Story Theater Company Presents The Addams Family (young@part)

Performing at the Ames City Auditorium in October 2022!

A musical comedy, embracing every father’s nightmare! Wednesday Addams, known for her love of darkness, has fallen in love with a sweet man from a seemingly respectable and ordinary family. As Wednesday falls in love, family members begin to find out, forcing Gomez, her father, to keep a secret from his love, Morticia. Meanwhile, Pugsley and Grandma scheme and Uncle Fester relates by finding a love of his own. Everything will change on the dreadful night the Addams host a dinner for Wednesday’s boyfriend and his ‘normal’ family. What could go wrong?

PERFORMANCES

October 21 and 28 at 7:00 PM
October 22, 23, 29, and 30 at 2:00 PM

AUDITION INFORMATION

Auditions will take place at Story Theater Company’s new location: 1609 Golden Aspen Dr. #105 in Ames.

Auditions: Monday, August 22 from 4:00-8:00pm and Tuesday, August 23 from 5:30-8:30pm.
Rehearsals: From August 27-October 15, rehearsals will be 4:30-6:45 Tue/Thu and 10:15-12:45 Sat. From October 17-20, rehearsals every weekday afternoon from 4:30pm-8:30pm.
View a preliminary rehearsal schedule here.
Approximately 30 roles available for ages 9-18.
10 crew members needed (ages 12-18).

AUDITION GUIDELINES

You must be 9-18 years old at the time of auditions to be considered for a role, and 12-18 years old to be on the crew.
Bring a photo with you to attach to your audition form.
Wear clothes and shoes that allow you to move easily.
You will audition with a small group, and will be at your audition for about one hour. Please plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early for your audition time.
For the audition, please prepare and memorize one song and one monologue from the options provided below.
There will also be a short dance portion of the audition, which you will learn while you are there.
If interested in a crew position, stop by anytime during the auditions to fill out a crew form.

SIGN UP FOR AN AUDITION TIME

The participation fee for Addams Family Young@Part is $160 for cast members and $60 for crew members. The participation fee covers professional theatrical instruction, a show T-shirt, keepsake poster, cast/crew party, and, when possible, a video recording of the show.

Scholarship assistance is available for those who may need help covering the participation fee. A scholarship request form will be accessible to all cast and crew members after the cast/crew list is released. Scholarship applications do not affect casting decisions.

PRE-AUDITION WORKSHOP

We will be holding an optional audition workshop for this production on Saturday, August 13, 1:00-3:00pm at Story Theater Company–1609 Golden Aspen Dr. #105 in Ames.
If you’re new to auditioning or not sure what to expect, you can come learn auditioning tips and FAQs from one of our experienced instructors.
You may also sign up for an optional mock audition, if you’d like, to get some practice and feedback. Attendance at the workshop is not a requirement to audition or a guarantee of getting cast, just a helpful event. No pre-registration is required to attend the workshop, but we do ask that you sign up here if you’re interested in doing a mock audition, so we can plan enough time for everyone.

CREW ROLES:

Assistant Stage Manager, Light Cues, Sound Cues, Projections Cues, Spotlight Operator, Wardrobe Assistant, Fly Operator

CAST ROLES:

Gomez Addams: A suave man of Spanish descent who adores his wife and children and takes immense pride in being an Addams. He struggles with having to keep his daughter’s secret from his wife, whom he adores more than death.

Morticia Addams: The strength of the Addams family who believes strongly in family tradition. Morticia is unnerved thinking that Gomez is hiding something from her. She is confident with a side of dry wit. Feels her husband is hiding something from her and will use any tactic to lure the secret out.

Wednesday Addams: Big sister Wednesday who has her father’s heart and her mother’s sensibility and dry wit falls in love with a “normal” boy who she brings home to meet the family. Wednesday is trying to balance her relationships with her “strange” family with that of her new love and his “normal” family. Wednesday showcases compassion, a bit of stubbornness and strong will.

Pugsley Addams: The youngest of the Addams Family, Pugsley loves to be tortured by his big sister. He is lost trying to figure out his place now that she has a new boyfriend and family dynamics are changing. He wants to ensure he won’t lose his sister to her new boyfriend so he takes matters into his own hands.

Uncle Fester: That one awkward family member who serves as the musical’s narrator. He’s larger than life, an energetic, joyous, child-like presence. Uncle Fester is incorrigible and, except for the good nature of the family and the ignorance of the police, would ordinarily be under lock and key.

Grandma: Fun, quirky and feisty, Grandma always has a trick up her sleeve. Grandma is wise, wacky and sometimes a bit crass. Don’t mess with Grandma!

Lurch: A man of few words, Lurch is the Addams Family butler. His unmistakable commanding presence is accented by grunts, moans and deliberate movement.

Mal Beinecke: The uptight and stuffy father of Lucas and exasperated husband to rhyming Alice, cynical Mal meets the Addams with skepticism. He finds the Addams to be too bizarre for his liking and cannot fathom being related to them.

Alice Beinecke: Lucas’s mother and Mal’s wife, Alice is strongly devoted to her family. She presents herself as reserved and collected (even when speaking in rhyme) until she learns to unleash her wild side at dinner with the Addams.

Lucas Beinecke: The hopeful romantic and son of Alice & Mal, Lucas has fallen in love with Wednesday and intends to marry her. He is optimistic and hopeful yet struggles to find the balance between his “normal” family and the macabre Addams.

The Ancestors: The Addams ancestors from various eras serve as the chorus for the show and help bring the story to life. They will be featured both singing and dancing throughout the entire show (once relapsed from the family crypt!).

AUDITION MATERIALS: SONGS & MONOLOGUES

Please prepare and memorize one monologue and one song from the options provided below. We encourage you to perform whichever song and monologue you like best; you do not need to focus too much on the characters listed.

ADDAMS FAMILY AUDITION MONOLOGUES (PDF)

ADDAMS FAMILY SONGS:
You will sing your song to the exact same accompaniment provided here.

Just Around The Corner (Morticia)
Just Around The Corner sheet music (PDF)