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
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