Leela Simpson as Morticia Addams and Finlay Moore as Gomez Addams dance a tango in The Addams Family Young@Part. Photo credit: Thingamajig Theatre Company
By Samantha Luck
One show is set aboard the Orca, where the mechanical shark keeps breaking down.
The other begins when Wednesday Addams asks her father to keep a secret from her mother.
Thingamajig Theatre Company has both stories onstage at the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts: the ongoing The Shark Is Broken and the newly opened teen production The Addams Family Young@Part.
During the filming of the hit movie Jaws, repeated problems with the mechanical shark left stars Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss waiting together aboard the Orca. The Shark Is Broken, written by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon, imagines what those hours might have sounded like: arguments about fame, money, politics and who matters most. Tim Moore, Scott Morehead and Cameron Vargas play the three actors. The production opened October 9 and runs through November 15.
Scott Morehead, Cameron Vargas and Tim Moore wait aboard the Orca in Thingamajig Theatre Company’s The Shark Is Broken. Photo credit: Thingamajig Theatre Company
Audiences have praised the acting and the production details. One viewer summed up the appeal as “Fantastic dialogue, acting, set design and story.” Another said the actors were “the spitting image of the original movie cast.” A particularly apt endorsement described “three very smart performers in a very smart script!” One audience member’s recommendation was brief: “Do not miss this show.”
After weeks of rehearsal, Thingamajig’s teen company opened The Addams Family Young@Part on Sunday, October 18. Wednesday has fallen in love with a young man from an ordinary family and asks her father, Gomez, to keep the news from Morticia. When the young man and his parents arrive at the Addams home, the two families attempt to get through dinner together.
The Shark Is Broken performs tomorrow, Wednesday, October 21; The Addams family hits the stage this Thursday, October 22 and Sunday, October 25.
The Shark Is Broken plays again on Wednesday, October 28 and has scheduled performances through November 15.
The Addams Family Young@Part celebrates the Halloween season with performances on Thursday, October 29 through Sunday, November 1.
Both productions are at the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts, 2313 Eagle Drive. For performance times and tickets, visit the PSCA Calendar here, or call 970-731-SHOW (7469).