Next to Normal

Next to Normal is a brave and breathtaking musical that focuses intensely, with heart-breaking credibility, on the crippling tribulations of a suburban family. This portrait of Diana Goodman, a manic-depressive housewife, and the people whom she both deeply loves and deeply wounds, forcefully invites us to consider the liberating effect of confronting the origins of our pain. An emotional powerhouse, Next to Normal, slices through to the staggering revelation of the cause of Diana’s illness, and the impact it has had on her family: her husband, Dan, and her children, Natalie and Gabe. The relentless, electric momentum of the surging score mercilessly mirrors the characters’ confusion, disconnection, and self-imprisonment.

Opening Date: 02/08/2013

Closing Date: 02/24/2013

Ticket Prices:

$20 Adult, $18 Senior/Student
Reserved Seating - Group rates available upon request

Performance Times:

Fridays and Saturday at 8:00PM
Sundays at 2:00PM

Authors/Playwrights: Brian Yorkey
Lyrics By: Brian Yorkey
Music By: Tom Kitt

Directed by: Corey Rubel and Matthew DiCarlo

Cast:

DIANA - Bre Cade
DAN - Michael Ferentinos
GABE - Jared Picone
NATALIE - Shannon Kronstadt
HENRY - Chris Cantalupo
DR. MADDEN/FINE - Marc Mills

Production Staff:

Producers - Donna and Jillian Kimberlin
Director - Corey Rubel
Associate Director - Matthew DiCarlo
Musical Director - Francois Suhr
Set Designer/Master Carpenter - Guy Suabedissen
Graphics Designer - Robert Veith
Stage Manager - Joanna Muhlfelder
Assistant Stage Manager - Alex Klein
Lighting Designer - Patrick McGlone
Sound Designers - Steve Lanni and Mike Ferentinos
Costumes - The Cast
Lighting Operator - Joanna Muhlfelder
Sound Operator - Steve Lanni
Projections Operator - Tyler Kazar
Lighting Interns - Tyler Kazar and Daniel Gittler

“NEXT TO NORMAL is a work of muscular grace and power. It is much more than a feel-good musical; it is a feel-everything musical.” –The New York Times

Pulitzer-Prize winning rock musical NEXT TO NORMAL, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness. NEXT TO NORMAL is a brave and breathtaking musical that focuses intensely, with heart-breaking credibility, on the crippling tribulations of a suburban family. This portrait of Diana Goodman, a manic-depressive housewife, and the people whom she both deeply loves and deeply wounds, forcefully invites us to consider the liberating effect of confronting the origins of our pain. An emotional powerhouse, Next to Normal, slices through to the staggering revelation of the cause of Diana’s illness, and the impact it has had on her family: her husband, Dan, and her children, Natalie and Gabe. The relentless, electric momentum of the surging score mercilessly mirrors the characters’ confusion, disconnection, and self-imprisonment.