'Addams Family' auditions set at Playhouse

The third show of Putnam County Playhouse "Season of Laughs" will be the musical comedy "The Addams Family."

It will be produced Aug. 10-12 and 16-19.

Director Ric McFadden will have two sessions of auditions for all roles in the show. The first session will be Sunday, June 4 at 3 p.m. to be followed by a second session on Monday, June 5, at 7 p.m. Both sessions will be on the Main Stage at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre off Round Barn Road in Greencastle.

The show is reminiscent of the original television series. The characters are the same as you might remember: Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Lurch, Uncle Fester and Granny. This time around, the unsuspecting Beinecke family has been added including parents Mal and Alice and son, Lucas.

The plot revolves around Wednesday who has fallen in love with Lucas, a "normal" boy. A dinner at the Addams house is planned where the families will meet for the first time. Wednesday confides in her father Gomez, that in fact, she and Lucas are already engaged. Gomez must hide the information from his wife Morticia. The dinner ensues with much hilarity and fun for the audience.

Auditions will include singing (16 to 24 measures), reading from the script and dancing. Prospective cast members should attend either audition date but not both.

Characters include: Wednesday Addams (teen/young adult); Gomez Addams (age 40-50); Morticia Addams (40-50); Alice Beinecke (40-50); Fester Addams (30-50); Pugsley Addams (8-13) tenor/boys' unchanged voice; Mal Beinecke (40-50); Lucas Beinecke (teen/young adult); Grandma Addams (script age is over 100); Lurch (30-60) bass, tall. Addams ancestors (various ages) appear in most scenes throughout the show.