Frank Leavitt (center) plays the role of Lester in a rehearsal for the Community Performance Series production of “The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy.” Photo submitted by Cory Williams.
POTSDAM – Community Performance Series will present a production of “The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy” this summer at SUNY Potsdam.
The production will run from Thursday, July 13 through Sunday, July 16, with five showtimes.
“The Addams Family,” a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story, and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, played by Mekayla Fountaine ’24, 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 wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother.
Now, Gomez Addams, played by Kyle Flint, must do something he’s never done before — keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia, played by Meghan Janovsky ’07 & ’12. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.
The show features more than 70 talented actors, crew, artists and musicians from around the Northern New York region, including SUNY Potsdam students, faculty and alumni, alongside local K-12 teachers, business owners and professionals. Stage directed by Lindsey Fifield, and vocal directed by Kimberly Busch ’93 & ’96, the production is beautifully choreographed by Kerri Canedy and backed by a live pit orchestra directed by Tim Savage ’84.
“This Addams Family was ahead of its time in accepting people for who they were, no matter what they looked like or what quirks they had. They embraced the strangeness in others and celebrated what made others unique — without judgment,” noted Busch, “To me, theatre is family. I am thrilled to be able to work with so many wonderful community members and expand our CPS theatre family with…
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