[NEohioPAL] ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Lakeland Theatre: Auditions for NEXT TO NORMAL

[Martin Friedman]

Lakeland Theatre
announces
 AUDITIONS
for 
 
next to normal
Music by  Tom Kitt
 
Book and Lyrics byBrian Yorkey
 
Directed byMartin Friedman  
 
 Set and Lighting Design byTrad A Burns
 
Musical Direction byJordan Cooper
   Costumes Designed byHarold Crawford
Sound Designed byR. Eric Simna
Production Stage ManagerJoel Rathbone
 
AUDITION DATES,TIMES and LOCATION
 
Thursday, October 11, 2012: 7:30pm - 9:00pm. The Performing Arts Center (PAC), Building “D”.  
 
Saturday, October 13, 2012: 11:00am- 2:00pm. The Performing Arts Center (PAC), Building "D".
 
Sunday, October 14, 2012: 10:30am- 12:00Noon. Building "D" Room C 1078.
 
 
CALLBACKS
Sunday, October 14: 12:30pm- 2:00pm The Performing Arts Center (PAC), Building "D". 
 
AUDITION INFORMATION
There is a possibilty that I will have one Special Appearance contract. ALL roles are compensated. No audition appointments are necessary nor is there a need to prepare a monologue. After a vocal audition you will read directly from the script.
Musical Director Jordan Cooper requests that you prepare a 32 bar pop-rock theatre tune or two 16 bar pop-rock tune and a ballad. 
 

Additional Audition Information
In regard to age....Clearly, Dan and Diane have to be old enough to have kids in high school. Natalie and Henry are high school students and not college students. Still, you DO NOT have to be the age of the characters if you READ that age. 


 Next to Normal: Following their acclaimed productions of Sweeney Todd, Assassins, Anyone Can Whistle and Death of a Salesman, set and lighting designer Trad A Burns and Friedman again pick up the gauntlet to present their take on the Pulitzer Prize-winning examination of mental illness and the family in Next to Normal. With music by Tom Kitt and  book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, this 2008 Tony Award-winning musical concerns a mother whose struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness has on her family. The musical also addresses such issues as grieving a loss, suicide, drug abuse, ethics in modern psychiatry and suburban life. According to the Pulitzer Board, Next to Normal is a "powerful rock musical that grapples with their acclaimed productions of Sweeney Todd, Assassins, Anyone Can Whistle and Death of a Salesman, set and lighting designer Trad A Burns and Friedman again pick up the gauntlet to present their take on
 the Pulitzer Prize-winning examination of mental illness and the family in Next to Normal. With music by Tom Kitt and  book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, this 2008 Tony Award-winning musical concerns a mother whose struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness has on her family. The musical also addresses such issues as grieving a loss, suicide, drug abuse, ethics in modern psychiatry and suburban life. According to the Pulitzer Board, Next to Normal is a "powerful rock musical that grapples with mental illness in a suburban family and expands the scope of subject matter for musicals."   


Production and Rehearsal dates: Next to Normal will open on Friday, February 1 and run through February 17, 2013. There will be 10 performances over this period. Rehearsals will begin in early in December. We will be off during the holidays; resuming rehearsals on January 2, 2013.  Rehearsals will generally be Sunday afternoon/evening through Friday evening. 

THE ROLES:
Dan (Diana's Husband): Mid to late 30's-late 40's

Diana (Dan's wife): Mid to late 30's-late 40's. Bi-polar and delusional. Sharp. 
 
Natalie (daughter of Dan and Diana): 16 to 17 years old. 

Gabe (son of Dan and Diane): 17 to 19 years old. 

Henry (friend and school mate of Natalie). 17 to 19 years old. 

Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine: 30's to 50's. 

For more information please feel free to either email me, Martin Friedman, at martinfriedman98 at yahoo.com or call my cell 216/233-5441. You can also contact Jordan Cooper @ beautifulsoup27 at yahoo.com. 

DIRECTIONS TO LAKELAND: Take I90 east and exit at the second exit, Route#306. Turn right (south) on Rt. #306. Turn left into the Lakeland Community College, the first light. Get in the right lane in this access road. Turn right at the stop sign. Turn right at the next stop sign. Turn left into the faculty/staff parking lot. Parking in the Faculty/Staff parking lot is free after 7:00pm. The gate will open at 7:00pm. Park at the other end of the parking lot. The PAC is just past and to the left of the Clocktower. 
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