The Addams Family – A New Musical Creative

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Director
Clay White
Clay White (Director) received his BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of North Texas in 2008. Previous directing credits include 9 to 5 (Evergreen Players), Spamalot (Evergreen Players), Mary Poppins (Vintage Theatre), Beauty and the Beast (Vintage Theatre), Legally Blonde (Music Theatre of Denton), Hairspray (Music Theatre of Denton), Spamalot (Dallas Theatre Center) Zombie Prom (Runway Theatre Grapevine), Scrooge! The Musical (Runway Theatre Grapevine), Crazy For You (Music Theatre of Denton), and many more! Clay got his start in directing in Dallas-Ft Worth before relocating to Denver in 2014. Clay has been nominated for a Column Award for Best Director of a Musical three times and won for his Dallas production of Spamalot. Clay would like to thank this production team, cast, and crew for all the hard work and dedication to the show.
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Choreographer
Preston Lee Britton
Preston be beyond thrilled to be working with Venue for the first time. Recent credits include Choreographing and Assistant Directing Evergreen Players ‘Rock of Ages’, ‘Spamalot’ and ‘9-5’. Favorite roles include Lumiere in ‘Beauty and the Beast’, Buzz in ‘L.V.C.’, Michael in ‘Six Dance Lessons’, Curtis in ‘The Lyons’, and as AD in “Mary Poppins’. Love and appreciation to Clay. Thanks to you for supporting young people in the arts. They are our future!!!
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Music Director
Kelly Bidstrup Graha
Kelly Bidstrup Graham graduated from MSU Denver with a B.A. in music and a minor in marketing. After college she turned a private piano teaching career into a full time position at the Early College of Arvada. Over the course of her near decade tenure there, she built a thriving community integrated theater program and fostered a culture of arts appreciation supported by an unconventional instrumental music ensemble, a High school honor Chorale, and comprehensive choir and drama classes for middle school students. She completed her masters in theater from CU Boulder in Spring of 2022, where her research was in music direction for musical theater. She brings passion and joy to every project she takes on. Proudly included in that list is founding the Co New Musical Festival, performing and music directing with Equinox Theatre Denver, music directing and program coordinating for Backstory Theater & Wellspring, and writing, composing, and arranging for There Will Be Light and her brain child, Not Just Anything.

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