actors guild of parkersburg AUDITION PACKET ADDAMS
MUSIC SELECTIONS FOR AUDITIONS ADDAMS TRAPPED: (5) MEASURE 7 END OF SONG (EOS) DUET: MEASURES 25 56 ADDAMS DEATH IS UST: (16) MEASURE 78 EOS DUET: MEASURES 25 56 WEDNESDAY ADDAMS PULLED: (6) MEASURE 58 EOS DUET: MEASURES 170 EOS PUGSLEY ADDAMS WHAT IF: (11) MEASURE 69 98; MEASURE 187 EOS UNCLE FESTER THE MOON: (17) MEASURE 28 8 LURCH MOVE TOWARDS: (2) MEASURE 18 2 MAL BEINEKE CRAZIER: (19) MEASURE 81 102 ALICE BEINEKE WAITING: (1) MEASURE 1 28; MEASURE 5 68 LUCAS BEINEKE CRAZIER: (19) DUET: MEASURES 170 EOS ANCESTORS NIGHT 1: MEASURES 19 209 NIGHT 2: MEASURES 275 EOS WHEN YOU RE AN ADDAMS GRANDMA MEASURES 5 86
1 SCENE TWO: 'S BOUDOIR Revealing, fencing ith LURCH, ho holds his foil absolutely still hile sipes at it extravagantly Fight sir, fight like a man Feel the kiss of my Spanish steel Ha Ha Ha Ha Foiled again strikes LURCH's sord don LURCH pokes ith it O Damn your lightning reflexes retains his sord enters ith a bouquet of yello floers Gomez, look Ugh Floers Who ould send something so tasteless (reads the card) "The most precious gift there is, More goodylicious than gold, Is that blessing e call friendship, Whether ne or very old" "Goodylicious" Who talks like this removes the floers from the stems, during: The Beinekes Wednesday's friend Lucas and his parents They're coming for dinner tonight Lucas Yes
But Lucas is a boy's name Yes Wednesday has a friend ho's a boy They both look at Lurch Finally: It's nothing, darling Puppy love (hands Lurch the stems) Put these in ater WEDNESDAY enters, carrying her crossbo and a goose ith an arro sticking out of it WEDNESDAY Here I shot dinner (taking it) Oh, Wednesday, that's lovely Wherever did you find it WEDNESDAY Petting zoo Thank you, dear Come, Lurch e'll hip up something really special And this time, e'll actually cook it (shares a laugh ith Lurch) Oh, Gomez guests for dinner Fresh meat They exit WEDNESDAY looks nervously after them WEDNESDAY Daddy, I need your help ith this dinner Can you keep a secret WEDNESDAY produces a ring from around her neck Of course WEDNESDAY Look
('S BOUDOIR) SCENE 8 ( is shoing ALICE the family photo album ALICE sips on her ine) And this is Cousin Helga from BadenBaden ALICE Who's that looking over her shoulder Oh, no That's her other head She has to heads ALICE Well, you kno hat they say ( and ALICE share a laugh, then turns to another page) ALICE (sees the photo) And ho's that man in the dress Oh That's Aunt Herman Wednesday's uncle, tice removed I don't understand ALICE Well, they removed it once but it gre back (turns to another photo) And here's Gomez and me, at our edding What's that Our edding vos ALICE 8
ALICE That's so romantic (reading) "We promise to tango at least three times a eek" for passion ALICE (reading) "We promise to tell each other everything" for truth Everything Of course And you're still married More than ever ALICE ALICE ALICE Boy, it sure doesn't ork that ay in our house Ho does it ork ALICE Well (rhymes) What's good for the gander is a nice quiet goose; If I told Mal my secrets, all hell ould break loose Alice, I'm shocked What kind of a marriage is it here you keep secrets A long one ALICE 9
SCENE 7 (CROSSOVER PUGSLEY'S BEDROOM) 19A BEDTIME STORY ( rides PUGSLEY'S bed as it travels SL) What's rong, my little cockroach I can't sleep Why not PUGSLEY PUGSLEY There's no monster in the closet (earily, her mind elsehere) I'm sure he's hiding someplace else PUGSLEY Mommy I have a Full Disclosure Yes PUGSLEY What if you tried to do something to somebody and you ended up doing it to somebody else by mistake Are e talking about anyone e kno PUGSLEY Well, I as talking to Grandma before, and she told me Don't listen to that ancient oman She may not even be part of this family PUGSLEY Is Wednesday really gonna marry that guy 101
She might PUGSLEY Oh, no (then) Make me feel better, Mommy Life is a tightrope, my child, and at the other end is your coffin (then) Better Uhhuh Thanks, Mommy PUGSLEY No close your eyes or the monster on't come out and eat you up (looks closely at him) Pugsley Pugsley ( sees that PUGSLEY is fast asleep She strokes his head as) Sleep ell, my little vermin Your mommy's life has fallen apart and she needs to go aay for a hile And, years from no, hen your marriage collapses and you ant to kno ho put us all on the road to hell, you can thank your father (A MONSTER IGUANADON's feet, tail and finally, head, emerge from under the bed and alk the bed off) (to the monster under the bed) Look after my baby, ill you Keep him in harm's ay (The MONSTER carries off the bed, and PUGSLEY) 102
SCENE 9 (PARK BENCH AND TAXI SIGNIN FRONT OF GATES) ( sits on a park bench, a valise by her side) So it's true I can't live ith a man ho keeps secrets (She lights the TAXI sign) There's another secret I haven't told you Hunh What That you are the most exquisite, the most magnificent, the most desirable of all omen That's no secret No But even you had a secret once Never And if you're rong I never am But if you are, hat ill you give me Name it 106
A dance Go on Many years ago, hen you loved me and you anted to marry me, e came to your father and told him, and he said, "Wonderful, let's go tell your mother" And hat did you say Ho could I possibly remember hat I You said, "No She'll ask a lot of embarrassing questions and reck the hole thing" That's different My mother as condescending, udgmental, and ithholding, and loved nothing more than stirring up trouble Uh huh (realizes) Oh God, I've turned into my mother And Wednesday is you Isn't it onderful You did that like a layer [MUSIC IN] No, ust a husband and a father Not so easy In fact, very difficult 21 LET'S LIVE BEFORE WE DIE LET'S LIVE BEFORE WE DIE LET'S LAUGH BEFORE WE CRY 107
Secrets [Rev 1/12/12] 09 Music and Lyrics by ANDREW LIPPA ALICE: "Well 'What's good for the gander is a nice quiet goose; If I told Mal my secrets, all hell ould break loose'" : "Alice, I'm shocked" [MUSIC] (cont) What kind of marriage is it here you keep secrets" ALICE: "A long one" [GO ON] Faster Than You Think q»1 : (sung at pitch throughout) 1 Secrets are the enemies of passion Speaking true ill get you through the Vamp (vocal last time) P 2 simile day 5 Truth is not a thing that one should 6 ra tion 7 but I think you think of it that 8 ay 9 Never keep a sin inside the closet Alays give the facts a fighting chance 10 11 12 n n
1 Ev' ry time you do, it's a de posit in the longterm life of your ro mance 1 15 16 17 F Keep no se crets If you ant him to re main your lov er 18 19 20 21 Share all se crets There's a orld of things you might dis cov er 22 2 2 25 Truth is beau ty, he should alays kno ex act ly ho you are 26 27 28
29 Bare your secrets and yourmarriage 'll be healthier by f 0 1 60 far 61 n 62 Playful Relax Gomez a dores me, never ig nores me, alays has put me first And, Alice, n 6 n 6 n 65 n n n 66 n 67 n 68 n 69 if he should try once, n telling a lie once, I'd thro him out head n n n n first nn n n n 70 71 72 7 Kneeling, he'd plead I recon sider n n Reeling, he'd quickly n start to dron n n
7 75 76 77 Begging me for lenience, but at my first convenience I'd put him on the first bus out of ton ALICE: "Morticia" n n n n n Is Gomez n n 78 79 80 81 Without a doubt tru ly de vot ed, never misquot ed, al ays the pa ra n n n gon And if he n n n 82 8 8 85 n n n That's it exact ly told you a lie you'd n hisper goodbye then leave him to car ry n n n n on n n
86 87 88 89 n Is there no room for some dis cussion If Gomez lied n n n Is there nochanceyoumight for give n : 90 A lie's a lie and lies can 91 n kill n n 92 n 9 and life can quickly godon hill n 9 95 96 She kept a se cret and she ound up on the guillo tine ALICE: No I see hat you mean b b n n
97 98 99 She kept a se cret and they shot her ith an M Sixteen That's not a pretty scene b b n n : 100 She kept a se cret and she 101 102 n ound up on the cov er of a mag a zine n b n b n b n n n 10 nb b She's quite the Philistine What's this one The dance rou tine n a a 10 ALICE: : 105 n
Dance Break 106 Faster q»155 Sing 8ths f ~~~~~~ hihat figure 107 12 n f 125 n Drum Fill ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 126 Big Shout Chorus 127 æ 128 n n æ 129 v v v 10 11 æ Straight 8ths 12 n n n n 1 ~~~ 1 15 16 n n 17 n n æ
18 : Keep no se crets Wel come honesty ith no re sis tance FEMALE ANCESTORS: 19 10 11 Keep no se crets f No re sis tance n n sub ƒ n n 12 Then your mar riage is a loving kind of co ex ist ence 1 n 1 n n 15 Then your mar riage, F n n n co ex ist ence n n n n
16 Lies and se crets, they're the sins that keep a hus band from a ife 17 They're the sins that keep a 18 hus band from a ife 19 : 150 Gom ez loves me he ould nev er keep a se 151 152 cret 15 in ~~~ his Move It 15 155 156 157 life Nev er keep a secret Not one secret in his Move It n life n n n n b ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b
UST AROUND THE CORNER [Rev 1/1/12] 16 Music and Lyrics by ANDREW LIPPA : "Well, I'm not going to end up like your mother" : "My mother I thought she as your mother No, seriously" : You lied to me, I can't live ith that : "Here, cara I feel the urge to take you in my arms : "Not Today" : "But cara " : Out [HE turns to leave MUSIC] b Simple 1 2 : vocal 8vb My daughter's getting married, I can't believe it's true She b b p Vamp (vocal last x) n b 5 6 does n't ask her mo ther be fore she says "I do" And ho a bout my hus band In 7 b n b 8 b b b constant, na ive This evening's get ting se rious, these O hioans on't leave But 9 rall rall 10 n A Tempo A Tempo f
11 b 12 rit 1 1 U n n n I can't lettheselatesttroubles rob me of my bliss, for heni'mscared of true disaster I remember this b P b 15 Sing 8ths n n 16 rit b 17 n U " U b n n 18 n n n n n n Death is ust a round the cor ner, ait ing patient ly to strike Sing 8ths F b 19 20 21 22 2 One unplanned e lectro cu tion, that's the kind of end I can comprehend b [SFX] 2 25 b 26 When I'm feeling un in spi red, or I need a little b spree
27 28 b n b n 29 0 1 I'm re born knoing death is ust around the corner com ing af ter b : Coroner Get it Death is ust around the coroner 2 me p 5 6 7 Death is ust a round the cor ner, ait ing high up on the hill Vamp (vocal last x) F b b 8 9 0 1 Some one buried in an av' lanche That's the kind of gig I could really dig b b b N r
2 Mar riage of ten dis ap points you, not each hus band is a 5 6 b 7 gem b n So, I'll mourn knoing death is ust a round the cor ner b 8 9 50 com ing af ter them If life's all 51 52 b b b b 5 5 plums f b b I'll mud dle through some But hen death b
55 56 57 58 59 comes A Tempo Straight 8ths I hope it's 60 grue N 61 some Hot cha Some 62 V people die from public stoning, faulty iring, faulty zoning, cherry pits they did n't kno ere there CAVEMAN: It A Tempo Straight 8ths b (cough) (cough) n 6 6 65 66 V could be by a un gle cat A FLIGHT ATTENDANT: slip 'ry mat SOLDIER: Per haps an unsuccessful love af fair It A baseball bat bb n bb n bb n b b n b
67 68 69 could be in a speeding train It could be un der a ter It could be too much no va caine Or æ bb Í b æ b 70 71 72 7 even by your daughter BRIDE: SALOON GIRL/ FLAPPER/INDIAN: Per haps a bad mosquito bite Religious rite Why darlings, it might even be to V CONQUISTADOR/ PURITAN: < < < < A title fight < < < < < b b b b b b 7 75 76 77 b night b b b b ƒ b b b n n n b b b
78 Sing 8ths b : 79 80 81 b Death is ust around the ANCESTORS: cor ner No one's e ver been im mune b V b Death is ust around the cor n ner No one's e ver been im mune n Sing 8ths b b Death is ust around the f cor n ner % n n No one's e ver been im loco mune b n n n : 82 b 8 [All ANCESTORS gasp] 8 85 n b b Turn ing off a respi ra tor, ith a simple click scandalously quick F n n n n n n nb n n b b n n
86 b : 87 88 89 b I can face a ne to ANCESTORS: mor ro if I make it past to day n V b I can face a ne to mor ro n If I make it past to day b b b I f n can face a ne to mor ro n n n n If I make it past to b b day n n n n n b b b b n N n N n : 90 b 91 n 92 9 b P b I feel good saying death is ust around the cor ner sift ly on its n n b b b ay b b 9 b b b f n 95 n n n n 96 b b b b n n 97 b
b b b b 98 (%) 99 n n 102 n % "The 12 count Lift" 100 "The procession" 10 101 n 10 n n n n n nnn n b n b b b b b 105 æ 6 6 n n n 6 Straight 8ths 6 106 b b b b 6 b 6 b b n nn n n n n n 6 n n n 6 b cresc poco a poco Sing 8ths 107 Big Pullback 108 n n æ
109 Stripper Tempo : 110 accel straight 8ths 111 112 Death is ust around the ANCESTORS: cor ner and you have to heed the straight 8ths call V Death is ust around the cor ner and you have to heed the call Death is ust around the cor ner and you have to heed the call Stripper Tempo ƒ n accel straight 8ths n n % Straight 8ths A Tempo 11 11 115 116 b For your death is ust around the corner Happy being both the mourned and mourner b Don't ask hy You and I V Don't ask hy You and I Straight 8ths A Tempo loco f ä â b fl b b n F f b b n n F n
117 118 Sing 8ths 119 120, Because b death is ust around the corner com ing for us, V Say good bye because death is ust around the corner com ing for us n, Say good bye because death is ust around the corner com ing for us f b nb b n F Sing 8ths n n 121 122 12 12 125 all V all all ƒ n n n n n b b % b bn b n n Í b n n b D6 Harp Gliss ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ß [APPLAUSE SEGUE]
UST AROUND THE CORNER ~ PLAYOFF [Rev 1/1/12] 16A Music and Lyrics by ANDREW LIPPA 2 1 Sing 8ths 2 (8vb): 2 ANCESTORS: ä ä b For your death is ust around the corner V 2 Don't ask hy ä ä 2 drum fill " " " " " " Don't ask hy b b n n 2 f b F 5 6 7 b Happy be ing both the mourned and mour ner Because b V You and I Say good bye because You and I b b f n F n Say good bye because f b b
Straight 8ths 8 Sing 8ths 9 10 death is ust a round the cor ner com ing for us death is ust a round the cor ner com ing for us V n death is ust a round the cor ner com ing for us F n n n n f n 11 12 1 all V all all F b b n n n n b n nn n n n nn n bn b n [ATTACCA]