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Front row: Trey Brodzina, Lydia Meredith, Hailey Lowery. Second row: Reilly Rawlings, Braylinne Shaw, Ethan Cooley, Evan Chichester

After months of auditions, deliberation, choreography, and seemingly endless rehearsals, the Tyrone Area High School’s Drama Club will present this year’s production of The Addams Family the Musical: School Edition, on the Tyrone Auditorium stage tonight, April 4th, and tomorrow, April 5th, 2025, at 7 pm.

Tickets are $10 and are available at door for both public performances.

Drama Club Advisor and Director Jonathan Holmes is optimistic and excited about this year’s show.

“As we head into show week, The Addams Family is going really, really well,” Holmes said. “The cast is coming into their own and really owning their characters. Our crew is learning the stage and getting the scenes in place on time. Each night, the performance is locking in more and more. This has certainly been a learning year for all of us, and I couldn’t be happier with how things are going. I’m incredibly proud of my kids. Drama Club has a bright future. I believe in it and our kids. It’s absolutely awesome to see them believe in it, too.”

In this hilarious and quirky show, Wednesday Addams the “princess of darkness,” played by junior Lydia Meredith, falls in love with a “normal” boy, Lucas Beineke (freshman Ryleigh Holmes), and asks her father, Gomez, played by senior Ethan Cooley, to keep it a secret from her mother, Morticia (junior Braylinne Shaw) leading to a hilarious culture clash when the families host a dinner together.

Gomez, who is usually open and honest with Morticia, is faced with the impossible task of keeping a secret from his wife.

The dinner for Wednesday’s boyfriend and his parents, Mal and Alice Beineke (junior Clark Tuskovitch and senior Rosie McKernan), creates a hilarious scene.

As the families interact, secrets are revealed, relationships are tested, and the Addams family must face the possibility of change.

Added to the mix are fantastic performances by younger brother Pugsley (eighth grader Trey Brodzina), Uncle Fester (junior Reilly Rawlings), and Lurch (senior Evan Chichester).

The musical explores universal themes of trust, fear, love, truth, acceptance, and forgiveness.

Cast of the 2025 production of The Addams Family:

Lead Roles:

Gomez Addams: Ethan Cooley

Morticia Addams: Braylinne Shaw

Wednesday Addams: Lydia Meredith

Pugsley Addams: Trey Brodzina

Fester Addams: Reilly Rawlings

Grandma Addams: Hailey Lowery

Lurch: Evan Chichester

Lucas Beineke: Ryleigh Holmes 

Alice Beineke: Rosie McKernan 

Mal Beineke: Clark Tuskovitch

The Ancestors:

Auh’Juah Walker

Ryder Weaver

Paige Carper

Kylie Walters

Megan Bertram

Braydon Walls

Piper DeStefano

Peyton Riggleman

Hayden White

Ella Narehood

Alexis Boozer

Piper Myers

Katelyn Wilson

Caydence Dickson

Dakota Miller

Emily Pedersen

Mia Eger

Emery Cole

Ava Lind

Alayna Daniel

Maggie Montgomery

Gabby Bruder

Leah Wrye

Hannah Wrye

Stage and Sound Crew:

Carlie Nowlin

Chance Smith

Ryan Cooley

Jenna Watson

Breyona Robinson

Aubrey Balchin

Athena Raihl

Aubree Gurekovich