Imagination Stage's Fall 2015 Teen Performance Ensemble to Get Kooky with THE ADDAMS FAMILY, 1/9-11

Imagination Stage's teen performance ensemble will perform The Addams Family, the musical comedy, on January 9-11, 2015, on The Lerner Family Theatre stage. The Addams Family features an original story by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa.

The Addams Family runs in Imagination Stage's The Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Theatre January 9-10, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. and January 11, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 per person, and may be purchased online at www.imaginationstage.org, at the Imagination Stage box office, or via phone at 301-280-1660.

"The Addams Family can simply be boiled down to a fun, entertaining musical with song and dance included...mainly for the sake of having song and dance," jokes Nikki Kaplan, Director of The Addams Family and Associate Director of Education at Imagination Stage. "But upon digging a little deeper, it's also a show about accepting the good (and kooky!) in yourself and others, and finding love in strange and unpredictable places."

Comprised of over 30 students from across the DC metro area, ranging from grades 6-12, the IStage Performance Ensemble is an audition-based program giving young artists the opportunity to bring a production from page-to-stage in a single semester. The ensemble rehearses two days per week for several hours at a time. The directorial staff has a vested interest in getting to know each student personally, and in turn holds high expectations for every performer. This opportunity allows them to apply their technical skills in a performance environment.

Directed by Nikki Kaplan, The Addams Family is designed by an entire team of professional designers, including Dustin Merrill (Music Director); Celestine Ranney-Howes (Costume Designer); Kristin A. Thompson (Lighting Designer); Amelia Nickles (Choreographer); Suzanne Emmerson (Props Designers); and Collin Ranney (Set Coordinator). It will be performed on the same set Milagros Ponce de Leon created for Imagination Stage's professional production 101 Dalmatians which runs through January 11, 2015.

The Addams Family features an original story, and it's every father's nightmare. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from...Ohio! Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner to meet the parents - where "normal" and kooky collide in this hilarious new musical!

UPCOMING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES:

- Winter Break Arts Blast camps are available for students ages 3.5 to grade 5 on December 29 and 30, 2014 and January 2, 2015. These daytime jam-packed days of creative drama, acting, movement, visual art, and specialty classes bring tons of fun to the dreariness of December!

- 1st Annual Play Off competition for grades 6-8 and 9-12. Actors may register in teams or as individuals and work towards producing a 10-minute play, all within 24 hours!

Screen Actors Project auditions are December 20, 2014 for the for grades 9-12 who rehearse for and perform in a fully-fledged original one-act play shot as a movie.

ABOUT IMAGINATION STAGE - Founded in 1979, Imagination Stage is a 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to inspire creativity through theatre and arts education programs that nurture, challenge, and empower young people of all abilities. It offers year-round professional theatre for young audiences and classes in creative drama/acting, musical theatre, dance, and filmmaking for ages 1-18. Building creative capacity in children of all abilities today
to ensure a more innovative America tomorrow. Imagination Stage is located at 4908 Auburn Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. For more, follow on Facebook: Facebook.com/ImaginationStage, Twitter: Twitter.com/I_Stage, and Instamgram: Instagram.com/ImaginationStage.

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