7 p.m. Friday, May 24, and Saturday, May 25, Warrenton High School. 1700 S Main Ave, Warrenton. 503-861-3317. Two-act comedy with 23 cast members directed by Jim Hackwith.{p dir=”ltr”}From top left: Paddy McCargish (Uncle Fester), Anna Schenbeck (Morticia Addams), Blake Leitch (Gomez Addams), Robert Burk (Lurch). Bottom from left: Emily Bergerson (Pugsley Addams), Sofia Morrill (Wednesday Addams).

WARRENTON — The Warrenton High School Drama Department is performing “The Addams Family, A Musical” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 24-25, in the high school’s gym, 1700 S. Main Ave.

Tickets are $8 at the door. The show is directed by Jim Hackwith. The music was written for Broadway by Andrew Lippa.

The two-act comedy includes 23 cast members and is based on the dark, sarcastic Addams family created by Charles Addams in his cartoons for the New Yorker Magazine, and later dramatized on TV and in movies.

Paddy McCargish plays Uncle Fester, Anna Schenbeck is Morticia Addams, Blake Leitch plays Gomez Addams, Robert Burk is Lurch, Emily Bergerson plays Pugsley Addams, Sofia Morrill plays Wednesday Addams and Serena Moha is Grandma Addams.