POTTSTOWN PA – General admission tickets go on sale Thursday (Feb. 8, 2024) for the Pottsgrove High School Theatre Company production of the musical comedy, “The Addams Family,” the theatre company reported.
Three shows are scheduled, each from 7-9 p.m., on March 7-9 (Thursday through Saturday) at the high school, 1345 Kauffman Rd. Tickets cost $10 for members of the public, $8 for Pottsgrove School District employees and students, and $5 for children age 4 and younger.
Tickets can be purchased online from this link, or by scanning the square QR code at the bottom corner of the show’s promotional poster.
‘A comical feast’
The story: “The Addams Family (is) a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family.” It features an original story that’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.”
“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.”
Meet the cast, crew, orchestra, and directors
More than 80 people – district staff members, students, and other volunteers, according to a list provided by Producer Amy McMahon – have been working together (photos above and below) since late last fall to ensure their future audiences are well entertained.
The group will be busy in the next few weeks, too, she added. Technical rehearsals with full costumes and lighting are scheduled to begin Feb. 26 (Monday), and continue through opening night on March 7.
The cast includes, as Gomez Addams, Landon Conrad; as Morticia Addams, Haley Harner; as Wednesday Addams, Lindsay Palmer; as Fester Addams, Ethan Chambers; as Pugsley Addams, Ray Gray; as Lucas Beineke, Zach Lipsky; as Mal Beineke, Cristian Rivera; as Alice Beineke, Emily Gomez; as Grandma Addams, Kelsey Renner; and as Lurch, Michael Kawczynski.
Among the featured dancers are Alexis Kummerer, Ava Fazekas, Ava Reicher, Jaina Strunk, Lucy Wilson, and Nicole Lockey.
Members of the ensemble are Alyssa Matarese, Caitlyn Ward, Cierra Outlaw, Daisy Hilbert, Izzie Tillman, Jacob Love, Julia Ross, Kat Lynyak, Kaylee Becker, Mady Kinzel, Mairen Campbell, Neil Larson, Robin O’Brien, Rowen Hudson, Savannah Van Horn, Soleil Scruggs, Tobias Mann, and Wynter Liebel.
On the directing team are Producer and Vocal Director Amy McMahon, Director Sarah Fritshaffer, Assistant Director Cierra Fekelman, Choreographer Brianna Beitler, Costume Designer Elizabeth Rodenbaugh, Set Designers Karoline Daly and Charlie Kleinschmidt, Orchestra Director William Einhorn, Sound Designer Jason Fritshaffer, and Lighting Designer Noah Golden.
Led by Einhorn in the orchestra pit are, on Reed I, Ellie Zerefos, Lauren Houk, Ezekiel Sheard, and Isabella Kerlin; on Reed II, Lorraine Selke, Leah Coppa, Addie Fulmer-Sicher, and Faith Derstine; on Trumpet I, Brian Leonard; Trumpet II, Eviana Hatley; Trombone I, Joseph Snyder; Trombone II, Trenton Bechtel; Guitar, Jeff Kerchner; Piano, Carole Bean; Violin, Jemma Malkasian and Avelyn Engleman; Cello I, Bonnie Calhoun; Cello II, Liam Lapic; Bass, Nathan Kratz; and Percussion, Darien Horton and Katelyn Alessi.
Stage managers Giuliana Langton and Sara Yost join a large crew whose members serve in various capacities. They include Addie Fulmer-Sicher, Angelina Bechtel, Ashley Castillo, Emily Shoemaker, Essence Green, Jerome Lelina, Jocelyn Milone, Joey Oberholtzer, Kaitlyn Alessi, Katelyn Cutler, Logan Eike, Natalie Shovelton, Nevaeh Keifrider, Slumber Jacobs, Soma Jacobs, Trenton Bechtel, and Hannah Romberger.
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by the Pottsgrove High School Theatre Company
- March 7 Thursday, Musical: “The Addams Family,” 7-9 p.m., ticketed (purchased online), a production of the Pottsgrove High School Theatre Company, described as “a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family,” featuring the talents of more than 80 students school staff members, and volunteers, at the high school, 1345 Kauffman Rd., Pottstown PA
- March 8 Friday, Musical: “The Addams Family,” 7-9 p.m., ticketed (purchased online), a production of the Pottsgrove High School Theatre Company, described as “a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family,” featuring the talents of more than 80 students school staff members, and volunteers, at the high school, 1345 Kauffman Rd., Pottstown PA
- March 9 Saturday, Musical: “The Addams Family,” 7-9 p.m., ticketed (purchased online), a production of the Pottsgrove High School Theatre Company, described as “a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family,” featuring the talents of more than 80 students school staff members, and volunteers, at the high school, 1345 Kauffman Rd., Pottstown PA
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