This year’s musical is The Addams Family, here is a little bit about the different characters in The Addams Family. It became a popular show in the early 60s, the musical is based off of it. Gomez and Morticia are the parents to Wednesday and Pugsley. Their extended family includes Uncle Fester, Lurch, and Grandma. The ancestors are also a part of the Addams family. Lucas is in love with Wednesday and his parents are Alice and Mal. 

It is a family show with a darker comedy and romance plot. The show starts with the Addams family visiting the graveyard to wake up their ancestors for their annual family gathering. During the gathering, Wednesday confesses to her father that she is in love with a “normal” guy named Lucas. Uncle Fester helps this romance by enlisting the ancestors to help with the romance between Lucas and Wednesday. Since Wednesday confesses that she is in love with Lucas, the rest of the Addams family worries about her changing. The two families of Wednesday and Lucas come together and have dinner one night where everything changes. 

Mr. Erik Eitrheim picked the musical this year for many reasons. Mr. Erik Eitrheim said “The Addams Family is a classic story, one of the things that is most appealing is the large number of students that can be involved in it. It has a large cast, a lot of speaking roles and singing roles.” Many students are able to be involved and it makes the musical fun to watch because of the amount of students in the show. 

The audience is introduced to all of the characters in the When You’re an Addams number.  Sophomore Tate Berkley, who plays Uncle Fester, said, “My favorite scene is When You’re an Addams, it is fun to have everyone on stage dancing and singing.” This musical is not shy of breaking out into dancing or singing. It has a lot of fun scenes and moments where characters are able to tell their stories.