Arlington Friends of the Drama

Allie Villa is overjoyed to be making her AFD debut in this creepy and kooky production as Alice! She most recently performed in "If/Then" with Broken Leg Productions in Melrose and as Flotsam in "The Little Mermaid" with Create Inspire Change Theater Company in Watertown. Other favorite roles include Aquata in "The Little Mermaid" (TVRT), Texas in "Cabaret" (Adirondack Lakes Arts Center), Rachel in "Bloody, Bloody, Andrew Jackson," and Brenda in "Hairspray" (Redhouse Arts Ce

AFD welcomes the young and talented Gabriel Corey to the role of the gleefully destructive Pugsley Addams. Gabriel, just 15 years old, is a Sophomore at Tri-County, where he studies Computer Information Systems. Gabriel has twelve shows under his belt. Some of his favorite roles were Gevroche in "Les Miserables", Ben-Lisa in "Disaster" and Flounder in "The Little Mermaid." This is his first performance at Arlington Friends of the Drama.

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Wow, AFD is honored to welcome Alex Deutch --as the intriguing character of Lucas Beineke-- in the first supporting role of his community theatre career! When the director, Tim Andrew, learned that it's Alex's first time in such a role, he found it hard to believe. Alex is a natural, and seems completely comfortable on stage. He certainly has the vocal chops. Though a singer in bands during high school, Alex began singing more seriously after joining an a capella group on cam

Daria Contino (Wednesday Addams) is thrilled to be making her debut with AFD this season! Some previous roles include Veronica Sawyer in Heathers (Firehouse Center for the Arts), Emma Borden in Lizzie (Theatre Company of Saugus), Marcy Park in 25th Annual...Spelling Bee (Theatre Company of Saugus), Aldolpho in Drowsy Chaperone (Greater Boston Stage Company), Chloe in Good Kids (Winnmere Family Theatre), Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof (SHS), and Hecuba in Trojan Women (SHS). Dar

Spooking around onstage as an Ancestor, Bobby McCall may look familiar... In fact, he's dusted off the cobwebs to return to AFD's stage for his third musical here, previously having played Chip Tolentino in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and Ensemble in "Sunset Boulevard." Other credits include "The Odd Couple" (Millis Theatre Group) and "Shakespeare's Star Wars" (The Opposite of People: A New-ish Theater Company). While not acting, Bobby enjoys crafting nightma

It's not your imagination--the Addams parental units really DO have that much sparkle between them. That would be due to the real life friendship of the lead actors, David Rodrigues (as Gomez),and Vanessa Calantropo (as Morticia). They amuse each other, and bring out the best in each other. And they swear this is true: it's not the first time they've played the Addams couple. They recently dressed as Gomez and Morticia for Halloween... There's a rumor of photograph... "It's k

The things we say to mount a production... especially this one... “We have a monster, but we could get a hand.” “We have an arm in the other room.” “Let’s not spend a lot of money on a hand if we don’t have to.” “I have some short weapons.” “I found the most god awful toupee for Fester.” “We’ll be doing a lot of tea-ing of things.” “Thing came out of the box.” “The choreography in the show is very elegant, so the stairs have to move in very smoothly.”