Summer Youth Theatre

Now entering it’s 33rd summer, Curtain Call’s Summer Youth Theatre has provided creative opportunities for young theatre artists both on stage and behind the scenes. To participate, you must be entering 4th grade in the 2023/2024 school year through no older than age 21 (must not turn 22 before August 14, 2023). Participation is by audition and crew sign-up only.

Curtain Call’s Summer Youth Theatre is NOT a workshop program and is a separate and independent program from Curtain Call’s Summerstock Workshops. There is a $50 participation fee (discounts for siblings and scholarships for those who qualify), payable only if your child is cast or accepted onto our production crew. Overall, the program provides over 100 hours of creative enrichment for young actors and technicians.

Curtain Call’s Summer Youth Theatre is proud to announce its 33rd production:

The Addams Family – A New Musical

The Addams Family

Book: Marshall Brickman

Book: Rick Elice

Music and Lyrics: Andrew Lippa

(Based on characters created by Charles Addams.)

Director: Joel H. Fenster

Music Director: Matthew Stolfi

Choreographer: Jennifer Silverman

Producer: Brian J. Bianco

Production Stage Manager: Halle Hart

Stage Manager: Samantha Millette

Assistant Stage Managers: Lana Busch and Jake Sperling

Set Design: Martin Scott Marchitto

Costume Design: Megan Latte Morello

Technical Director: Wayne Yaeger

The Addams Family is a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story, and it’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. And 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.

YOU MUST BE ENTERING 4TH GRADE IN THE 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR TO AGE 21 TO PARTICIPATE.

JUNE 1, 2023:

Casting for The Addams Family is complete. Thank you to all those who came down! It was an amazing turnout, and we wish we could have taken everyone who auditioned. All cast members have been contacted and confirmed, and we have sent emails to anyone who did not make the cast.

All cast and crew have been emailed further information and packets of forms. Please check your emails. If you have not received the email with your forms, please contact our Producer Brian Bianco at brian@curtaincallinc.com or 203-329-8207 x700.

We ARE still accepting crew sign-ups. If you are interested, please review the crew commitment information below and contact our Producer Brian Bianco at brian@curtaincallinc.com or 203-329-8207 x700. (A copy of our crew commitment calendar and sign-up form are below.)

Our Cast and Crew of THE ADDAMS FAMILY are:

THE ADDAMS FAMILY:

Gomez Addams: Niko Rinaldi

Morticia Addams: Maddy Galgano

Wednesday Addams: Lola Duhov

Pugsley Addams: Alexander Patel

Fester Addams: Jay Reyes

Grandmama: Grace Huber

Lurch: Andrew Meli

Thing: Paul Ferris

Cousin Itt: Emilee Maguire

 

THE BEINEKE FAMILY:

Lucas Beineke: Jared Shuford

Mal Beineke: Pierce Colfer

Alice Beineke: Gabrielle Tapper

 

DANCE CAPTAINS (and also Ancestors/ Featured Dancers):

Kaylee Deenihan

Katie Romano

 

ANCESTORS:

Aliana Aspesi*

Marley Bramble

Ava Carney

Mia Caurant

Addison Clear

Sebastian Colfer

Lilian Del Portillo

Eli Donahue*

Grace Eagleton

Paul Ferris*

Bernardo Gaeta

Katherine Hadermayer

Zachary Helgesen

Ava Kampf

Robert Kateen

Tessa Madden

Emilee Maguire

Bevin Maher

Lily-Grace Maher

Sophia Masone

Michael McArthur*

Leia Potenza

Katelyn Ruiz

Ava Sanchez

Emma Seferidis

Poppy Sisko

Masha Ulyanov

Chloe Voigt

*Are also Featured Dancers (Not that the other Ancestors aren’t dancing, but these Ancestors will have some special dance feature.)

 

CREW (as of 7/10/2023):

Emily Castellanos

Sophia Castellanos

Amber Cruz

Kristina DeLelle

Miles DeSantis

Sabina Farley

Malcolm Fenster

Skyla Johnson

Zaac Lake

Aviva Moss

Chloe Naudet

Finn Plantemoli

Dylan Ramirez

Chloe Simner

 

THE INFORMATION BELOW LISTS THE COMMITMENT FOR ACTORS AND CREW MEMBERS FOR THE SUMMER:

Rehearsals: Rehearsals are normally Monday to Thursday evenings from 6:30pm to 9:30pm with some weekend rehearsals after July 4th. Rehearsals will tentatively begin June 12, 2023. (No conflicts will be accepted past July 16, 2023. All cast members must be available for all rehearsals and performances July 17 through August 12, 2023. If you have any conflicts from July 17 through August 12, you will unfortunately not be considered for casting.)

Tech Weekend: July 29, 2023: Actors from 10:00am to 3:00pm

                                                 Crew from 10:00am to 5:00pm

                          July 30, 2023: Actors from 1:00pm to 11:00pm

                                                 Crew from 10:00am to 11:00pm

                                                *Dinner provided for all the company.

Dress Rehearsals: July 31, August 1, 2, and 3, 2023 from 6:00pm to no later than 11:00pm.

Performances: August 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 at 7:30pm and August 6 at 2:00pm. (August 6 and 9 at 7:30pm are ON HOLD in case performances need to be added.)

Strike and Tear Down: August 13 (time TBD)

THE ADDAMS FAMILY Cast Commitment Calendar

 

Crew Work Days: Crew will work mostly Saturdays between 10:00am and 4:00pm. On these days, we will be working on set construction, painting, props, etc. As we approach our tech rehearsal (July 30), work calls may also occur weekdays as scheduled by the producers. If you are available to work weekdays (between 10am and 5pm), please state this on your sign-up form. For work days, crew members should wear work boots (preferably with a steel toe) or heavy-duty sneakers (no canvas). NO ONE will work in sandals, flip-flops, Crocs, Uggs, Converse or any other canvas sneaker. If you are not available for the performances of the show, you are certainly still able to participate by coming to the Crew Work Days.

Running Crew: The Running Crew is the crew that works behind the scenes during the performance – or the run – of the show. They move scenery, operate the flies and any other offstage mechanisms, run spotlights, sound, etc. If you wish to be a member of the Running Crew, you must be available for rehearsals July 24 to 27 to watch run thrus and start becoming familiar with the show, July 28 and 29 (our Tech Days), July 31 and August 1 – 3 (Dress Rehearsals), ALL performances and Strike. (See above.)

THE ADDAMS FAMILY Crew Commitment Calendar

THE ADDAMS FAMILY Crew Sign-Up Letter

THE ADDAMS FAMILY Crew Sign Up Form