The Addams Family Program

Elijah Allred (Featured Singing/Acting Ancestor, U/S Lurch and Lucas)

Elijah is excited for his eighth production with CFCArts! He is 14 years old and home educated. A few of his favorite past roles include Michael (Elf the Musical), Valentine (Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins the Musical), and Mr. Fezziwig (A Christmas Carol the Musical) with CFCArts, and The Baker (Into The Woods Jr.) with Theatre West End. Elijah would like to thank his vocal coach, Jason, for helping him grow as a vocalist, his parents for getting him to and from rehearsals and to CFCArts for being such a fun and supportive place to participate in youth theatre!

Julia Alvarez Miller (Featured Dance Ancestor, U/S Cousin Itt and Thing)

Julia is thrilled to be back for another production with CFCArts this fall! She is 11 years old and attends Howard Middle School, where she takes dance, theatre and art classes. She most recently performed as The Sun in School House Rock Live! Jr. at Orlando Family Stage. Past shows also include Disney’s Finding Nemo Jr. at OFS and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella Youth Edition, Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Winnie the Pooh, Elf the Musical, Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka Jr. and Charlotte's Web at CFCArts. Julia would like to thank her family and friends for their support, and her directors, choreographer, stage managers, and music director for this experience!

Isla Asbell (Featured Dance Ancestor)

Isla is excited to be a part of The Addams Family with CFCArts this fall! She has been a part of the CFCArts family for three years. This will be her second Troupe production with CFCArts. Isla would like to thank her family and friends for their support, and her directors, choreographer, stage managers, and music director for this experience!

Jadalyn Beck (Grim Reaper, Featured Dance Ancestor)

Jadalyn is thrilled to be joining the Troupe at CFCArts! She is fourteen years old and loves being homeschooled so she can focus on her vocal, dance and lyra classes. A few of her past roles include Virgil/Choir (Ride the Cyclone), Gil (Disney’s Finding Nemo Jr.), Dragon and Donkey (Shrek the Musical), Pearl (The Spongebob Musical), and “Whose Teens Are These Anyways” improv Troupe. Jadalyn’s other credits include commercials and indie films. She would like to thank the entire cast and crew of CFCArts and The Addams Family as well as her always-supportive family and friends.

Jonah Brown (Featured Singing/Acting Ancestor, U/S Mal)

Jonah is so excited to be in The Addams Family with CFCArts. He has appeared in the Company of Alice in Wonderland and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella Youth Edition, as a Reindeer and Misfit Toy in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Jr., and as Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream all with CFCArts. He is a freshman at Lake Howell High School.

Mila Chun (Featured Dance Ancestor, U/S Grandma)

Mila is thrilled to be performing in The Addams Family! Favorite roles include Puck (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Fiona (The Giver), Ted (Peter and the Starcatcher), and Eliza Mayhew (Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars) with CFCArts, as well as Belle (Beauty and the Beast Jr.). She is a proud member of Thespian Troupe 3506 and will be playing Feste in Twelfth Night (upcoming at LMHS)! Mila thanks CFCArts for this exciting opportunity, the incredible cast and creative team for their talent and dedication, and her friends and family for their constant love and support. Enjoy this creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky, and all together ooky experience!

Bostyn Clark (Thing, Featured Dance Ancestor)

Bostyn is so excited to be a part of The Addams Family with CFCArts this fall! She is 12 years old and a proud seventh grader. Past roles include Dormouse (Alice in Wonderland), Reporter/Aviation Elf (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Jr.), Lily (The Giver), and the Jailer's Daughter (The Wind in the Willows) with CFCArts, as well as Jai (Space Pirates). Bostyn would like to thank her family and friends for their support, and her directors, choreographer, stage managers, and music director for this fantastic experience!

DJ Coryatt (Lucas Beineke)

DJ has a heart for the stage and has been in the Foundation Academy theatre program for the past six years. He has filled various roles starting with an ensemble role in the 2019 spring musical, Beauty and the Beast, to his most recent and favorite role as Augustus Gloop in Willy Wonka. He is now exploring other theatre experiences and is honored to be a part of the CFCArts Troupe filling the role of Lucas in The Addams Family. He cant wait for you to see him perform! His favorite scripture to live by is Romans 5:3-4 ¨Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” Full Disclosure, sit back, relax, and get ready for the night of your life!

Willow Dell (Grandma)

Willow is thrilled to be joining the cast for her fourth production with CFCArts. She is 15 years old and a homeschooler with a love for the arts and sciences. She has been performing on stage since the age of two. Some of her favorite roles have been Timon (Disney’s The Lion King Jr.), as well as Turtle/Judge (The Wind in the Willows), Rich Woman/Elf (A Christmas Carol the Musical), and Talkative Maiden (Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella Youth Edition) with CFCArts. Willow would like to thank her family, cast mates, and the CFCArts staff for their support and encouragement. She is grateful for this experience!

Isabella Garland (Cousin Itt)

Bella is in seventh grade and is in the vocal program at Osceola County School for the Arts. Although she has been on stage before, this is her first theatre production. She is extremely excited to play Cousin Itt and has really been enjoying the experience of being in a musical theatre production. Bella also enjoys roller skating and spending time with friends and her dog Biscuit. Bella would like to thank her mother, father and sister for their encouragement and support!

Hannah-Kate Garrett (Alice Beineke)

Hannah-Kate is thrilled to be in the cast of The Addams Family! She is 16 years old and a junior at Florida Virtual School. This is Hannah-Kate’s 27th show with CFCArts and some of her favorite roles have been Rapunzel (Into the Woods) and Mrs. Hubbard (Murder on the Orient Express) with CFCArts. She would like to thank her family and friends and all the staff at CFCArts who have helped her become the performer she is!

MacKenzie “Chris” Gillespie (Featured Dance Ancestor)

MacKenzie is so excited to be in The Addams Family this fall! She is 14 years old and has been doing theatre for eight years now. Some of her past roles include a Featured Dancer in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella Youth Edition, Bird 1 in The Wind in the Willows, and her favorite role, the White Rabbit, in Alice in Wonderland, all with CFCArts. She would like to thank her amazing cast members for making this such a great experience, she would also like to thank the crew for helping make it all possible. Lastly, she would like to thank her friends and family for also supporting her and her dreams.

Nico Henao (Gomez Addams)

Nico is very happy to present to you Gomez Addams this fall with CFCArts! He is 15 years old and attends Lake Mary High School where he also represents Troupe 3506. Past roles include Chip (The 21st Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Rapunzel’s Prince (Into the Woods) with CFCArts, and Troy Bolton (Disney’s High School Musical). He would like to thank his friends and family who have greatly supported him and his directors who have helped him along the way to achieve his dream role!

Evan Joseph (Pugsley Addams)

Evan is 13 years old and he is so excited to be playing the role of Pugsley. This is his first Troupe musical. He has performed in many other shows with CFCArts. He most recently played Robin Starveling in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and some of his other favorite roles include Christopher Robin in Winnie the Pooh, Young Rudolph in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Jr., and Tweedledee in Alice in Wonderland with CFCArts. He loves performing and bringing humor to every character he plays.

Amber Joseph (Featured Singing/Acting Ancestor)

Amber is a 15 year old actress who has been involved with CFCArts for many years. Of the many shows she has participated in, some of her favorite roles include Kanga in Winnie the Pooh, Clarice in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Jr., and the Captain in Are You Now or Have You Ever Been a Pirate? This is her second Troupe show and she is so excited to be a part of this cast.

Chase Kensington (Lurch, U/S Gomez)

Chase is thrilled to participate in The Addams Family. This is his second show with CFCArts, where he is also a member of the Student Advisory Panel. Favorite past roles include the Wolf (Into the Woods) with CFCArts, as well as Miss Trunchbull (Matilda the Musical), and Shrek (Shrek the Musical). Chase would like to thank his friends and family for their continued support, as well as his directors, choreographer, stage managers, and music director for their help and guidance.

Shane Lea (Uncle Fester)

Shane is 16 years old and a senior at Edgewater High School. He has been working with CFCArts for over five years now and has had a number of amazing experiences including performing in multiple productions of A Christmas Carol, participating in multiple productions of Clue for a Cause, and working as a technician for some of the summer programs. The warm and supportive community have been like a second family to Shane and have provided him a number of opportunities to grow.

Paula Menacho (Featured Dance Ancestor)

Paula is excited to be a part of The Addams Family with CFCArts this fall! She is 17 years old and attends Winter Park High School, where she is the proud president of Troupe 850. This is her second show with CFCArts, she played Titania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) this past summer with the Advanced Performance Camp. Paula would like to thank her family and friends for their support, and her directors, choreographer, stage managers, and music director for this experience!

Daniel Meneses (Featured Acting/Singing Ancestor)

Daniel is excited to be a part of The Addams Family with CFCArts this fall! He is 14 years old and nothing makes him happier than being on stage with his CFCArts family doing what he loves to do most, acting.

Marcus Orefice (Featured Acting/Singing Ancestor, U/S Pugsley)

Marcus has been with the CFCArts community since 2019, where he started his acting career at Dreams Come True. He is a well-rounded 12 year old boy who goes to Howard Middle School. Past productions he has performed in include The Broadway Nutcracker, Charlotte’s Web, Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars, Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka Jr., and Elf the Musical with CFCArts. Marcus was also selected to play the role of Little Boy in the CFCArts production of Ragtime at the Dr. Phillips Center, although the show was later canceled due to COVID. Marcus would like to thank his family and friends for their support, and his directors, choreographer, stage managers, and music director for this experience!

Evelyn “Evie” Ortiz-Tatarka (Featured Dance Ancestor, U/S Moon and Grim Reaper, Assistant Dance Captain)

Evie is thrilled to be a part of another CFCArts production and honored to serve on the Student Advisory Council. Her past CFCArts roles include the Gryphon (Alice in Wonderland) and Featured Dancer (Disney's Aladdin Jr. and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella Youth Edition) as well as Student Stage Manager for CFCArts production of Disney's 101 Dalmatians Kids. Evie is a member of her school's theatre program and chorus. She recently performed as a member of the Florida All-State Chorus, and has also taken the stage as Mama Ogre and Dance Captain in Shrek the Musical Jr. and as a member of the Seminole Performing Arts production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins the Musical. Evie thanks her family and friends for always supporting her on her thespian journey.

Kalina Petrova (Morticia Addams)

Kalina is so excited to be a part of The Addams Family with CFCArts this fall! This is Kalina's second CFCArts production. You may have previously seen her in The Giver as Mother. She has entered her senior year at Winter Park High School where she is an IB student, and the social media manager of her Thespian Troupe. Some of Kalina's previous roles include Beth (Little Women), Abigail (Voice in the Dark), and Harry (Puffs). Kalina would like to thank her family and friends for always supporting her, and CFCArts for this opportunity.

Jaslyn Quintana (Featured Acting/Singing Ancestor, U/S Alice)

Jaslyn is a junior at Foundation Academy, representing Thespian Troupe 7059. Past roles include Spirit of Christmas Present (A Christmas Carol), Mrs. Bucket (Willy Wonka), and Lord Pinkleton (Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella). She is thrilled to be a part of yet another CFCArts show, with Into the Woods being her first. She would like to thank her family, friends, and the Lord for everything in her life, because she wouldn’t be where she is now without them all. Let all that you do be done in love (1 Corinthians 16:14).

Nathalie Reeves (Featured Acting/Singing Ancestor, U/S Wednesday)

Nat is excited to be in her first show with CFCArts, The Addams Family! She is a senior at Winter Park High School, and an enthusiastic member of Thespian Troupe 850. Nat received an Applause Awards nomination for her role as Toby in Sweeney Todd. She also won Top Honors at district and state Thespian competitions for her roles as Lucretia and a Voice in Aunt Leaf. Other past roles include Winthrop (The Music Man), and Granny (Into the Woods). Nat would like to thank everyone at CFCArts for this opportunity!

AuBryahnna Sherrod (Featured Acting/Singing Ancestor, U/S Uncle Fester)

AuBryahnna came out of the womb singing! Prior to beginning her career in theatre, she has performed as a soloist in MPA and Solo and Ensemble receiving a Superior rating in each. Most recently she became a member of the 2024 Orlando Opera SINGS summer cohort where she was privileged to perform alongside Central Florida’s most talented singers and be trained by Grammy award winning singers/songwriters. Some of her past roles include Granny (Into the Woods), Chimney Sweep (Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins the Musical), and Emily (Elf the Musical), all with CFCArts. AuBryahnna would like to thank her family and friends who love and support her. She is excited to be a part of The Addams Family cast and is wishing all of her cast and crew many broken legs!

Rowan Smitherman (Mal Beineke)

Rowan is excited to be a part of The Addams Family with CFCArts this fall! He is 17 years old and attends Smith High School, where he is a proud member of Thespian Troupe 557. Past roles include Malcolm (Shakespeare’s Macbeth). Rowan would like to thank his family and friends for their support, and his directors, choreographer, stage managers, and music director for this experience!

Lourdes Starr (The Moon, Featured Dance Ancestor, Dance Captain)

Lourdes is a rising senior at The Geneva School and is thrilled to be playing the Moon and serving as the Dance Captain! No stranger to the creepy, previous roles of hers include Monsieur Thernardier (Les Miserables), the Ghost of Christmas Future (A Christmas Carol the Musical) and Puck (A Midsummer’s Night Dream). When not doing theatre, she is either watching TV, reading, making bracelets, or out fighting crime for justice and Gotham. She would like to thank God, her directors for the amazing opportunity, her grandparents and mother for driving her to rehearsals late at night, and her emotional support cat, Austin.

Rachel Thigpen (Featured Acting/Singing Ancestor, U/S Morticia)

Rachel has loved being a part of the cast for The Addams Family. This is her third show with CFCArts, her first being Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella Youth Edition as the Stepmother and her second being A Midsummer Night’s Dream as Hippolyta. Rachel would like to thank her parents for their unconditional support, her friends for supporting her, and her directors for guiding her.

Ben Wilcox (Wednesday Addams)

Ben is excited to be a part of The Addams Family with CFCArts this fall! Ben is 16 years old and attends Crooms Academy for Information Technology, where he is a proud member of their Thespian Troupe. Ben is Junior Class President and a member of the International Thespian Society. Past roles include Jack's Mother (Into the Woods) with CFCArts, as well as Young Krampus (Krampus), and Lavender (Matilda the Musical). Ben would like to thank all family and friends for their support, and the directors, choreographer, stage managers, and music director for this experience! Ben is beyond excited to be Wednesday Addams, a bucket list role. He would like to say a big thanks to the production team and cast members for such a wonderful experience!

Sharlott “Lotti” Williams (Featured Dance Ancestor)

Lotti is excited to play a Featured Dance Ancestor in CFCArts production of "The Addams Family". She loves theatre and has played various roles in a few of CFCArts previous productions, including Mike Teevee in Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka Jr., Announcer in Charlotte's Web, and Inspector Lestrade in Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars, to name a few. Lotti also loves to sing and play volleyball. She is grateful for the theatre opportunities that CFCArts has provided.

Gabriella Zulueta (Featured Acting/Singing Ancestor)

Gabriella is excited to be part of The Addams Family. This is her first production with CFCArts. She is 11 years old and is homeschooled. Past roles include Cinderella (Into the Woods Jr.) and Fiona (Shrek the Musical Jr.). Gabriella would like to thank her family and friends for their support, and the CFCArts directors, choreographer, stage manager, and music director for this opportunity.

Marshall Brickman, born in Brazil of American parents, attended New York public schools and the University of Wisconsin, where he received a double baccalaureate in both science and music.

He entered show business first as a member of the folk group The Tarriers and then, along with John and Michelle Phillips, as one of The New Journeymen, a precursor of The Mamas and the Papas, whose flamboyant life-style and eccentric harmonies defined the post-folk era of tuning up, turning on and cashing in.

Trading in his Gibson Mastertone 5-string banjo for an IBM Selectric, he secured a position as writer/director on Candid Camera, America’s original reality show, a wildly successful early experiment in monetizing public humiliation, for which he hereby apologizes.

Fleeing Candid Camera, Brickman found solace as head writer for Johnny Carson, whose late-night show on NBC emanated from ironically named Radio City in midtown Manhattan, a stroke of luck that allowed him to stay as far from Los Angles as possible while still retaining U.S. citizenship. In 1970 he left NBC to become producer/head writer of Dick Cavett’s late-night show on ABC. Among the many ground-breaking events that Cavett introduced into the late-night formula was the night presidential hopeful George McGovern was interviewed by last-minute guest host Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics. The result was fascinating, not unlike watching a python ingesting a small cow.

In the meantime he had started a collaboration with Woody Allen, a young comic who opened for the Tarriers at Fred Weintraub’s Bitter End, the legendary Bleeker Street coffee house that provided exposure to upcoming talent in music and comedy. They worked at odd hours on screenplays and material for Allen’s early TV appearances, an experience like no other. Brickman watched Mr. Allen negotiate both the creative and practical issues confronting an artist working in a commercial environment; he learned things that can’t be taught and never laughed as hard as the time spent roaming the city with a certified genius discussing art, politics, women, the state of the business, and why Durwood Kirby was considered funny, even by people with college degrees.

Mr. Brickman’s film work as author (or co-author with Woody Allen) includes Sleeper, Annie Hall (Academy Award), Manhattan, (AA nomination) and Manhattan Murder Mystery. As film writer/director): Simon, Lovesick, The Manhattan Project, Sister Mary Explains it All. In television: The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (head writer, 1967-’70); The Dick Cavett Show (head writer/co-producer, 1970-’72).

Brickman’s recording (with ex-Tarrier Eric Weissberg) of the soundtrack of Deliverance, released in 1970, contained the surprise hit “Dueling Banjos,” achieved platinum status, and remains a healthy seller over 40 years later.

His first foray into musical theater resulted in Jersey Boys, which won the Tony, Olivier, Helpmann, Grammy and many other awards worldwide, is in its twelfth year on Broadway, has been seen by twenty

million people worldwide and is currently the 10th-longest running show in the history of Broadway. The film version of the show was directed by Clint Eastwood.

Mr. Brickman’s other theatrical efforts include “Turn of the Century,” which played to capacity houses in Chicago, and “The Addams Family,” starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth, which ran for two years on Broadway and to date has had over four thousand first and second tier productions internationally.

In addition to his work in film and theater, Mr. Brickman has published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Playboy and other periodicals. He is the 2006 recipient of the Writers’ Guild of America Ian McClellan Hunter Award for Lifetime Achievement.

His current project is a stage musical celebrating the life of western star Roy Rogers, scheduled to premiere late in 2017.

After over 40 years in the business, trying to balance talent with opportunity and watching the careers of colleagues, both successful and less so, he can reduce what he’s learned into one succinct bit of wisdom: above all, it’s important to be lucky.

Rick Elice co-wrote Jersey Boys (winner 2006 Tony Award, 2007 Grammy Award and 2009 Olivier Award for Best Musical) with the great Marshall Brickman; The Addams Family; Peter and the Starcatcher (winner of five 2012 Tony Awards); and The Cher Show (currently on tour in the UK). In the pipeline: The Princess Bride for Disney; Smash for Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron and Steven Spielberg, music and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, directed by Susan Stroman. Rick is also adapting Sara Gruen’s novel Water for Elephants; the popular film, Silver Linings Playbook; and writing an original musical, Treasure, with 2021 Ed Kleban Award-winner Benjamin Scheuer. Rick’s book, Finding Roger, An Improbably Theatrical Love Story, is published by Kingswell. Heartfelt thanks to those whose theatre work makes him grateful for the day he was born: Sondheim, Stoppard, Bennett, Prince, Fosse, Robbins, Nichols, Nunn, Laurents, Stone, Taymor, Papp, Schumacher, Schneider, David, Strong, Gaudio, Valli, McAnuff, Trujillo, Timbers, Coyne, Brickman, and, eternally, Roger Rees. Rick thinks about them a lot. He never thought about Jersey much. He does now.

Andrew Lippa’s new epic choral work “Unbreakable” had its world premiere with The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus on June 22nd and 23rd, 2018 in San Francisco with 300 artists onstage including Mr. Lippa. Ten more choruses across the country will present this new work in the next year and the original cast recording, produced by legendary producer Leslie Ann Jones, will be released by Ghostlight Records in November, 2018. He conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a new production of his “A Little Princess” in concert in London at the Royal Festival Hall in May, 2018 to a sold-out crowd of nearly 3,000 people.

His hit song “Evil Like Me” appears in Disney’s “Descendants”. Written for Kristin Chenoweth that soundtrack hit #1 on the “Billboard 200” album chart, #1 on the iTunes and Billboard soundtrack charts, has been viewed over 70 million times on YouTube and “Evil Like Me” was certified gold in 2017. On Feb. 1st, 2017, Lippa opened the new season of The American Songbook Series at Lincoln Center with his sold out concert of “Andrew Lippa and Friends.” In 2016, he composed and conducted a world premiere piece for the international piano virtuoso Lang Lang and the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra in Guangzhou, China. This new work, a 32-minute, 5-movement piece called “Rising Tide”, was reprised later in 2016 and recorded in China. Lippa’s epic Concept Opera “I am Anne Hutchinson/I Am Harvey Milk” had its world premiere at The Music Center at Strathmore in April of 2016 starring Kristin Chenoweth as Anne Hutchinson and Mr. Lippa as Harvey Milk. Summer 2016 saw the US premiere of “Life of the Party” – a musical compendium of Mr. Lippa’s career – produced by Theatreworks in Mountain View, CA and starring Mr. Lippa. Summer of 2017, Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, NY, presented the world premiere of The Man in the Ceiling. Based on Jules Feiffer’s award-winning novel, this musical features a book by Mr. Feiffer and music and lyrics by Mr. Lippa. Directed by Jeffrey Seller (Tony-winning producer of “Hamilton”) Mr. Lippa played the role of Uncle Lester in this production.

Broadway credits include: Music and lyrics for Big Fish directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman; the Tony-nominated music and lyrics for the Broadway musical The Addams Family (directed by Jerry Zaks) as well as the music for Aaron Sorkin’s Broadway play The Farnsworth Invention (directed by Des McAnuff). Other musicals include the Drama Desk award winning musical The Wild Party (book/music/lyrics); A Little Princess (music); john & jen (music/book); Asphalt Beach (music and lyrics); and You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (additional music/lyrics and arrangements). His epic oratorio for men’s chorus, orchestra and soloists, I Am Harvey Milk has seen over 30 productions including Disney Hall and Lincoln Center. Awards: Tony and Grammy nominations; shared Emmy for Nickelodeon’s “The Wonder Pets”; SFGMC Vanguard Award; The Gilman/Gonzalez-Falla Theater Foundation Award; ASCAP’s Richard Rodgers/New Horizons Award; The Drama Desk Award; The Outer Critics Circle Award. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Mr. Lippa serves as president of the board of The Dramatists Guild Foundation (dgf.org). He was born in Leeds, England, grew up in suburban Detroit and is an ordained Interfaith minister.

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