Don't let missing this show "Fester" Cara Mia, go see Addams Family

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Titusville Summer Theatre might only happen once a year, but these folks put on a show of shows.

​Beyond the historic Colestock Auditorium being a great place to watch a show, beyond the well done stage set, paint, props and attention to detail, beyond solid choreography of near 50 actors at each end of the spectrum of experience, beyond costuming and makeup worthy of big city plays and beyond the live pit musicians, headed by Ryan Carter, adding that incredible once in a lifetime performance feel... this group has a lot... I mean A LOT of talent.

This summer they took on the fun-loving ghoulish clan, The Addams Family,. The musical is set to open tonight at 7 p.m. at Titusville High School.

Veteran, though still young actor, James McGinnis is a perfect Gomez Addams, the patriarchal figure of the Addams's. In the show he finds himself in a loyalty pickle between a secret kept from his beloved wife Morticia, played stunningly by Noelle Raszman and honoring the trust of the apple of his eye, his daughter Wednesday who is expertly sweet and devilishly portrayed by Maeve Wakefield.

Nearly 50 actors from around the oil region have been working for months to bring this fun, yet message filled show to life that even includes an Uncle Fester (Tyler Brown) classic electrically charged head that can light a lightbulb when a laugh is needed.

And when the plot gets a little dark as Pugsley (Luke Keebler) plots to end his sisters out of the ordinary for her relationship with a status quo boy from the outside the Addams oeuvre, more laughs are woven into little moments by Judy Millar's over top great channeling of Grandma Ma who gets to deliver the greatest off-color lines of the musical.

And to emphasize the weirdness even further, the tall stone faced grunting only Lurch is played by Nathaniel Mohnkern who stands at about nine feet tall with the aid of stilts hidden in his extra long trousers. He expertly maneuvers the stage in a well choreographed manner so he isn't bumped and thrown off balance.

The plot focusses around Wednesday falling in love with a commoner, Lucas ​Beineke played by Adam Reagle who she plans to marry, but is nervous to tell her mother.

A dinner is arranged to introduce each others families and to announce the young lovers' plans to wed. Lucas's parents are a typical 1950s moving into the early 1960s American conservative patriarchal family played by Jeremiah Shepherd and Deanna Wolfgong, who changes during the course of the first act thanks to a mistakingly drank Grandma Ma potion during a game of Truth.

The ever romantic Fester, seems destined to help his beloved niece find happiness and keep the family undivided. 

​To find out more, you'll have to get a ticket, but in case you were wondering, yes, Thing is indeed a character lending a hand when needed.

Break a stilt... er... a finger.... uhm... no, a leg, that's it.... break a leg gang.

The show opens tonight at 7 p.m. at Colestock Auditorium at Titusville High School. There are also shows Friday and Saturday nights also at 7 p.m.

​Tickets can be purchased at the Titusville United Way today until 3:30 p.m. and Friday until 1:30 p.m.
They can also be purchased online at cur8.com (Click on “Buy Tickets,” search “Titusville Summer Theater,”and select “The Addams Family”).
Contact [email protected] with any questions.

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