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Wednesday, October 23, 2019
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
Creepy, kooky musical opens Friday
■ Baker High School drama department presents ‘The Addams Family’ musical Oct. 25-27
By Lisa Britton
BAKER CITY — Scot Violette
has been preparing for this perfor-
mance for four years — a musical
of a grand scale on theBaker High
School stage.
“The Addams Family” shows are
Oct. 25, 26 and 27. Showtimes are
7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and
3 p.m. Sunday — all in the BHS
auditorium, 2500 E St.
Violette said it’s a “full-blown
Broadway musical with singing
and dancing.”
Admission at the door will be $12
adults, $8 students.
This performance is billed as “not
so live” musical theater.
“Ninety percent of the cast are
dead people,” Violette said.
Not literally, of course — this
musical features the (alive)
Addams family along with a full
roster of their ancestors who climb
out of the crypt and take the stage
as ghosts dressed in the attire from
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“The Addams Family,” a “full-blown Broadway musical with singing and dancing,” hits the stage at Baker High School on Friday.
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families come together for dinner,
and chaos ensues.
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and received scripts. Actors studied
lines over the summer and came
together in September to begin
rehearsals as a full cast.
The musical is a coordinated
project between drama, choir and
band and counts as the fall concerts
for those programs.
It also features an orchestra with
Hannah Violette, Paul McNeil,
Joy Murphy, Russell Anderson,
Anthony Cowan, Carlos Grove and
Sarah Plummer.
This is Scot Violette’s fi fth year
as drama coach. This musical, he
said, celebrates the performing arts
students who have been part of the
programs since the beginning of his
tenure.
“They’re seniors now,” he said. “I
wanted them to do a big show as a
last hurrah.”
To prepare for the musical num-
bers, Allison Mitchell worked on
vocals with the actors.
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director, Hannah Violette directs
music, and choreography was
handled by Kathy Sanchez and
Renee Mercer.
The main performance cast in-
cludes Jordan Remien, Marie Tay-
lor, Coray Murphy, Bekka Schmitt,
Emily VanGaasbeck, Savannah
Brown, Grady Lay, John Hurley,
Melissa Titus, Jaylynn Madison
and Hailey Bowling.
UPCOMING SHOWS
After “The Addams Family,” the
BHS performing arts departments
will begin working on “A Christmas
Carol,” which will be part of the
Vespers concerts on Dec. 8. Next
spring will bring a performance
of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer
Night’s Dream” April 17-19.
To stay updated on theater news
in the Baker School District, visit
the Facebook page for BHS Drama
Club or check out www.bakerhigh-
drama.com.