The Addams Family Audition Information
Director - Heather Wilson-Bowlby
Music Director - Angela Moore
Choreographer - Donna K. Owens
Auditions will be held Saturday, May 11 at 3:00pm & Monday, May 13 at 7:00pm
Registration will be the first 15 minutes of auditions
Call-backs (by invitation only) will be Thursday, May 16
The Uwharrie Players Clubhouse - 546 E Main St. Albemarle, NC 28001
Performances will be July 26 - August 4, 2024 at the Stanly County Agri-Civic Center
Auditions are open to those aged 14 and up.
Vocal auditions - be prepared to sing 32 measures (45-60 seconds) of a song in a similar genre that best showcases your vocal range. Memorize your song and bring the piano/vocal sheet music with the cuts clearly marked for the accompanist. We do not recommend singing a capella.
Come dressed to move for the dance portion of the audition. No slides, mules , crocs or flip flops, please.
Music Director - Angela Moore
Choreographer - Donna K. Owens
Auditions will be held Saturday, May 11 at 3:00pm & Monday, May 13 at 7:00pm
Registration will be the first 15 minutes of auditions
Call-backs (by invitation only) will be Thursday, May 16
The Uwharrie Players Clubhouse - 546 E Main St. Albemarle, NC 28001
Performances will be July 26 - August 4, 2024 at the Stanly County Agri-Civic Center
Auditions are open to those aged 14 and up.
Vocal auditions - be prepared to sing 32 measures (45-60 seconds) of a song in a similar genre that best showcases your vocal range. Memorize your song and bring the piano/vocal sheet music with the cuts clearly marked for the accompanist. We do not recommend singing a capella.
Come dressed to move for the dance portion of the audition. No slides, mules , crocs or flip flops, please.
Character Information
- Gomez Addams - Must have great comedic timing and a strong baritone singing voice. Should also be a good dancer. The father of the Addams family. Gomez takes great pride in his family. Smart, comedic actor with tenor vocals. Husband to Morticia, if indeed they are married at all... a crafty schemer, but also a jolly man in his own way... though sometimes misguided... sentimental and often puckish - optimistic, he has full enthusiasm for his dreadful plots.
- Morticia Addams - A strong dancer / mover with alto / mezzo soprano vocals. Must be a good dancer, have natural comedic timing, and sing well. An easy comedic actress with a sexy, dry wit. She is glamorous; witty... and given to low-keyed rhapsodies about her garden of deadly nightshade, henbane, and dwarf's hair. Although it may seem that Gomez has the most say in family dealings, Morticia’s influence over him proves that she’s really the one in charge.
- Wednesday Addams - Strong Soprano/Mezzo-Soprano, with pop belt vocals. A good sense for sarcasm.he goth teenage daughter of Gomez and Morticia, Wednesday leads with a dark cloud exterior, but deep down she has her father’s heart and her mother’s dry wit and sensibility.
- Mal Beineke - Mal is Lucas’ stuffy father and an exasperated husband to his rhyming wife, Alice. A typical conservative suburban father that’s cynical of life and especially the Addams family. Male actor with high baritone / tenor vocals.
- Fester Addams - Uncle Fester serves as the musical's narrator. He is larger than life, an energetic, joyous, child- like presence. A vaudeville style comedian with tenor vocals. 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. Vocal Range; C3 – G4 full voice tenor, and up to C5 in head voice. Must have a great sense of vaudevillian humor and comic timing. Ukulele skills are a plus!
- Alice Beineke - Mother of Lucas, devoted to her family so she puts aside her own desires. A typical suburban mom with typical suburban mom problems. Soprano. Comedic actress with soprano / belt vocals.
- Pugsley Addams - This role is sometimes played by a girl because of the high tenor vocals. Best suited for unchanged male voices or female voices. Wednesday’s little brother, Pugsley is a danger-seeking, charming, funny, boy - who loves being tortured by his sister. An energetic monster of a boy... and a dedicated troublemaker.
- Lucas Beineke - A hopeful romantic and the son of Mal and Alice Beineke, Lucas is the "average" young man who has fallen in love with Wednesday Addams and plans to marry her. He writes poetry and appears to be a traditionalist, but he harbors an unexpected crazy and dark side, and appreciates the macabre… which is why he gets along so well with the Addamses. Must be a great pop/rock singer. Tenor/Baritone (Musical theatre tenor with some of this upper range in head).
- Grandma Addams - This is a great role for a comedic actress with strong character acting and charactery vocals. Grandma Addams is a kooky elder, a feisty 102-year-old woman. Fun and quirky, but don’t mess with Grandma.
- Lurch - Lurch is the Addams family butler, who knows all the family secrets. A man of very few words, Lurch mostly responds in drawn out moans, groans and grunts — without becoming a cartoon version of himself. His movement is always very slow. Must be a bass with a good singing voice for a small comic bit at the end. Must have great non-verbal, story-telling abilities (think: facial expressions and sound).
- Ancestors - Ensemble members should be talented singers, good character actors, and should be able to move well, as the ensemble will be required to dance in many songs. The ensemble has a very important role in The Addams Family. As descendants of the Addams lineage from various eras and locales, the Addams ancestors act as a backup chorus for multiple scenes and numbers.