Mysterious and spooky 'Addams Family' musical to hit Playhouse stage

The third Putnam County Playhouse production of the 2017 "Season of Laughs" is a musical comedy, "The Addams Family," opening Thursday at Hazel Day Longden Theatre in Greencastle.

Show dates are Aug. 10-12 and 16-19. Tickets may be obtained by calling the box office at 653-5880 from 5-7 p.m. each evening or stopping by the theater off Round Barn Road from 5-7 p.m.

Posing for an Addams Family portrait are (front, from left) Granny (played by Caroline Good), Pugsley (Devin Huff), Gomez (Joshua Saul Bain), Morticia (Tarah Thornburg) and Wednesday (Chloe Hayes). In back are Lurch (Michael McClaine) and Uncle Fester (Brad Sandy). The musical comedy opens Thursday at the Putnam County Playhouse will subsequent performances Friday and Saturday and then Wednesday through Saturday, Aug. 16-19. Banner Graphic/ERIC BERNSEE

The characters are the same as you might remember from the 1960s television show: Gomez (played by Joshua Saul Bain), Morticia (Tarah Thornburg), Wednesday (Chloe Hayes), Pugsley (Devin Huff), Lurch (Michael McClaine), Uncle Fester (Brad Sandy) and Granny (Caroline Good).

This time around, the unsuspecting Beinecke family has been added, including parents Mal (TJ Tincher) and Alice (Shelly McFadden) and son, Lucas (Cameron Callan).

"The Addams Family" features an original story, and it's every father's nightmare.

Wednesday Addams has grown up and fallen in love with Lucas, a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family, and a man her parents have never met. If that weren't upsetting enough, she confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez 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.

"The Addams Family" ancestors who sing and dance throughout the show are played by Sarah Arnold, Sarah Bond, Samantha Flannelly, Drew Harris, David Lorimer, Bryana Perry, Winter Prewitt and Stephanie Zhivotovsky.

Ric McFadden is directing the production and serves as vocal director. Isaiah Mattas, Josh Bain and Sarah Bond are the show's choreographers. Sound and lighting design is by Dustin Bond with set design/construction by Linda Gjesvold.

Shelly McFadden is the costume designer for the show with make-up/costume assistant, Susan Price. Stage manager Jessica Masner is assisted by stage hands Mason Allen, Mariah Taylor and Cameron Wunderlich. Darvell Barger is the sound board operator and Haley Wilson is the light board operator. Spotlight operators are Sarah Nowling and Grace Elmore.

Pianist Marilyn Rush leads the orchestra for "The Addams Family," while Morgan Asher plays keyboards with Drew Brattain on bass and Dedee Schwomeyer on drums.

"The Addams Family" is sponsored by First National Bank.