The Addams Family
Audition Packet
Show Dates: March 19-22, 2015
Audition Workshop Dates:
Wednesday Nov. 19: 3:15-Music
Thursday Nov. 20: 3:15-Dance
Audition Dates:
December 3 + 4 (Singing): 3:15
December 5 (Invited Callbacks): 3:15
The Addams Family
Audition Music and Dance Workshop
If you are interested in auditioning for The Addams Family you MUST attend the singing workshop. If you would like to be considered for a dancing or lead role you MUST attend the dance workshop. The workshops will be held on:
Wednesday Nov. 19: 3:15-Music
Thursday Nov. 20: 3:15-Dance
You must attend at least the singing workshop; you are encouraged to attend both.
The workshops are meant to help you prepare for auditions. During the music workshop you will receive the sheet music and rehearse the following songs for you to perform for auditions:
Girls: Pulled, Just Around the Corner, & Waiting
Boys: Crazier Than You, The Moon and Me, & Not Today
Pugsley: What If
The dance workshop will also double as the dance audition. You will learn a dance from The Addams Family and perform it in groups for the judges. Please be prepared in dance clothes and bring ballet, jazz or half shoes AS WELL as tap shoes. If you do not own these shoes please wear sneakers. For your safety, no other shoes will be accepted.
The Addams Family
Audition
The Addams Family requires a large, energetic cast! The JCHS Theatre program is seeking the following grades for specific roles:
Pugsley: 6-9Th Grade
All Main Roles: 9th-12th Grade
Ensemble: 8th-12th Grade
We are only seeking ONE student for each main role.
The main ensemble will be comprised of 8th-12th grade students.
YOU MUST SIGN UP IN ORDER TO AUDITION! (Sign Up Sheet will be outside of Room 401 Beginning November 19. Please sign up for a slot.)
Audition Dates:
December 3 + 4 (Singing): 3:15
December 5 (Invited Callbacks): 3:15
Please be prepared with ONE of the rehearsed songs from The Addams Family with cuts made by our Music Director. We will not accept any other songs, other than the ones rehearsed. Please make sure you prepare ONLY the amount of the song given, do not try to sing what was cut.
You are encouraged to bring a Resume. PLEASE BRING A PICTURE OF YOURSELF (headshot or just picture of face) and attached to your audition sheet. You will not be dancing at the audition (you will have already done so at the workshop) so please dress to impress!
BREAK A LEG!
The Addams Family
Music and Lyrics: Andrew Lippa
Book: Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice
Director/Choreographer: Miss Kerry Baglivio
Musical Director: Mr. GregParadis
Rehearsal & Miscellaneous Information
Actors are required to attend their individual scene/music and danc rehearsals.
Actors are required to attend all staging rehearsal’s that correspond to scenes they are in.
Actors are required to attend all run-throughs the week before and the week of the show.
There will be a few Saturday rehearsals closer to the show. Saturday March 14 is REQUIRED! You must keep this entire day open for tech rehearsal.
If you have too many extracurricularactivities, it may affect your casting in The Addams Family. This show is large and we need everyone at the required rehearsals.
All actors must be off book when returning from Christmas break!
All actors should attend all scheduled rehearsals and will only be excused due to illness. ALL conflicts need to be written on your audition sheet. Three unexcused absences may result in the removal from the production.
Professionalism
All actors are expected to come to rehearsal with their materials, including the following: script, pencil, show shoes, any personal props, proper rehearsal attire and water. You will be held accountable for your own blocking.
There is no eating/drinking in the auditorium.
After school rehearsals begin promptly at 3:15.-which gives some time when school lets out. Please manage your time and get homework done! Grades come first!
BE ON TIME TO REHEARSAL! WE WILL START WITHOUT YOU!
The Addams Family
CONTRACT
By signing below, you understand the responsibilities and expectations of the student and parent/guardian regarding participation in The Addams Family.
Student Name:
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Student Signature:
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Parent/ Guardian Name:
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Parent/Guardian Signature:
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Date:______
*Parents please be aware that there is a Participation Fee that will go towards t-shirts and meals during Tech Saturday and Tech Week. Please email me if this is a problem. Fee TBA. Thank you.
The Addams Family
Registration
Student / Parent(s)Name: / Name:
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JCHS Class Year: / Email:
Actor Crew Pit / Notes for me (allergies etc.):
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Occurring Conflicts (Teams, After School Activities, Clubs): / Special Conflicts:The Addams Family
Cast List
Gomez Addams : A man of Spanish descent who takes great pride in his family and revels in all it means to be an “Addams.” He struggles with having to keep his daughters secret from his wife, whom he adores more than death. Smart, comedic actor with tenor vocals.
Morticia Addams:The strength of the family. An easy comedic actress with a dry wit. Feels her husband is hiding something from her and will use any tactic to lure the secret out. A strong dancer/mover with alto/mezzo soprano vocals.
Uncle Fester: The androgynous family member who serves as the musicals narrator. He is larger than life, an energetic, joyous, child-like presence. A vaudeville style comedian with tenor vocals.
Grandma:She is a feisty102 year old woman. Fun and quirky, but don’t mess with Grandma. Comedic actress with strong character vocals.
Wednesday Addams: Wednesday has the same dry wit and sensibility of her mother. Finds love with a “normal” boy (Lucas) and wants to introduce his family to hers. Experiences the youthful drama that comes with first love. Lucas can actually put a smile on her face. Strong pop belt vocals.
Pugsley Addams: Plays 12 years old. A charming, funny boy who loves being tortured by his sister. He wants to ensure he won’t lose his sister to her new boyfriend so he takes matters into his own hands. Strong, high vocals. Voice not yet changed.
Lurch:A very tall male character, the Addams butler who knows all. He speaks in moans and groans without becoming a cartoon version of himself. His movement is always very slow Character actor with a low bass vocals.
Mal Beineke:Stuffy father of 19 year old Lucas and exasperated husband to his rhyming wife, Alice. At one time was a follower of The Grateful Dead but has lost that side of himself. Always looking out for his family.Male actor with high baritone/ tenor vocals.
Alice Beineke: Mother of 19 year old Lucas, devoted to her family so she puts aside her own desires. Quirky female who often speaks in rhyme. While at the Addams Family dinner party, she drinks a potion that causes her to let her hair down and speak her truth. Comedic actress with soprano / belt vocals.
Lucas Beineke:Fell in love with Wednesday Addams and plans to marry her. Experiences the youthful pain and drama of young love and struggles with the differences between his family and the Addams family. Contemporary pop tenor vocals.
10 Core Dancers: Strong tap and character dancers. Knowledge of tango and flamenco dancing a plus.
The Addams Family Ancestors (Ensemble): Male and female ensemble singer/dancers who are smart performers. Actors who sing and dance and have a fun, quirky sensibility.
Summary
THE ADDAMS 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 weren't upsetting enough, she 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.
The Addams FamilY
Name:______Grade/Age:______
Email:______Phone:______
Address:______
Song Coice:______
Vocal Range:______Height:______
Part(s) Desired:______
Would you accept a chorus role? (Please Circle One) YESNO
The dates of the production are:
March 19-22, 2015
Please be aware that NO ONE may miss a performance. Any conflicts that you put on this sheet are the only conflicts that will be accepted.
Rehearsals will begin immediately. Please list all conflicts from now until closing night of the show: ______
Please list years of dance, acting, and vocal education: ______
Please list any previous experience (including shows, recitals ect.): ______
PLEASE ATTACH A PICTURE OF YOURSELF (your face)
PLEASE ATTACH RESUME IF APPLICABLE
Thank You and Good Luck!!
The Addams FamilY
PLEASE BRING PAGES 5, 6 and 9 to the workshops filled out, with picture attached.
BREAK A LEG!!!!
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