The Addams Family
October 13th – November 19th, 2023
Book by Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman
Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Directed by Nick Vargas
Music Directed by David Freeman Coleman
Choreographed by Larry Sousa
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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. 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.
Recommended for ages 8+
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Run Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission
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Accessibility Performance Dates:
Nov. 5th, 2023 at 2pm (ASL interpretation & Audio Description)
Nov. 9th, 2023 at 10:30am (Student Matinee)
Nov. 10th at 7:30 pm (ASL interpretation)
Nov. 11th, 2023 at 7:30pm (Audio Description)
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Leigh Barrett*
Alice Beineke
Jack Baumrind
Pugsley
Timothy Bevens
Lucas Beineke
Vanessa Calantropo
Understudy Morticia
Sam David Cohen
Lurch
Joshua Wolf Coleman*
Mal Beineke
Aimee Doherty*
Morticia
Aaron Graham
Ancestor
Kaedon Gray
Understudy Festor and Mal
Felix Grigsby
Ancestor
Anthony Pires, Jr.*
Uncle Festor
Sarah Kalafos
Ensemble Swing
Alex Kennedy
Ancestor/Understudy Lucas
Sullivan McStravick
Understudy Pugsley
Luis Negrón*
Gomez
Katie O’Reilly
Understudy Alice & Grandma
Juanita Pearl
Ancestor
Nick Potts
Ancestor
Elias Robles
Understudy Gomez & Lurch
Eli Schulman
Ensemble Swing
Malachi Smith
Ancestor
Jane Staab*
Grandma
Emilia Tagliani
Wednesday Addams
Lauren Velasco-O’Donovan
Understudy Wednesday Addams
Jennifer Butler
Props Designer
Akeem Celestine
Makeup Designer/Consultant
David Coleman Freeman
Music Director
Priscilla Fales
Assistant to the Director
Jaronzie Harris
Associate Director
Sarah Kalafos
Assistant Choreographer
Jon King
Sound Designer
Franklin Meissner, Jr.
Lighting Designer
James Rotondo
Scenic Designer
Eli Schulman
Assistant Choreographer
Larry Sousa
Choreographer
Zoë Sundra
Costume Designer
Charlene Browne
Study Guide Coordinator
Paige D’Ambrosio
Assistant Stage Manager
Lindsay Hoisington
Wardrobe Head
Fanni Horvath
Production Stage Manager
Kayleigh Kane
Intimacy Director
Saskia Martinez
Paint Charge
Carolyn Saxon
Casting Supervisor
Kira Troilo
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Consultant
Scenic Construction: Ali Butts, Lily Mittnight, Addie Pates, James Rotondo III
Scenic Painters: Lily Mittnight, Addie Pates, James Rotondo III
Electricians: Ali Butts, Addie Pates, Melissa Smith, Sam Shotz
Special Thanks: David Craft, Neil Gustafson, Tom Madden, Rebecca Mailman, Ronen Mukamel, Jerry Wheelock
Luke Baer
ASL Interpreter
Julia Barnes
ASL Interpreter
Rachel Berman-Kobylarz
ASL Coach
Alyse Clinton
Open Caption Formatter
Andrea Doane
Secondary Audio Describer
Cia Mirrione
ASL Interpreter
Gamalia Pharms
Primary Audio Describer
Wednesday and Lucas Summer Photo Album
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 Lippa, Brickman, and Elice’s musical: the Addams kids are growing up. The Addamses 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 up to the one horrible thing they’ve managed to avoid for generations: change. [Stage Agent]
The Addams Family is a fictional family created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. They originally appeared in a series of 150 unrelated single-panel comics, about half of which were originally published in The New Yorker between 1938 and their creator’s death in 1988. They have since been adapted to other media, such as television, film, video games, comic books, a musical, and merchandise.
The Addams Family Press Release. For more information, please contact Jenna at jcorc@bu.edu.
