THE ADDAMS FAMILY: The Musical

Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa, Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice

Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater

June 29 – Aug. 4, 2024

Directed by Gregory Cohen

Musical Direction by Stephen Olear

Choreographed by Kysa Cohen

In this comic musical feast about everyone’s favorite gothic family, the ultimate daughter of darkness, Wednesday Addams, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart, upstanding young man from a respectable family. But when Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before – keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the Addams Family as they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his strait-laced parents. Featuring the characters you love – Uncle Fester, Lurch, Grandma, Pugsley – with darkly comic, hummable songs, this is one musical for your own dark brood you won’t want to miss!

This production of THE ADDAMS FAMILY is partially sponsored by the Port of Long Beach.

A BIG THANK YOU to the Port of Long Beach!

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THIS PRODUCTION CLOSED AUG. 4TH, 2024

COVID Patron Safety Protocol

• At the present time, masks are not required to be worn in any of our theater spaces unless patrons  are showing symptoms of illness and excessively coughing and/or sneezing.
• Masks are available for any patron or volunteer who would like or need one.

AGE LIMIT
As a courtesy to our patrons, it is the policy of the theatre not to admit children under the age of 5. This policy may be altered from time to time based on shows and show content.

This Show Contains:

• Minor, Humorous Adult Language and Content
• Fog and Smoke Effects
• Flashing Lights
• Simulated Smoking

Act One is Approx. 1 hr. 15 mins.

There will be a 15 Minute Intermission

Act Two is Approx. 50 mins.

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CAST:

• Lawrence Ingalls (GOMEZ ADDAMS)
• Amanda Webb (MORTICIA ADDAMS)
• Milo Cote (UNCLE FESTER)
• Lisa Meert (GRANDMA)
• Isabel Van Wye (WEDNESDAY ADDAMS)
• Josie Magana (PUGSLEY ADDAMS)
• Christopher Hutchinson (LURCH)
• Quinn Vann (LUCAS BEINEKE)
• JD Rinde (MAL BEINEKE)
• Serena Bottiani-Henderson (ALICE BEINEKE)
• Sander Acheron (ANCESTOR)
• Cassandra Angerosa (ANCESTOR)
• Jennifer Harmon (ANCESTOR)
• Madeline Schultz (ANCESTOR)
• Daniella Steedle (ANCESTOR)
• Grant Thackray (ANCESTOR)
• Nathan Truong (ANCESTOR)
• Kelsey Weinstein (ANCESTOR)

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DETROIT ’67

By Dominique Morriseau

Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater

May 18 – June 15, 2024

Directed by Robyn Hastings

Motown music is the soul of the party in 1967 Detroit as Chelle and her brother Lank make ends meet by turning their basement into an after-hours joint. A dreamer, Lank wants to use their inheritance to buy a bar downtown, but Chelle wants the stability the money brings. When a mysterious woman finds her way into their lives, the siblings clash over much more than the family business. As their pent-up feelings erupt, so does their city, and they find themselves caught in the middle of the ’67 Detroit uprising. As tensions explode in the streets, will Chelle and Lank be able to hold onto their fragile family ties and their ever present dreams?

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THIS PRODUCTION CLOSED ON JUNE 15, 2024

LBP’s Opening Night Gala for DETROIT ’67 is sponsored by the Port of Long Beach! A BIG THANK YOU to the Port!

COVID Patron Safety Protocol

• At the present time, masks are not required to be worn in any of our theater spaces unless patrons  are showing symptoms of illness and excessively coughing and/or sneezing.
• Masks are available for any patron or volunteer who would like or need one.

AGE LIMIT
As a courtesy to our patrons, it is the policy of the theatre not to admit children under the age of 5. This policy may be altered from time to time based on shows and show content.

This Show Contains:

• Adult Language and Content
• Racially Charged Language
• Flashing Lights
• Loud Sounds and Sirens

Act One is Approx. 1 hr. 5 mins.

There will be a 15 Minute Intermission

Act Two is Approx. 1 hr.

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CAST:

• Alisha Elaine Anderson (CHELLE)
• Marc Morris (LANK)
• Cassandra Carter-Williams (BUNNY)
• Jonathan D. Wray (SLY)
• Allison Lynn Adams (CAROLINE)

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HAMLET

By William Shakespeare, adapted by James Rice and Amanda Karr

Playing the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater

April 6 – May 4, 2024

Directed by James Rice

Peer into the mind of Shakespeare’s most dynamic character, HAMLET, in a unique adaptation of the bard’s most compelling masterpiece. As Hamlet experiences the death of his father, he is visited by his father’s ghost seeking justice for his murder. Hamlet is shaken by this experience as his potential madness is made tangible when other actors start to take on the aspects of his splintering mind.  The story proceeds as Shakespeare told it, but with a core Hamlet and four others playing his innocence, wisdom, justice, and vengeance. Come see the story you know and appreciate, but with an exciting twist that illuminates the play anew for those familiar and unfamiliar with this seminal tale.

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THIS PRODUCTION CLOSED MAY 4, 2024

Unable to make it in person? Check out our online version for $5! Click Here for the Link!

LBP’s Opening Night Gala for HAMLET is sponsored by the Port of Long Beach! A BIG THANK YOU to the Port!

COVID Patron Safety Protocol

• At the present time, masks are not required to be worn in any of our theater spaces unless patrons  are showing symptoms of illness and excessively coughing and/or sneezing.
• Masks are available for any patron or volunteer who would like or need one.

AGE LIMIT
As a courtesy to our patrons, it is the policy of the theatre not to admit children under the age of 5. This policy may be altered from time to time based on shows and show content.

This Show Contains:

• Fog and Smoke Effects
• Simulated Violence and Intense Scenes
• Simulated Situations of Possible Self-Harm

Act One is Approx. 1 hr. 10 mins.

There will be a 15 Minute Intermission

Act Two is Approx. 1 hr. 5 mins

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CAST:

• Sarah Green (HAMLET)
• Roberto Williams (HAMLET – VENGEANCE)
• Autumn Yesterday (HAMLET – JUSTICE)
• Carmen Tunis (HAMLET – WISDOM)
• Sophia Gonzales (HAMLET – INNOCENCE)
• Neil Switzer (CLAUDIUS)
• Rose London (GERTRUDE)
• Michael Hovance (POLONIUS)
• Lee Samuel Tanng (LAERTES)
• Tavia Williams (OPHELIA)
• Jacob Caldwell (HORATIO)
• Aldo Valencia (MARCELLUS)
• Payton Cella (ROSENCRANTZ/CHORUS)
• Benjamin Rasmussen (GUILDENSTERN/CHORUS)
• Lisa J Salas (PLAYER KING/CHORUS)
• Elizabeth Cortez Gomez (PLAYER QUEEN/CHORUS)

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BEN HUR

By Patrick Barlow

Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater

Feb. 24 – Mar. 23, 2024

Directed by Gregory Cohen

From the playwright who brought us the hilarious The 39 Steps, comes BEN HUR, the epic tale based on one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century, now told with only four actors! The story follows an amateur theatre troupe as they attempt to produce the massive tale of the fictional Jewish prince, Judah Ben-Hur, complete with chariot race, sea battle, stage combat, and actors struggling with professional rivalries and offstage romances.  In a comedy event bound to be packed with intentional and unintentional laughs, can this plucky band of thespians retell one of the largest stories ever told?

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THIS PRODUCTION CLOSED ON MARCH 23, 2024.

COVID Patron Safety Protocol

• At the present time, masks are not required to be worn in any of our theater spaces unless patrons  are showing symptoms of illness and excessively coughing and/or sneezing.
• Masks are available for any patron or volunteer who would like or need one.

AGE LIMIT
As a courtesy to our patrons, it is the policy of the theatre not to admit children under the age of 5. This policy may be altered from time to time based on shows and show content.

This Show Contains:

• Overindulgent Fog
• Dangling Dromedaries
• A Light Misting of Seafoam
• Dramatic Flashing and Pulsing Lights
• Pirates! Being Thrown into the Audience
• Historically Accurate Audience Participation
• Completely Non-Blasphemous Biblical Fan Fiction

Act One is Approx. 1 hr. 15 mins.

There will be a 15 Minute Intermission

Act Two is Approx. 1 hr.

PRESS TELEGRAM/THE GRUNION REVIEW OF THE SHOW:

Theater review: Comedic production of ‘Ben Hur’ provides night of guffaws

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CAST:

• Grant Thackray (DANIEL / JUDAH BEN HUR)
• Devin Ricklef (OMAR / MESSALA / JESUS)
• Amara Phelps (CRYSTAL / TIRZAH / ESTHER / MARY)
• Eric Schiffer (EDGAR / SARAH / QUINTUS ARRIUS)
• Jackie Shearn (ENSEMBLE / FEMALE UNDERSTUDY)
• Charlie Rodriguez (ENSEMBLE / MALE UNDERSTUDY)

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Agatha Christie’s THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES

Adapted by T. James Belich from the novel by Agatha Christie

Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater

Jan. 13 – Feb. 10, 2024

Directed by Phyllis B. Gitlin

In this adaptation of Agatha Christie’s debut novel, it’s 1917, and with the Great War raging on the Continent, philanthropist Emily Inglethorp helps resettle war refugees in the English countryside. Among them is Hercule Poirot, formerly of the Belgian police, and Arthur Hastings, a wounded soldier on leave. When someone is murdered at her country estate, Poirot must use his “little grey cells” to unravel the motives of an enigmatic husband, a cash-strapped stepson, a doctor expert in poison, and the rest of the dubious household. As Poirot and Hastings join forces for their very first case, will they succeed, or will a killer escape justice?

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This Production Closed On Feb. 10, 2024

This Show Contains:

• A Family That’s Not What it Seems
• The Liberal Use of Poison
• A Detective Using His “Little Grey Cells”
• A Mystery With Many Suspects
• Numerous Red Herrings

Act One is Approx. 50 mins.

There will be a 15 Minute Intermission

Act Two is Approx. 50 mins.

COVID Patron Safety Protocol

• At the present time, masks are not required to be worn in any of our theater spaces unless patrons  are showing symptoms of illness and excessively coughing and/or sneezing.
• Masks are available for any patron or volunteer who would like or need one.

AGE LIMIT
As a courtesy to our patrons, it is the policy of the theatre not to admit children under the age of 5. This policy may be altered from time to time based on shows and show content.

PREVIEW CLIP:

SHOW TRAILER:

PERFORMANCE PHOTOS:

CAST LIST:

• Lisa J. Salas (EVIE HOWARD)
• Sarah Green (MARY CAVENDISH)
• Jonah Goger (JOHN CAVENDISH)
• Shawn Thomas (CAPTAIN ARTHUR HASTINGS)
• Jane Nunn (DORCAS)
• Jayden Kennedy (CYNTHIA MURDOCH)
• Patrick Sprague (LAWRENCE CAVENDISH)
• Linda Benedetti (EMILY INGLETHORP)
• Harris Banneck (ALFRED INGLETHORP)
• Allen Sewell (DR. BAUERSTEIN)
• Lee Samuel Tanng (HERCULE POIROT)
• Steven Joffe (DETECTIVE INSPECTOR JAMES JAPP)

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Adapted from the novella by Charles Dickens

Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater

Dec. 9 – 23, 2023

Directed by Philip Brickey

The perennial favorite returns for its twelfth incarnation at the Long Beach Playhouse. In this quick-paced, highly theatrical retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Future show Ebenezer Scrooge the poverty of his material wealth and the blessings that come with generosity. Can they convince him to change before it’s too late? Come spend time with the characters you’ve come to love – Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, and of course the irascible miser himself.  This production will be the Christmas party needed to set you and your loved ones on the path to holiday cheer.

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This production closed on December, 23, 2023.

Unable to Join Us in Person? We have our production streaming!! Click Here for Streaming Tickets

Thank you to the Port of Long Beach for Sponsoring our Opening Night Gala!

COVID Patron Safety Protocol

• At the present time, masks are not required to be worn in any of our theater spaces unless patrons  are showing symptoms of illness and excessively coughing and/or sneezing.
• Masks are available for any patron or volunteer who would like or need one.

This Show Contains:

• Fog and Haze Effects
• Flashing Lights
• Loud Sounds and Noises
• A Ghostly Tale of Redemption and Holiday Cheer!

Act One is Approx. 45 min.

There will be a 15 Minute Intermission

Act Two is Approx. 30 min.

AGE LIMIT
As a courtesy to our patrons, it is the policy of the theatre not to admit children under the age of 5. This policy may be altered from time to time based on shows and show content.

PREVIEW CLIP:

CAST:

• Ben Lupejkis (EBENEZER SCROOGE)
• Ahmar Clark-Mansoor (BOB CRATCHIT)
• Chaz Breithaupt (FRED HOLLOWELL / YOUNG EBENEZER)
• Scott Ruiz (JACOB MARLEY / OLD JOE)
• Hayley Finch (GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST)
• Alan Bornemann (GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT)
• Lisa Caperton (BELLE / CAROLINE)
• Bridget Rago (MRS. CRATCHIT / MRS. OLIVER)
• Adriana Catanzarite (JANET HOLLOWELL / MRS. DILBER)
• Michael Panah (PETER CRATCHIT / IGNORANCE)
• Lola Ivie-Valle (BELINA CRATCHIT / WANT)
• Raymond Martinez (TINY TIM/SCHOOL-AGE EBENEZER)
• Rudy Perez (HOWELL / ARTHUR)
• Garrett Jackman (DICK WILKINS / DAVID)

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Jane Austen’s EMMA

Adapted by Michael Bloom

Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater

Nov. 4 – Dec. 2, 2023

Directed by: Lauren Velasco

In this highly theatrical adaptation of one of Jane Austen’s greatest novels, Emma Woodhouse, the notorious “matchmaker of Highbury,” pledges to never marry.  As she plans to have her newest project, Harriet Smith, marry the eligible vicar Mr. Elton, her friend, Mr. Knightley, warns her to give up her matchmaking ways.  Yet when the dashing Frank Churchill arrives in town, Emma finds that she could be falling for him, and to her horror learns that Mr. Elton is more interested in her than Harriet, and Harriet has fallen for Mr. Knightley!  Who will match with whom in this charming romantic comedy about the trouble of getting involved in other peoples’ love lives!

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This production closed on Dec. 2, 2023.

COVID Patron Safety Protocol

• At the present time, masks are not required to be worn in any of our theater spaces unless patrons  are showing symptoms of illness and excessively coughing and/or sneezing.
• Masks are available for any patron or volunteer who would like or need one.

This Show Contains:

• The Consequences of Matchmaking
• Portrait Painting
• Being Caught in the Rain
• Multiple Performances on the Pianoforte
• The Joys of Calf’s Foot Jelly!

Act One is Approx. 1hr. 6 mins.

There will be a 15 Minute Intermission

Act Two is Approx. 1hr. 6 mins.

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CAST LIST:

• Galilea La Salvia (MISS EMMA WOODHOUSE)
• Mark Wickham (MR. WOODHOUSE)
• Andrew Justus (MR. GEORGE KNIGHTLEY)
• Andrea Stradling (MRS. WESTON)
• Jonah Goger (MR. WESTON)
• Michael Hovance (MR. PHILIP ELTON)
• Vita Muccia (MISS HARRIET SMITH)
• Dylan Boggan (MR. ROBERT MARTIN)
• Yvonne Robertson (MISS BATES)
• Amara Phelps (MISS JANE FAIRFAX)
• Giovanni Navarro (MR. FRANK CHRUCHILL)
• Jessica Plotin (MRS. AUGUSTA ELTON)

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FRANKENSTEIN 1930

By Fred Carmichael

Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater

Sept. 23 – Oct. 21, 2023

Directed by David Scaglione

Just in time for the Halloween season, FRANKENSTEIN 1930 harkens back to the Universal monster movies of the 1930s in a stage homage that features all the elements we love and remember from those films: the stone walled laboratory, the crazed scientist, angry villagers, a swooning yet determined heroine, a fearful storm, and the hideous but sympathetic creature with its confused mind and powerful, undisciplined body. Can Victor Frankenstein and his fiancée Elizabeth subdue his deadly creation, or will the final confrontation be the end of them all?!?

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This Production Closed on Oct. 21, 2023

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CAST:

• David Vaillancourt (VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN)
• Charlie Spencer (THE CREATURE)
• Sean Wellengard (GORGO)
• Adriana Catanzarite (ELIZABETH)
• Geraldine D. Fuentes (AUNT FREDERICA)
• McKayla Spence (BERTA)
• Daniel Hastey (HENRY LOVITZ)
• J.D. Rinde (DR. HELLSTROM)
• Athena Wellengard (MARIA)
• Renée Schwarz (MOTHER/JALNA)
• Amber Solis (DAUGHTER/SECOND PERSON)
• Mitchell Nunn (HORST/GRAVE DIGGER)
• Nancy Fleming (KORDA/GRAVE DIGGER)

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