In the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to feel joy, and death and suffering are the stuff of their dreams. Nonetheless, this quirky family still has to deal with many of the same challenges faced by any other family, and the spookiest nightmare faced by every family creates the focus of Lippa, Brickman, and Elice’s musical: the Addams kids are growing up.
“The Addams Family musical is a combination of the lighthearted romp of the 1960's sitcom and the dark humor of Charles Addams' original cartoons,” says theater director Mindy Williams. “Addams' love the darkness almost as much as they love each other. The show has something for everyone catchy songs, fantastic dancing, lots of laughs, and heart loads of heart, the perfect feel-good evening. You will leave with a new appreciation of the darker side of life.”
In this musical, the Adamses have lived by their unique values for hundreds of years and Gomez and Morticia, the patriarch and matriarch of the clan, would be only too happy to continue living that way. Their dark, macabre, beloved daughter Wednesday, however, is now an eighteen year-old young woman who is ready for a life of her own. She has fallen in love with Lucas Beineke, a sweet, smart boy from a normal, respectable Ohio family — the most un-Addams sounding person one could be! And to make matters worse, she has invited the Beinekes to their home for dinner. In one fateful, hilarious night, secrets are disclosed, relationships are tested, and the Addams family must face the one horrible thing they’ve managed to avoid for generations: change.
The show will run for two weekends in November at Geneva’s Bagpiper Theater. General admission tickets are $12; current students may purchase tickets for $7; and Geneva faculty/staff, senior citizens, and children under 13 pay $10.
Performance dates:
- Friday, November 7 – 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, November 8 – 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
- Thursday, November 13 – 7:30 p.m.
- Friday, November 14 – 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, November 15 – 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
To learn more information and purchase your tickets online, visit geneva.edu/dept/communication/theater-program/addams-family.
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