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Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre
United States
Indiana
Indianapolis, IN

The Addams Family musical comedy makes Beef & Boards debut

by Patricia Rettig
October 8, 2015
Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre
9301 N. Michigan Road
Indianapolis, IN 46268
317-872-9664
This fall, Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre is proud to present a production that is creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky and altogether ooky: The Addams Family. This Tony Award nominated macabre musical comedy is now haunting the stage at Beef & Boards.

Few things frighten the eerie Addams clan. But Gomez Addams faces a nightmare when his daughter, Wednesday, falls in love. What’s worse, she loves a boy Gomez has never met – who is from a respectable family. To complicate matters even more, Wednesday pleads with him not to tell her mother, Morticia, and Gomez must do something he’s never dared – keep a secret from his wife.

Everything changes forever for the famously frightening family when they are put to the test hosting a dinner for the “normal” boyfriend Lucas and his parents.

Based on the cartoon characters created by Charles Addams that later inspired a television series in the 1960s and several films, The Addams Family opened on Broadway in 2010. The Beef & Boards production stars Eddie Curry as Gomez Addams and Erin Cohenour as Morticia. Samantha Russell makes her Beef & Boards debut in the role of Wednesday Addams. Jeff Stockberger plays Lurch and Shaun Rice will reprise the role of Uncle Fester, which he played in The Addams Family National Tour. Blake Spellacy plays the boyfriend Lucas, with John Vessels and Sarah Hund as Mal and Alice Beineke, his parents.

The Addams Family is on stage for 51 performances through Nov. 22 in the intimate space of Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. Tickets range from $40 to $65 and include Chef Odell Ward’s dinner buffet, prepared in-house for each performance, and select beverages. Parking is always free.

For reservations, call the Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre Box Office at 317.872.9664 anytime between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays. Discounts are available to groups of 20 or more; contact the Group Sales Department for more details.

For more information, including complete show schedule, visit beefandboards.com. The Addams Family is sponsored in part by 92.3 WTTS.

Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Indiana’s only year-round professional dinner theatre,has been serving up exceptional entertainment since 1973.

Fact Sheet

WHAT: The Addams Family
Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice ; Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Based on Characters Created by Charles Addams. Sponsored by 92.3 WTTS

WHEN: Oct. 8 – Nov. 22, 2015

Weekday/Saturday Evenings
Doors open at 6 p.m.; Buffet from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Show at 8 p.m.
October: 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
November: 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 21

Weekday Matinees
Doors open at 11 a.m.; Buffet from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Show at 1 p.m.
October: 14, 21, 22, 28
November: 4, 11, 18, 19

Sunday Evenings
Doors open at 5 p.m.; Buffet from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.; Show at 7 p.m.
October: 11, 18, 25
November: 1, 8, 15

Sunday Matinees
Doors open at noon; Buffet from 12:15 to 1 p.m.; Show at 1:30 p.m.
October: 11, 18, 25
November: 1, 8, 15, 22

WHO:

Director: Eddie Curry
Co-Director/Choreographer: Ron Morgan
Musical Director: Terry Woods Costume Design: Jill Kelly
Set Design: Michael Layton Lighting Design: Ryan Koharchik

Starring:

Eddie Curry - Gomez Addams Erin Cohenour - Morticia Addams
Samantha Russell - Wednesday Addams
Shaun Rice - Uncle Fester
Jeff Stockberger - Lurch
Amanda Butterbaugh - Grandma
Simon Barnes - Pugsley Addams
John Vessels - Mal Beineke
Sarah Hund - Alice Beineke Blake Spellacy - Lucas Beineke
Bob Payne - Captain Brackett
Sally Scharbrough - Janet MacGregor
Ancestors: Peter Scharbrough, Samuel McKanney, Kenny Shepard, Christine Zavakos,Jennifer Ladner, Amy Owens; (Cynthia Kauffman: Wednesday Addams u/s)

WHERE: Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre
9301 N. Michigan Rd., Indianapolis, 46268

TICKETS: Available by calling the Box Office at 317.872.9664 between 10 a.m. & 7 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays. Tickets range from $40 to $65 and include Chef Odell Ward’s dinner buffet, fruit & salad bar, and select beverages. Group rates available.

WEB SITE: For more information or show schedule, visit beefandboards.com.
The Addams Family: The Addams Family (from left) Grandma (Amanda Butterbaugh), Lurch (Jeff Stockberger), Wednesday (Samantha Russell), Gomez (Eddie Curry), Morticia (Erin Cohenour), Pugsley (Simon Barnes) and Uncle Fester (Shaun Rice) is haunting the Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre stage now through Nov. 22.

The Addams Family: The Addams Family (from left) Grandma (Amanda Butterbaugh), Lurch (Jeff Stockberger), Wednesday (Samantha Russell), Gomez (Eddie Curry), Morticia (Erin Cohenour), Pugsley (Simon Barnes) and Uncle Fester (Shaun Rice) is haunting the Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre stage now through Nov. 22.


Wednesday Addams (Samantha Russell), left, tortures her younger brother Pugsley (Simon Barnes) as she admits being “Pulled” in a new direction with her love for Lucas in Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre’s production of the musical comedy The Addams Family, now on stage through Nov. 22.

Wednesday Addams (Samantha Russell), left, tortures her younger brother Pugsley (Simon Barnes) as she admits being “Pulled” in a new direction with her love for Lucas in Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre’s production of the musical comedy The Addams Family, now on stage through Nov. 22.


Morticia (Erin Cohenour) and Gomez (Eddie Curry) Addams tango during “Live Before We Die” in Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre’s production of the musical comedy The Addams Family, now on stage through Nov. 22.

Morticia (Erin Cohenour) and Gomez (Eddie Curry) Addams tango during “Live Before We Die” in Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre’s production of the musical comedy The Addams Family, now on stage through Nov. 22.


Uncle Fester (Shaun Rice), center, gathers the Addams Family ancestors for their help in having love prevail for Wednesday Addams in Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre’s production of the musical comedy The Addams Family, now on stage through Nov. 22.

Uncle Fester (Shaun Rice), center, gathers the Addams Family ancestors for their help in having love prevail for Wednesday Addams in Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre’s production of the musical comedy The Addams Family, now on stage through Nov. 22.


Wednesday Addams (Samantha Russell) and her boyfriend Lucas Beineke (Blake Spellacy) challenge each is “Crazier Than You” in Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre’s production of the musical comedy The Addams Family, now on stage through Nov. 22.

Wednesday Addams (Samantha Russell) and her boyfriend Lucas Beineke (Blake Spellacy) challenge each is “Crazier Than You” in Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre’s production of the musical comedy The Addams Family, now on stage through Nov. 22.

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