THE ADDAMS FAMILY Opens at Twin Lakes Playhouse Tonight

A new family has moved into Mountain Home. They are creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky, The Addams Family, in a musical comedy, The Addams Family Musical, by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, opens at 7 tonight at the newly renovated Twin Lakes Playhouse.

Join the madcap fun as America's ghoulish family tries to adopt a normal life when one of their own, Wednesday Addams, the ultimate Princess of Darkness, falls in love with an all-American boy from Ohio, Lucas Beineke. When she invites him and his family to dinner at the macabre home of Gomez and Morticia, secrets are disclosed, relationships are tested, and The Addams Family must face up to the one horrible thing they've managed to avoid for generations: change. Side splitting laughs and bizarre humor abounds as secrets are disclosed, relationships tested, and The Addams Family is forced to realize their little girl has grown up.

Based on the works of The New Yorker cartoonist, Charles Addams, The Addams Family became a popular family television show, running from 1964-1966 with 64 episodes of unique satire. Continuation of the antics of this wacky family returned to television in the 1977 film Halloween Reunion, an animated film in 1992, syndication of the TV show during 1991-1992, a motion picture starring Raul Julia and Anjelica Houston in 1991 and movie sequel in 1993. An Addams Family Reunion, aired in 1998 on television and was followed by The from 1998-2000.

In 2010 The Addams Family musical debuted on Broadway starring Nathan Lane as Gomez Addams and Bebe Neuwirth in the role of Morticia.

Opening Friday, September 8 through September 24 with 10 performances on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7, Sunday matinees at 2 and a special Thursday night performance on September 13. Tickets are $20 each and may be purchased on line at http://twinlakesplayhouse.org/ or by calling (870) 424-0444.

Twin Lakes Playhouse is located at 600 W. Sixth Street in Mountain Home, across the street from the First United Methodist Church. The Addams Family musical is rated "family entertainment." Twin Lakes Playhouse will be hosting a wine and cheese opening night gala for those attending the first performance this evening.

The Addams Family the Musical Directed by Deb Smith and Dylan Gamble, with Musical Direction by Lee Anne Jackson and Choreography by Olivia Wolfe, the cast includes: The Addams Family (Living) Gomez Addams: Stacy Tiffin Morticia Addams: Lee Anne Jackson Wednesday Addams: Olivia Wolfe Pugsley Addams: Bryana Rivas Grandma Addams: Patty Kotlicky Fester Addams: Bill Simpson Cousin Itt: Cara Jackson Thing: Carol Nichols Addams Family Ancestors (Dead): Gangster: Reese Villiger Ophelia: Hannah Kindstrom Pirate: Genevieve Laredas Bride and understudy for Wednesday Addams: Kayla Smith Flapper: Marcella Schlote French Courtesan: Melony Floyd Indian Squaw: Courtney Benedict English Woman and understudy for Grandma Addams: Sue Howe Warrior Princess: Cate Jackson Baseball Player: Emily Hand Puritan Lady: Jillian Wendfelt Cavewoman: Aubriana Chambers Hippie: Brittany Cooke The Addams Family (Undecided) Lurch: Craig Perry The Beinekes Lucas Beineke: John-Carl Laidler Mal Beineke: Mike Horberg Alice Beineke: Brittany Cooke F.E. Quiles understudy for Alice Beineke

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