not be called to every rehearsal.

Performance Dates
This production plays at The Wade James Theatre, home of Edmonds Driftwood Players, 950 Main Street, Edmonds, WA 98020 on Thursdays through Sundays (17 shows total) from April 12 – May 5, 2019. Performances are Thursdays – Saturdays at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm. Saturday, April 20 and Saturday, May 4 have 2:00pm shows in addition to the 8:00pm performances those evenings.

 

ABOUT THE SHOW
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 weren’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.

SEEKING THE FOLLOWING ROLES
GOMEZ ADDAMS: The patriarch of the Addams clan, Gomez is puckish, slightly misguided, and highly sentimental. He is ardently devoted to his wife.
Gender: Male
Age: 40 – 55
Vocal range: C2 – B3

MORTICIA ADDAMS: The real head of the family, Morticia is sure of her beauty and wit. She adores being adored.
Gender: Female
Age: 40 – 55
Vocal Range: G3 – B♭5

UNCLE FESTER: Brother to Gomez, Fester is high strung, joyful, and bizarre.
Gender: Male
Age: 50 – 60
Vocal Range: C3 – E4

GRANDMA ADDAMS: Mother of Gomez and Fester, Grandma is good-natured, loving, and crass.
Gender: Female
Age: 70+
Vocal Range: G4 – F5

WEDNESDAY ADDAMS: Solemn, with a dark personality and sadistic tendencies, Wednesday has recently discovered love and a whole new world.
Gender: Female
Age: 18 – 22
Vocal Range: A3 – E5

 

PUGSLEY ADDAMS: Strange with a devious sense of humor, Pugsley misses the attention of his big sister.
Gender: Male (could be played by a female)
Age: 10 – 13
Vocal Range: A2 – F4

LURCH: Devoted butler to the Addams family, Lurch is tall, not quite living, but not quite dead.
Gender: Male
Age: 30s – 60s
Vocal Range: Eb2 – E4

LUCAS BEINEKE: A perfectly “normal” young man, Lucas may have unplumbed depths. He is passionately devoted to Wednesday.
Gender: Male
Age: 20 – 25
Vocal Range: C3 – E4

ALICE BEINEKE: Chirpy mother of Lucas. Although she likes to rhyme and spout happy poems at random, Alice’s sweet demeanor hides a deep discontent.
Gender: Female
Age: 40 – 55
Vocal Range: Ab3 – A♭5

MAL BEINEKE: Straight-laced father of Lucas, Mal considers himself “normal” and set in his ways.
Gender: Male
Age: 40 – 55
Vocal Range: C3 – A4

THE ADDAMS ANCESTORS: A fun and ghoulish ensemble of singing spirits, they represent various Addams family members throughout the ages.
Gender: Male and Female
Ages: 18+
Vocal Range: (SATB)