![Bickford Theatre Presents "The Addams Family" In August](https://www.newjerseystage.com/events2015/AddamsFamily-August4.jpg "Bickford Theatre Presents "The Addams Family" In August")
(Morristown, NJ) -- This August, join the Morris Museum’s Bickford Theatre for a production of ‘The Addams Family.’ Produced by Theatre Next Door and starring high school and college age students, this magnificently macabre new musical will play from August 13 through August 15, 2015.
Created by ‘Jersey Boys’ authors Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, and Drama Desk Award winner Andrew Lippa, our story finds the Addams family put to the test when outsiders come to dinner. Living in their super-spooky mansion in Central Park, the family is led by the elegantly gaunt and seemingly undead Morticia and her ever-devoted husband Gomez. They are in turmoil because their daughter Wednesday, now eighteen, finds herself falling in love—a sensation that is unsettling for both her and her family of endearing misfits. When the teen invites her new boyfriend, Lucas Beineke, over with his “normal” family to get better acquainted with the Addams household, comic chaos ensues.
Cast Members
Gomez Addams: Anthony DeSena (East Hanover), Morticia Addams- Lauren Dennis (Basking Ridge), Uncle Fester- Xavier Cruz (Florham Park), Grandma Addams- Lisa Kosak (New Providence), Wednesday Addams-Julie Funesti (Florham Park), Pugsley Addams-Ryan Healy (Livingston), Lurch-Thomas Fetter (South Orange), Mal Beineke- Adam Reneer (New York City), Alice Beineke-Nicole Lippey (Bridgewater), Lucas Beineke-Andrew Calabrese (Florham Park)
The Addams Ancestors: Flapper- Danielle Bellomo (East Hanover); Conquistador-Lucas Sverdlen (Totowa), Saloon Girl- Mandy Crawford (Linden), Courtesan- Briana Serpone (Roseland), Caveman- Cadence Owensby (New York City), Flight Attendant-Isabella Curis (West Orange), Bride- Victoria Presser (Florham Park), Native American-Lauren Rudolph (East Hanover)
Featured Company: Samantha Almeida, Timmy Amalfitano, Paolo Arante, Julianna Belles, Sachel Bise, Alex Cruz, Valesca Gongora, Angelina Hahn, Thomas Hilden, Madeline Machado, Meghan Muth, Carlyn Serpone, Eliana Ulloa
Company: Erin Grace Boyle, Esther Joy Boyle, Eva Lynne Boyle, Victoria Delahoz, Cina Gabel, Guilia Russo, Emma Swan, Bernadette Tam
Creative Team
Director/Executive Producer...Angelo De Fazio
Musical Director/Orchestra Conductor...Courtney Serpone
Director of Choreography...Melissa Mooney
Associate Director/Choreographer...Alexandra Keenan
Producer...Jenna Rocca
Tickets
$25 General Public; $20 Seniors/Museum/TheatreGuild Members; $20 Students (18 and under or with a valid college ID)
Tickets may be purchased online at morrismuseum.org, by phone at (973) 971-3706, or in person at the Bickford Theatre Box Office. The Bickford Theatre is an integral part of the Morris Museum, located at 6 Normandy Heights Road in Morristown, NJ, and offers free parking and full accessibility. Box Office hours for phone sales are Monday through Friday, 10:00am to 5:00pm. Walk-up hours are Tuesday through Friday, 11:00am to 5:00pm.
About Theatre Next Door
Theatre Next Door & Dancelife Academy strives to encourage the performing arts and to foster a spirit of creativity, one that nurtures the ideals of commitment, fun, and expression. As a performing arts and dance studio, a selection of dance and theatre classes run during the year and into the summer at our two locations in East Hanover and South Orange, and a full-scaled community theatre production is produced each summer. Artistic Directors Angelo De Fazio and Melissa Mooney, along with Managing Director JoAnn Russoniello, have owned and operated the studio for eight successful and ever-growing years of instruction and performance in the arts.
About The Bickford Theatre
The Bickford Theatre is a professional theater that produces and presents year-round entertainment, including a Main Stage Series, two Children’s Theatre series, a Jazz Showcase, and other concert series at the Bickford. The theatre is a Senior Member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, a not-for-profit organization of 30 professional theaters throughout the state, and works in conjunction with Actors' Equity Association (AEA) and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). From its beginnings in 1994 to the present, tens of thousands of theater-goers from across the tri-state area have enjoyed the Bickford Theatre’s many entertaining and diversified offerings in theatre, music and dance.
About the Morris Museum
Founded in 1913, the Morris Museum is an award-winning, community-based arts and cultural institution which serves the public through high caliber exhibitions in the arts, sciences and humanities. The Museum also offers educational programs, family events, and is home to the Bickford Theatre and its wide range of performing arts offerings. Continuously serving the public since 1913, the Morris Museum has been designated a Major Arts Institution and has received the New Jersey State Council on the Arts’ Citation of Excellence, among other awards. The first museum in New Jersey to be accredited, the Morris Museum was re-accredited in 2013 by the American Alliance of Museums.
The Morris Museum is a Blue Star Museum, offering free admission to active duty military personnel and their families, from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
Location & Hours
The Museum is located at 6 Normandy Heights Road (at the corner of Columbia Turnpike) in Morristown, NJ, and is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 11:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday, 12:00 to 5:00pm. In addition, the Museum is open evenings from 5:00 to 8:00pm on the second and third Thursday of the month. Admission to the Museum is $10 for adults and $7 for children, students and senior citizens. Admission is always free for Museum members. For more information, call (973) 971-3700, or visit www.morrismuseum.org.
