The Addams Family show by the Akins Journey Theater gave underclassmen the spotlight.

Sophomore Lee Ridings who played Morticia said the audience really fueled her performance and found that her acting depended on how the energy of the audience.

“The audience really fueled my performance personally,” she said. “If there was a really hype crowd I found myself putting 110% and tons of energy, and if the crowd wasn’t very loud I found myself mellowing out the character more.”

Sophomore Keira Caldwell said that playing Wednesday was hard since she’s so iconic.

“Playing such an iconic character was hard because she’s already been done so many times, but I think I tried my best to make it my own,” she said.

Junior Salix Fite said they enjoyed playing the Grandma character because of her exaggerated personality.

“I felt very confident in my role and the already exaggerated nature of it and every performance just felt like another run of the show,” they said.