
This performance is suitable for ages 13 and up. Tickets are $35 for adults, $32 for military/seniors and $25 for students. “Something we should all look toward as humans in a world of chaos: some semblance of peace in the darkness.” “However, through those darkest moments, they find themselves, and discover that love will always triumph - love for family, love for each other, and love for the unknown,” Horn said. Gomez and Morticia struggle with their relationship, as any couple does, Horn noted. Pugsley is learning that he may lose someone he thought would always be by his side. Wednesday is not a little girl anymore, and she is starting to find her own place, but still wants her parents’ approval. “My goal was to find a side of the characters that we have not seen before, and their struggles that would make them seem like just any normal family.” “This show is a campy, fun-loving musical that draws us into a family of ‘unique’ characters that we all know from their cartoon forms or movies,” Horn said. She has been teaching theatre to middle and high school students for more than 20 years and has directed more than 60 school and community theatre productions. Shannon Horn, theatre teacher at Pinewood Preparatory School in Summerville, is directing her first production with The Footlight Players. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before – keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. And if that weren’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family – a man her parents have never met. 5 at the historic Footlight Theatre, 20 Queen St. The Footlight Players will perform this musical production from Oct. Leonard Hayhurst is a community content coordinator and general news reporter for the Coshocton Tribune with close to 15 years of local journalism experience and multiple awards from the Ohio Associated Press.Everyone’s favorite creepy and kooky family comes to The Footlight Players stage in October with an original story – and it’s every father’s nightmare. The production is dedicated to the memory of Bettsy Gauerke, who died earlier this year. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for those 18 and younger. I think people can learn from this."įor more information and tickets, go to or call 74. It shows faults that happened a long time ago and, sadly, still happen today. The further we went along, the more it sank in," Cora said. It turned out to be much heavier than I expected. "It sounded like it had some historical value to it and I thought I might be able to learn something from it.

Kyle said the 11-year-old has been very committed to auditioning and playing the part and they've had deep conversations about the messages of the work. The play is a family affair for the McMullens as Kyle's wife Mary plays Maudie Atkinson and is the costume designer. Some shows are pretty flexible with gender, age and race, but this has no wiggle room whatsoever." I was afraid of the language the language is rough, but it's the language of the time. I was afraid of the subject matter being controversial. "I wasn't ready from an experience standpoint, because even now it's daunting," Guthrie said of wanting to do the play from the start of her directing career. Counting those behind the scenes, Guthrie said there are more than 60 people involved. There are 22 people in the cast, with half making their Footlight Players debut or being on stage for the first time.
However, she called this her dream production and a bucket list item to stage.

Susan Metz Guthrie has directed 23 plays for the Footlight Players, dating back to 1997.

COSHOCTON − A play based on an iconic novel that has long been a dream show to helm for its director is opening at the Triple Locks Theater by the Coshocton Footlight Players.
