How the traveling Addams Family production sets up in 7 hours
Tonight is the final performance of the touring musical at the Forum Theatre in Binghamton.
The student stage crew from Chenango Forks High School's theatre program got to watch and learn what it takes to setup for a traveling production in just 7 hours.
The crews had to unpack three semi-truck loads worth of costumes, props, backdrops, and tech equipment.
The choir director at Forks, Matt Vavalie says CF is also putting on a production of the Addams Family in April, so the students get to see the process for the same show, just on a much bigger scale.
'You don't really consider all of the pieces that go in behind the scenes. We go to see a show and we see the actors, you know, we see everything happen. You don't realize that every piece, from sounds to lights, to props, has to be brought in. So that it can be reused for each show,' says Vavalie.
The Addams Family will be at the Forum tonight, beginning at 7:30.
You can find tickets online at BroomeArenaForum.com, or in person at the box office.
Then, Chenango Forks will host their version of The Addams Family on April 4th, 5th, and 6th.
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