The Addams Family – The Musical Opens at Orcas Center Tonight!

Opens Thursday, October 26 – 31, 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center

— from Susannah Weaver for Orcas Center —

Joey Gonzalez in “The Addams Family” as Gomez

Beginning October 26, Orcas Center will feature the award winning show The Addams Family – The Musical, on Center Stage with Seattle’s Sam Pettit directing an all-island cast.Bring the whole family for a laugh out loud night of theatre. The Addams Family will run for six performances, October 26-31, 7:30 pm at Orcas Center.

The local cast of this musical includes:

• Gina Da Silva-Villalobos – Morticia
• Joey Gonzalez – Gomez
• Bailey Sande – Wednesday
• The Moose Kinsey – Pugsley
• Rick Markov – Lerch
• Don Yerly – Fester
• Leslie Liddle – Grandma
• Kevin Hauschild – Lucas Beineke
• Jessica Diamond – Alice Beineke
• Tom Eversole – Mal Beineke
• Isabella Schermerhorn – Ancestor
• Malia Michelle – Ancestor
• Brenda Loney – Ancestor
• Lisa Spesard – Ancestor
• Solianna Halabisky – Ancestor
• Chris Moore – Ancestor

The crew working behind the scenes is:

• Asifa Pasin – Costumes
• Jeffery Horton – Sound
• Jim Schaffer-Bauck – Music
• Phil Burbo – Lights
• Sam Pettit – Director
• Danna Nicole Kinsey – Stage Manager
• Isabella Schermerhorn – Assistant Stage Manager / props
• Lisa Spesard – Props
• Brenda Loney – Props

On her 18th birthday Wednesday Addams invites her normal boyfriend and his normal family from Ohio to dine with her quirky relations. What should be an evening of family meeting family turns into a night of chaos, lies, mayhem, truths, silliness, and fun. It is a lesson on love and being true to yourself taught as only the Addams Family can.

Gina Da Silva-Villalobos stars in “The Addams Family” as Morticia

The Addams Family – The Musical is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and the book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The show is based upon “The Addams Family” characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things macabre. The production has won numerous awards and has been nominated for several others.

Orcas Center welcomes guest director and choreographer from Seattle, Samuel J. Pettit.  Sam has worked as choreographer and director on such productions as Legally Blond, Oliver! Pirates of Penzance, Anything Goes, Peter Pan, Pippi Longstocking, Annie, Little Shop of Horrors, Seussical, and others.  Currently, he is Associate Artistic Director of Studio East Theatre and has been teaching theatre for 13 years and is the co-founder of ‘Origami Girl Productions’, voted ‘Best of Fest’ at the Seattle Fringe Festival.

Pettit says, “The most important thing about the Addamses that we know and love is that no matter how ghoulish, macabre or dark they seem, at the core they are all about family.”

Come and see The Addams Family – The Musical—this weird and wonderful family comes to devilishly delightful life on the Orcas Center’s main stage opening the 26th of October and Closing October 31st on Halloween night. The musical will run for 6 performances. We hope you will join us for the reception following the Opening Night production October 26. Get your tickets now—bring the whole family for an unforgettable night at the theatre.

Tickets for The Addams Family – The Musical are $17, $13 for students, $2 off for Orcas Center members, and may be purchased now at www.orcascenter.org or by calling 360-376-2281 ext. 1 or visiting the Orcas Center Box Office open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 12-3 pm. $5 subsidized tickets available at the Box Office. For more information about Orcas Center’s 2017 season visit www.orcascenter.org.