The Addams Family comes to Strathclair

By Rowena Martin & Beccy Ardiel-Voth Strathclair Drama Club

If you have been around the Strathclair area over the past 39 years, you may look forward to the Strathclair Drama Club’s yearly announcement regarding their anticipated spring drama production. While the COVID-19 pandemic put the club’s production on a hiatus for two years, the club members were more than happy to get back to business in 2022 by finally bringing Mary Poppins to the Bend Theatre stage. Over the summer, a production team was formed and the search was on to find the perfect play for 2023. Without further adieu, the Strathclair Drama Club is thrilled to announce their 39th production, The Addams Family - A New Musical. Bringing back memorable characters from Charles Addams and the early cartoon days, this production, by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, introduces the audience to new “normal” characters along with the macabre originals.

Since first hitting the broadway stage back in 2010, audiences have enjoyed the magic that

The Addams Family - A New Musical brings to the stage.

You won’t want to miss this production! A night at “The Bend” promises the charm of the beautiful Bend Theatre combined with the talent of a cast of 43 people from southwestern Manitoba. Mark your calendars, production dates for this year’s show are Monday, Apr. 17 through Saturday, Apr. 22, with a 7:30 pm nightly start time. Tickets go on sale on Saturday, Mar. 25, from 10 am - 2 pm. Like last year, ticket sales will be by phone only, $20 main floor and $15 balcony. The contact number for the box office is (204) 365-2436 or (204) 365-7246.

But that’s not all. Another much welcome addition, in the form of an apartment sized washer and dryer, is being planned for.

“We don’t have anything in the building that we can wash aprons or anything, even just from our painting programs,” Sisley explained. “It will be very nice to have that, so that I’m not having to remember to take everything home to wash it, then bring it back.”

A timeline for the renovations is currently not available. However, plans to meet with the involved con-

“This way, as soon as everything is in, we can just get to it so that the kitchen isn’t down and out of use for too long,” Sisley explained.

As the kitchen at ArtsForward is a commercial kitchen, a representative of Public Health was also invited for a walkthrough of the changes and to provide recommendations on the upgrades to ensure the commercial kitchen status is maintained.

Other notable local projects getting support through the Arts, Culture and Sports in Community Fund include: Beautiful Plains Museum Inc. - $25,000 for construction of a fire truck garage.