Addams Family Auditon Notice

Addams Family - a new musical

Book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice
Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Orchestrations by Larry Hochman TRW

Auditions Saturday 6th April at 1pm - meet in foyer

Audition script/singing pieces below. 

Director Nicky Main - nicolmain@aol.com, 07714 694004 - contact for music

Show dates 23rd October 2024 - 2nd November 2024

Character information:

Gomez Addams (baritone) – A suave man of Spanish descent who adores his wife and children and takes immense pride in being an Addams. Gomez finds himself trapped between his daughter and his wife, being forced to hide Wednesday’s big secret from Morticia. He has great comedic timing and is a strong dancer.

Morticia Addams (mezzo-soprano) – The beautiful, leggy and mysterious head of the Addams family who believes strongly in family tradition. Morticia is unnerved thinking that Gomez is hiding something from her and that her relationship with her daughter isn’t what it used to be. She is confident and sexy with a side of dry wit.

Uncle Fester (baritone/tenor) – Serving as the musical’s comedic narrator, Uncle Fester brings their own unique personality to the show. They are lovable, childish, enthusiastically strange, and highly incorrigible (except for the good nature of the family and the ignorance of the police, they would ordinarily be under lock and key!).

Grandma (alto/mezzo- soprano) – Fun, quirky and very feisty, Grandma always has a trick up her sleeve and is often cooking up schemes. She is wise, wacky, and sometimes a bit crass. She has great comedic timing and versatile character physicality, definitely not a typical sweet grandmotherly figure.

Wednesday Addams (mezzo-soprano) – Goth big sister Wednesday has her father’s heart and her mother’s sensibility (as well as her deadly dry wit). Having fallen in love with a “normal” boy, Wednesday must figure out how to introduce him and his parents to her unique family. Wednesday showcases compassion, a bit of stubbornness, and a strong will.

Pugsley Addams (tenor/alto) – Pugsley is a funny, inventive, and sometimes annoying little brother who loves to be tortured by his big sister. Aware that family dynamics are changing around him, he wants to ensure he won’t lose his sister, so he takes matters into his own hands. Believably aged 12-13 but will be played by a teen/actor.

Lurch (bass) – A man of few words, Lurch is the Addams family butler. His unmistakable commanding presence is accented by grunts, moans, and deliberate movement. Must have great non-verbal story-telling abilities.

Mal Beineke (baritone/tenor) – is the uptight father of Wednesday’s boyfriend, Lucas, and exasperated husband to his rhyming wife, Alice. Once a faithful follower of a grungy, dark band, he has long submerged that side of himself to become a stereotypical businessman, obsessed with his family’s future and impressing others. He finds the Addams far too bizarre for his liking.

Alice Beineke (mezzo-soprano) – Lucas’s mother and Mal’s wife, Alice is a lovely housewife who is devoted to her family. Always charming and cheerful, Alice’s only flaw seems to be a quirky tendency to speak in rhymes. That is, until she accidentally drinks a potion at dinner with the Addams and learns to unleash her wild side.

Lucas Beineke (baritone/tenor) – Smart, attractive, and a bit dorky, ‘normal guy’ Lucas has fallen head over heels 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.

Ensemble
The Addams Ancestors - overall good singing and dancing required

The Addams Family Musical - a new musical comedy
Audition Pieces

Ancestors and Lurch Audition song - When You're An Addams

“ONCE TORN ASUNDER

DOWN SIX FEET UNDER

WE GET TO GATHER HERE

DEAD FOR FOREVER

BLED FROM WHATEVER

CALLED NOW TO REAPPEAR

EVERY CADAVER

START THE PALAVER

ONCE IN THE ADDAMS YEAR

HOLD YOUR DECAYING

HEAR WHAT WE’RE SAYING

TIME NOW TO GIVE A CHEER!”

ALICE BEINEKE

“Alice:  Remember how it used to be, Mal? How we’d look at each other and leave the

restaurant in the middle of dinner and rush home and go upstairs; and sometimes

we couldn’t even wait and you’d just pull the car over to the side of the (Lucas

interjects with a ‘Mom’!) Lighten up, Lucas. Parents do it. Live with it. (to Mal)

Remember, Mal? When we were crazy and the future didn’t exist? What

happened Mal? The guy with the Grateful Dead t-shirt? Is he ever coming back?

How long do I have to wait?”

Alice audition song - Waiting

OR please sing any song from a musical of your choice that demonstrates your vocal

range and acting ability and bring your own backing track to the audition if possible.

UNCLE FESTER

“Fester: That’s right. Little Wednesday Addams - that charming, irrepressible bundle of

malice who would poison her own brother just for a ride in the ambulance - has

grown up and found love…So who is this Lucas Fella? Is he worthy of her? Do

they really love each other? What is love anyway? Does this rash look serious to

you? So many questions about love. But when you think about it, is there

anything more important?” 

Fester audition song - The Moon and Me

GOMEZ ADDAMS

“Gomez:  July 31st, 1715. The Spanish warship, Pico de Gallo, commanded by my great

nautical ancestor, Captain General Redondo Ventana Laguna Don Jose Cuervo,

leaves Madrid, bound for the new world. Three weeks later, he is still in Madrid,

as Madrid is four hundred miles from the nearest ocean. A stubborn man, he sets

sail anyway, only to sink, six months later, off the southern coast of Florida - a

hostile land, infested with mosquitoes, rattle snakes, and many retired Jewish

peoples. But enough about us. (steps forward) Mr Malcolm Beineke, I presume,

and the lovely Mrs Malcolm Beineke (pointing his blade at Lucas) And you must

be young Lucas - (looks back to Mal, then again to Lucas) Unless of course you

- (Lucas) - are the father, and you - (Mal) - are the son, with a massive thyroid

problem. (laughs, then) I go too far. No matter, the night, she is young. Welcome

to our extremely normal home.”

Gomez audition song - Happy/Sad (please sing up to ‘that’s when we should smile)

MALCOLM BEINEKE

“Mal: Ok, Addams, I tried. I thought OK, the kids like each other, let’s give it a shot. But

you people are insane. You got a house where there shouldn’t be a house, a zombie for a butler, and a man who’s dating the moon - … We’re simple people, Mister Addams. We’re not used to your ‘sophisticated New York life-style’. So with your permission, we’re gonna go back to the real America. Full disclosure. Lucas, help your mother off the table.”

Mal Beineke Audition Song - (please sing Lucas’s lyrics to vow-ow-ow-ow)

"Crazier Than You"

MORTICIA ADDAMS

“Morticia: I told that Beineke woman we kept nothing from each other…you didn’t dare tell

me because I’m such a terrible mother…I gave up my dreams for the sake of this

family. I wanted to travel. I wanted to see Paris! I never saw the sewers of Paris!

And now it’ll never happen!...So that’s how it ends…alone and forgotten in a tiny

room, living on cat food and broken dreams - that’s what happens to mothers.

Look at yours. She came for the weekend, the weeks turned into months, it’s

twelve years later and she’s still up there: Deceived. Deluded. Smoking weed in

the attic. (then) A grandma. (and) Well, I’m not going to end up like your mother.”

Morticia Audition song - Just Around the Corner (please sing up to ‘coming after them”)

LUCAS BENEIKE & WEDNESDAY ADDAMS

Lucas & Wednesday

(Wednesday enters, pursued by Lucas)

Lucas: You realise they’re gonna freak when we tell them?

Wednesday: My father won’t

Lucas: Why not?

Wednesday: I already told him.

Lucas: What? You told your father? Your father, with the sword? You told him we were

getting married, just like that?

Wednesday: He’s totally cool with it. Mostly.

Lucas: I thought we were going to tell them all together!

Wednesday: We need his help. You don’t know my mother. She could really screw it up.

Lucas: I’m not marrying your mother.

Wednesday: I know. Look - it might seem old fashioned, but I want their blessing.

Lucas: You’re right, it is old fashioned.

Wednesday: Lucas, do you love me?

Lucas: Of course.

Wednesday: Then leave it to me. It’s all going according to plan.

Lucas: What plan? There’s no plan!

Wednesday: That’s the plan. Improvise. Keep ‘em guessing.

Lucas: You’re really crazy.

Wednesday: You say that like it’s a bad thing. It’s just a simple dinner. What could go wrong?

Come on.

Wednesday & Lucas Audition Song - (please sing to vow-ow-ow-ow)

"Crazier Than You"

Pugsley & Grandma

Pugsley: Grandma - what if there was this girl who met this person and he’s all like “Hey,

it’s the Pugster. What up, little man?’ and she’s all like “golly” and “we’re gonna

go now” and they’re running away together. What would you give her?

Grandma: Nothing. She’s your sister. Be happy for her.

Pugsley: But what if she doesn’t get rid of him? What if all the good times are already

behind me?

Grandma: That’s life, kid. You lose the thing you love.

Pugsley: Tell me about it. (picks up another bottle from the cart) What’s this one?

Grandma: (grabs bottle from Pugsley) Acrimonium! You wanna stay away from this

baby…one swig of this and Mary Poppins turns into Medea.

Pugsley: I don’t understand your references.

Grandma: Well, stop the damn texting and pick up a book once in a while. (then) Now, quit

whining about your sister. Start thinking about you and how you’re gonna live

your life. (waxing rhapsodic) Time, my dear, is a thief. She’ll steal your soul and

flee on little fairy wings. (then, abruptly) And stay outta my shit or I’ll rip your leg

off and bury it in the back yard. (and) I love you. (as Grandma exits, Pugsley

swipes the Acrimonium from her cart)

Puglsey Audition Song - (please sing up to ‘it wouldn’t be the same’)

"What if"

Grandma Audition Song - please sing any song from a musical of your choice that

demonstrates your vocal range and acting ability, and bring your own backing track to

the audition if possible