The Addams Family Musical

GOMEZ

From Spain, Antonio has always been singing and performing for his family and friends. During high school he had main roles in two original musicals: Fills de Kassim and Èrik: història d’un fracàs. Antonio moved to Amsterdam to continue his studies in Biomedical Sciences. While doing his PhD, he started taking singing lessons and he got the role of Utkarsh (the caregiver) as well as other supporting roles in Working: A Musical from Happily Ever After Productions. Since then, he has been seen in: Little Shop of Horrors, Ordinary Days and Avenue Q with Happily Ever After Productions. With The Cauldron he performed as the Troll in Monstersongs.

MORTICIA - CAST “THING”

Originally from Ukraine, Stacy is an actor and improviser based in Amsterdam. She has been involved in theater and music activities since childhood. Back in her home country, Stacy played in several amateur theater productions and in a music band. In Amsterdam, she actively performs in musicals, plays, and improvised shows. Since 2022, she has participated in several great musical productions: Disenchanted!, Avenue Q, Monstersongs, and Chicago. And now she's delighted to be joining the Addams Family cast! When not on stage, Stacy turns into a serious person from the world of fintech and a board member of The Cauldron. Follow her on Instagram @stasya.filimonova

MORTICIA - CAST “IT”

Originally from Moscow, Alex is a musical theatre actor who has been in love with the genre throughout their life.

Alex was a leading actor at an all-female musical theatre company based in Moscow for 7 years, playing both male and female characters. Over the course of those years, Alex played over 10 leading characters in 6 shows. She also was a guest lead performer in a reboot of a rock-opera by another theatre company in 2019.

Apart from performing, Alex was a coach of the singing/dancing ensemble, as well as a co-choreographer and member of directing crew within one of the productions.Outside of theatre world, she is a market research manager at Philips Health Systems.

Alex is now extremely excited to continue the journey on stage with the talented cast and crew of The Cauldron!

WEDNESDAY - CAST “THING”

From Mexico, now calling the Netherlands home for the past 9 years, with a lifelong passion for musical theatre and singing, Sophia has been on the stage in several professional productions back at home. In the Netherlands she has portrayed a range of characters from the endearing Cinderella in Disenchanted to Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors and the edgy Mitch Mahoney on Spelling Bee. During her day to day, she lives her coporate goth/ Wednesday era in tech. In addition to her stage presence, Sophia is also on the Cauldron Board.

WEDNESDAY - “CAST IT”

Evelien is a Dutch musical performer. Having had a preliminary education in musical theatre at CodArts in Rotterdam, she now works at a publishing house in Amsterdam. After a short stint of doing mostly plays and concerts, she is diving back into the world of musicals, in both Dutch and English. She is currently rehearsing for Be More Chill (swing for Chloe and Jenna), and was most recently seen in Evita (Peron's mistress) and Tsjechov (Lika). Evelien is immensely passionate about all things musical theatre, so feel free to fangirl with her about any obscure musical you might know.

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A portuguese singer-songwriter, M moved to The Netherlands in 2021 and so far is having the time of her life! She's just rediscovered the joys of theatre and most recently has been part of The Cauldron's Monstersongs (Monster Daddy) and is working on HEA's Be More Chill (Michael). During her day to day, she works in media and advertising for a sports company, making the most out of her love for women's sports.

PUGSLEY - CAST “IT”

As a day job, Jitske works as a special educational needs coordinator at a Jewish primary school. Her passion is musical theatre and she loves to be part of the Cauldron. As a child and teenager, Jitske played in different professional productions and dabbled in voice acting. Her coolest achievement is being on Netflix with the movie Barbie en de prinsessen school. Jitske trained in musical theatre at Musicallfactory.

Jitske lives in Amsterdam with her husband and two cats. After multiple years outside the musical theatre scene, she is very excited to jump back into it and be part of The Addams family. At the Cauldron she is also the production lead of She Kills Monsters and involved in setting up a musical theatre program for children and teens.

ALICE BEINEKE

Originally from New Zealand, Brigid has been an avid musical theatre fan since she was a toddler and started performing as an outlet to her professional life in 2015. She has been a member of various classical choirs in New Zealand, London and Amsterdam and returned to the musical theatre world most recently in Happily Ever After's production of Chicago earlier this year. Brigid is thrilled to be joining the world of the Addams Family!

MAL BEINEKE

Ente rediscovered his love of theatre when he was living in Copenhagen for three years. He performed in several productions and was involved in writing, producing and designing for others. After moving to Amsterdam in 2022, he was fortunate to be part of several wonderful productions by InPlayers. He's continuing his path of theatrical exploration with the inspirational people of The Caudron in his first ever proper role in a musical.

LUCAS BEINEKE

Blace is an American musician, actor and teacher. Involved in theater from a young age, he has performed in numerous musicals and plays. Previous roles include Jud Fry (Oklahoma!), Bobby (Curtains), Picasso (Picasso at the Lapin Agile), and Chirs Keller (All My Sons). Blace immigrated to Sweden to teach music in 2016, and after becoming a citizen has expanded out into the EU. Now based in Amsterdam, this is his third production in town after being involved in QETC’s Cabaret and the Cauldron’s …Spelling Bee.

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After graduating the Dutch Academy of Performing Arts as a Vocal Artist back in 2012, Gerrit worked as a backing vocalist and a vocal coach. Finding the uncertainties that profession brings somewhat challenging, he turned to corporate life and he now works as a Operatational Manager with the Ministry of Finance. In 2022 he returned to his passion in his free time starring as 'Will' in Big Fish the musical. Craving more of that, he now excitingly gets to play Fester. Fun fact: he was in a a capella boyband once (when he still had hair) and performed in four liveshows on Dutch television!

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Martha is a Colombian human rights lawyer whose happy place is the stage. Back in Colombia, her love for performing arts led her to participate as a leading singer in a jazz Big Band and a rock band while she sang in her University’s choir. This singer and actress, who sneezes funny and loves to dance, has performed in various musical productions and recently fell in love with musical theater. In the Netherlands, she has performed as Pocahontas in Disenchanted! and as the Mad Scientist Mom in Monstersongs, both Cauldron productions. Now she is incredibly excited to show the dark and playful side of her soul in the Addams Family @martis.ac

LURCH

Since he watched the Studio 100 musical 'Pinnochio' his love for musical theatre was sparked. Ever since then he loved going to the theatre and seeing every single show! Apart from loving to go see shows, Mats also absolutley loves his job as a ride operator in the theme park Walibi Holland! But the thing he loves most is still coming together with companies and putting on an amazing show! Now he's very excited to be playing in this amazingly comedic show! He loved the character of Lurch since he saw the production twice while it toured through the Netherlands. He said to his mom: someday I wanna be able to play that role, and now it comes true! Oh and of course, he hopes you have a very 'urghhhh' show!

GRANDMA

Having been called an ‘old soul’ her whole life, the character of Grandma Addams is very close to Liesbeth’s heart. Liesbeth has always had a passion for musical theatre, and has performed with various musical theatre groups, choirs and dance groups. Most recently she was a part of The Cauldron’s 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Monstersongs. When she’s not randomly bursting into song, Liesbeth spends her time working as a curator of contemporary art.

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Originally from Amsterdam, Jonelle is a medical student with a newly discovered passion for musical theatre. Only last year, she decided to move her theatrical performances outside of the shower, making her official musical debut as the child in Monstersongs. She is now excited to hone her skills more in portraying an Addams family ancestor.

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Cinzia has previously been seen as the Zombie in the Cauldron’s Monstersongs, a Bad Idea Bear in HEA Productions’ Avenue Q, and Sleeping Beauty in the Cauldron’s Disenchanted.

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Yara is absolutely stoked to have found The Cauldron and people who are as passionate about musical theater as she is. If she could, she would have a different job every single day of the week. It would go something like this; Monday - Painter, Tuesday - Archeologist, Wednesday - Writer, Thursday - (Travel)Photographer, Friday - Doctor, Saturday - Musical Actor and Sunday - Yoga teacher. Instead she's a consultant Monday through Friday and tries to fit all of the above in the rest of her time.

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Rosemary Lloyd moved to Luxembourg in 2011 where they attended the Athénée de Luxembourg and immediately took part in the annual Kolléisch in Concert production. Since then she has participated in various English theater in Luxembourg: Oliver! the Musical in 2015 in a joint production with Pirates Productions and New World Theater, then Harlem Hotel in 2016, Showtime and Lost in the stars in 2017, Young Frankenstein in 2018 and Melusina the Pantomime in 2019. They worked with BGT doing makeup and hair for A Christmas Carol in 2016 and then acted in June Lowery’s Best of Men, Worst of Men in 2020. She participated in the mid-Covid show The Coronavirus Chronicles and the first post-Covid show Imogen Stubbs’ We Happy Few. Their first professional show was Amelia Bullmore’s Di and Viv and Rose in 2022 where she played Di. Recently, they finished a Bachelors of Arts and Humanities in Creative Writing and Music as well as receiving her Première Mention with distinction in Opera at the Conservatoire de Luxembourg. She taught Musical Theatre and Drama for 4 years in Luxembourg and recently applied for a Master’s in Theatre Studies.

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Britt is a classical music producer and journalist from Amsterdam, returning to the stage after a long hiatus. She is trained in classical piano, but has always had a deep love for musical theatre after seeing Phantom of the Opera as a 4-year old. After discovering the musical theatre scene within Amsterdam she dove in head-first and has been a part of the Monstersongs ensemble at the Cauldron and played in the band for Happily Ever After production's Chicago.

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Liz is originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin - a state famous for cheese and beer, which makes Amsterdam feel just like home. She spent her childhood summers studying theatre at First stage theatre camp, where the motto was "life skills through stage skills." After ten years away from the theatre, Liz is thrilled to return to the stage for such a hilarious show!

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Caitlin hails from Portland, Oregon, where she dabbled in commercials and local film project. Her last piece was a short film ‘Le Tram” which was part of a series of vignettes observing chance encounters in transit. Although she initially began her studies as an opera major and singer during her undergrad, this will be her first time on stage in a production. She is an Aries, an avid Simmer, and fan of all things sci-fi.

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The Addams Family being her first performance in a musical, Keira’s journey into musical theater has been a non-linear one. A violinist since early childhood, she started singing in choirs at the age of 8 - mostly classical music, with a few dabbles in West End musical theater. Following a period of gymnastics training, she began ballet and jazz dance classes at the age of 14 and subsequently discovered her love of Broadway musicals. Since moving to Amsterdam 4 years ago, she has been taking every opportunity to learn new dance styles and also regularly showcases her own choreography. Consequently, she is very excited to finally combine all of her artistic interests in one big project. When she’s not dancing or singing, Keira studies Artificial Intelligence - and enjoys wearing bright colors and doing fish impressions.

PRODUCTION LEAD
Claudia is a software engineer by day and a lover of all things musical theater by night. She followed the Cauldron since its inception and leaped at the chance to use her planning skills to bring this project to life. This is her first experience on this side of the curtain and she is loving working with creative people of all talents and brackgrounds.

DIRECTOR
Madison is a queer, intersectional feminist theatre maker and teacher. She holds a Master’s degree in Contemporary Theatre, Dance and Dramaturgy from Utrecht University and a BFA in Performance Creation from Concordia University in Montreal. Right now, they direct and teach acting for The Cauldron and other English-language theatre companies in Amsterdam, collaborates with Studio Julian Hetzel, and creates hopeful interactive performance with Utopia Syndicate. They are concerned with making accessible theatre processes that cultivate hope and connection.

CHOREOGRAPHER
Brittany Sanders is a Dutch former professional musical theatre performer seen in productions such as Billy Elliot and Ciske de Rat (Stage Entertainment). Now, after having done the pre-education dance program at the Amsterdam University of the Arts, having been in multiple semi/professional productions and having choreographed and directed for her own music group Vocality Productions, Brittany is taking on the challenge of The Addams Family. She is very happy to show the public this campy and scarily funny show in which the cast can shine through her original choreography.

VOCAL DIRECTOR
Britt is a classical music producer and journalist from Amsterdam, returning to the stage after a long hiatus. She is trained in classical piano, but has always had a deep love for musical theatre after seeing Phantom of the Opera as a 4-year old. After discovering the musical theatre scene within Amsterdam she dove in head-first and has been a part of the Monstersongs ensemble at the Cauldron and played in the band for Happily Ever After production’s Chicago.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Jon is a writer and poet, who’s recently branched out into producing and directing theatre. Originally from the UK, They’ve lived in the Netherlands since 2017, where they work as a UX Writer in the daylight hours. Jon produced the ‘Campfire of Plays’ night of short theatre earlier this month and ‘The Death of the Author’, their first collection of poetry, was part of an exhibition at The National Poetry Library at the start of the year. They also write, direct and produce the monthly comedy podcast ‘The Horopod Scopecast’.

STAGE MANAGER
An English student from Luxembourg, Ed has been involved in theatre for many years. He has enjoyed being on stage and is now taking charge of the backstage as Stage Manager for the first time. He is thrilled to be a part of such an amazing show and is looking forward to whatever comes next.

MUSIC DIRECTOR
Originally from Ireland, Michael is an award winning classical guitarist based in Amsterdam. With a background primarily in the field of classical music, Michael has recently ventured into the world of musical theatre as the guitarist for HEA Production of Little Shop of Horrors two years ago. Since then his credits include HEA’s Chicago on guitar, and Be More Chill and the revival of Chicago as band leader. With the Cauldron Performing Arts Michael has music directed all of their shows thus far, namely Disenchanted!, Monstersongs, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and now The Addams Family Musical.He can next be seen music directing the Cauldron’s upcoming production of Next Thing You Know in October.

LIVE STAGE MANAGER
Ellen Brooker is a Canadian production and stage manager living and working in Amsterdam. She obtained a Master’s Degree in Applied Imagination in the Creative Industries from Central St Martin’s (London, England) in 2018, and has since happily applied her imagination to exciting projects internationally. She loves being part of the devising process, and handling the unexpected. Selected production credits include: Design Assistant for Punchdrunk Theatre’s Small Wonders, 2018 (London, England), Production Manager for Nightwood Theatre’s All the Little Animals I Have Eaten, 2020 (Toronto, Canada), Stage Management for Morro & Jasp: Save the Date at Red Pearl Womxn international clown festival 2020 (Helsinki, Finland).

COSTUME DESIGN
Lynn just got her master’s degree in geophysics at Utrecht University and is now working as a data manager trainee at EBN. During the pandemic, she taught herself to sew face masks for her friends and family, which quickly escalated Into recreating dresses from ‘La La Land’ and designing some of her own clothing from repurposed fabrics. Her theatre experience has mostly been on stage, although she always enjoyed helping out offstage. This is the first time she will be helping out with costumes for a project of this scale, which is an amazing learning opportunity.

PROJECTION DESIGNER
Wilbert graduated from Design for Virtual Theatre and Games at the HKU in 2011. He’s currently working as a freelance multimedia designer, collaborating with brands such as Guhl, John Frieda, Molton Brown, and various other clients. Being a musical performer at heart he found his way back to creating captivating projections for stage productions such as Young Frankenstein (Muze, 2019), Jekyll and Hyde (Storytellers, 2020) and The Flying Dutchman (Storytellers, 2022). Wilbert has passionately engaged in musical theater as an amateur performer since 2012 with Starlight Boulevard in Utrecht. Here, he not only contributes his performance and design talents, but also applies his vast knowledge of musicals to pick exciting new shows. Explore his portfolio at ikwildesign.nl, and mark your calendar to catch him on stage in May 2024 in ‘Made in Dagenham’ in IJsselstein, Utrecht.

SET & PROPS

Nikoleta is a Greek architect, designer and actor. She has loved performing on stage since she took her first steps and has been working as an architect in multiscalar international projects since 2015. She is very excited to join the Addams Family crew, by combining her love for theatre and design, and conceptualising the set design for the musical.

GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Elena or “Elf” is an architect based in Italy. She loves movies, music and, most of all, illustration. She spends most of her free time drawing and learning new skills around that. Whenever something related to illustration or graphic design is needed she will gladly jump into it. Collaborating with the Cauldron is a wonderful opportunity to help something beautiful and creative come to life.

AUDIO ENGINEER

Originally from the UK, Stuart discovered audio engineering while in high school working as a musician on various theatre productions for both school and independent companies. This new found passion led him on a wild journey, working on shows in the UK, including the Edinburgh Fringe, then moving to Australia, Canada and now the Netherlands. Stuart re-connected with his passion for theatre last year playing drums in Monstersongs and now bringing his audio skills to the Addams family.

Surabhi, the sound tech is an international student based in Amsterdam, passionate about all things media and performance. She is new to the international theatre scene, but excited to see what the space has to offer!

Kai van Doorne is graduating from Herman Brood Academy in Utrecht in light & Sound Design. He has been involved with theater since he was managing the tech team during his time at International school in both Shanghai and Hilversum. He is passionate about music and film and already has his own company, freelancing for festivals and theater around the Netherlands.