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On February 22, 23, and 24, Pingry\u2019s Drama and Music Departments presented this year\u2019s winter musical, <\/span>The Addams Family<\/span><\/i>, a quirky comedy written by Andrew Lippa. Following the members of the infamous clan known for their dark and twisted outlook on life, the musical takes place over one wacky night filled with exposed secrets and new revelations. <\/span><\/p>\n The plot focuses on what happens when Wednesday Addams (Dorothea Miller, V), the oldest child and only daughter of Gomez (Lucas Vazquez, V) and Morticia Addams (Isabel DeVito, V), finds love with a normal Ohioan named Lucas. \u00a0When Lucas (Leo Zhu, V) and his parents come to the Addams\u2019s house for what they believe will be a simple dinner, instead they experience an unusual night of bizarre family traditions and meddlesome potions. <\/span><\/p>\n When Wednesday decides to tell only her father of her recent engagement to Lucas, Gomez, as a loyal husband and father, struggles to keep this secret. At dinner, while playing the family\u2019s time-honored game, \u201cFull Disclosure,\u201d in which everyone must confess an untold secret, Wednesday\u2019s brother Pugsley Addams (Katerina Deliargyris, V), attempts to stop the marriage. <\/span><\/p>\n However, this plan goes awry. In a dramatic fashion, Morticia learns of their plan to wed. Both families in shambles, the lovers, both new and old, must learn to forgive and to find their way back to one another. As the musical progresses, viewers watch both Wednesday and Lucas, Morticia and Gomez, and Lucas\u2019 parents, Mal (Andrew Cowen, V) and Alice (Maya Huffman, V) come to accept their differences and reaffirm their undying love for one another. The clan\u2019s elders, hoping for love to triumph, cheer on the lovebirds throughout the show. <\/span><\/p>\n Director Mrs. Stephanie Romankow brought a creative, and spunky take to this twist on the classic family. When choosing this year\u2019s musical, Romankow decided on <\/span>The Addams Family<\/span><\/i> because it \u201callowed all students to practice some acting, singing, and dancing,\u201d while it \u201cspeaks to all types of love\u201d as well as family life and forgiveness. <\/span><\/p>\n Proud to see everyone \u201ccoming together\u201d and \u201ccollaborating,\u201d Mrs. Romankow said that her favorite moments in the rehearsal process were when \u201ctwo actors would find a moment when they connect dramatically.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n As the director, she was elated by the \u201cgiant puzzle\u201d the students, teachers, and parents put together. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt was an honor \u201cto spend time with people who care about this musical,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n To create a complex and beautiful set, Mrs. Jane Asch and Mr. Christopher Abbott worked long hours, along with students and parents. Mr. Alan Van Antwerp served as the lighting and technical director, while Dr. Andrew Moore, as the pit orchestra conductor, directed student musicians throughout the show. Stage managers for the musical included Allison Matthias (V), Udochi Emeghara (V), and Quarida Benatia (VI). <\/span><\/p>\n Like many of her fellow performers, Sydney Stovall (III), a student involved in the production, considered participating in <\/span>The Addams Family<\/span><\/i> an opportunity to explore \u201cmy talents and other people\u2019s talents, and to venture outside my comfort zone.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery _builder_version=”3.0.84″ gallery_orderby=”rand” show_title_and_caption=”on” show_pagination=”on” gallery_ids=”506,505,504,502″ fullwidth=”on” orientation=”landscape” zoom_icon_color=”#2ea3f2″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” background_layout=”light” pagination_font_size_tablet=”51″ pagination_line_height_tablet=”2″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On February 22, 23, and 24, Pingry\u2019s Drama and Music Departments presented this year\u2019s winter musical, <\/span>The Addams Family<\/span><\/i>, a quirky comedy written by Andrew Lippa. Following the members of the infamous clan known for their dark and twisted outlook on life, the musical takes place over one wacky night filled with exposed secrets and new revelations. <\/span><\/p> The plot focuses on what happens when Wednesday Addams (Dorothea Miller, V), the oldest child and only daughter of Gomez (Lucas Vazquez, V) and Morticia Addams (Isabel DeVito, V), finds love with a normal Ohioan named Lucas. \u00a0When Lucas (Leo Zhu, V) and his parents come to the Addams\u2019s house for what they believe will be a simple dinner, instead they experience an unusual night of bizarre family traditions and meddlesome potions. <\/span><\/p> When Wednesday decides to tell only her father of her recent engagement to Lucas, Gomez, as a loyal husband and father, struggles to keep this secret. At dinner, while playing the family\u2019s time-honored game, \u201cFull Disclosure,\u201d in which everyone must confess an untold secret, Wednesday\u2019s brother Pugsley Addams (Katerina Deliargyris, V), attempts to stop the marriage. <\/span><\/p> However, this plan goes awry. In a dramatic fashion, Morticia learns of their plan to wed. Both families in shambles, the lovers, both new and old, must learn to forgive and to find their way back to one another. As the musical progresses, viewers watch both Wednesday and Lucas, Morticia and Gomez, and Lucas\u2019 parents, Mal (Andrew Cowen, V) and Alice (Maya Huffman, V) come to accept their differences and reaffirm their undying love for one another. The clan\u2019s elders, hoping for love to triumph, cheer on the lovebirds throughout the show. <\/span><\/p> Director Mrs. Stephanie Romankow brought a creative, and spunky take to this twist on the classic family. When choosing this year\u2019s musical, Romankow decided on <\/span>The Addams Family<\/span><\/i> because it \u201callowed all students to practice some acting, singing, and dancing,\u201d while it \u201cspeaks to all types of love\u201d as well as family life and forgiveness. <\/span><\/p> Proud to see everyone \u201ccoming together\u201d and \u201ccollaborating,\u201d Mrs. Romankow said that her favorite moments in the rehearsal process were when \u201ctwo actors would find a moment when they connect dramatically.\u201d<\/span><\/p> As the director, she was elated by the \u201cgiant puzzle\u201d the students, teachers, and parents put together. <\/span><\/p> \u201cIt was an honor \u201cto spend time with people who care about this musical,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p> To create a complex and beautiful set, Mrs. Jane Asch and Mr. Christopher Abbott worked long hours, along with students and parents. Mr. Alan Van Antwerp served as the lighting and technical director, while Dr. Andrew Moore, as the pit orchestra conductor, directed student musicians throughout the show. Stage managers for the musical included Allison Matthias (V), Udochi Emeghara (V), and Quarida Benatia (VI). <\/span><\/p> Like many of her fellow performers, Sydney Stovall (III), a student involved in the production, considered participating in <\/span>The Addams Family<\/span><\/i> an opportunity to explore \u201cmy talents and other people\u2019s talents, and to venture outside my comfort zone.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,9],"tags":[59,60,10,82],"class_list":["post-955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-school-news","tag-arts","tag-drama","tag-school-news","tag-winter-musical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=955"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":958,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions\/958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.pingry.org\/record\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}By Meghan Durkin '21<\/strong><\/h4>