[NEohioPAL] $10 Preview Night: NEXT TO NORMAL at Beck Center

[Fran Storch]

"A brave, breathtaking musical...It is something much more
than a feel-good musical. It is a feel-everything musical."
- The New York Times

In collaboration with
Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program
Beck Center for the Arts
presents
NEXT TO NORMAL
Music by Tom Kitt / Book & Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
Directed by Victoria Bussert / Musical Direction by Nancy Maier / Choreographed by David Zody

~ $10 PREVIEW NIGHT ~
Thursday, February 28
8 pm / Studio Theater

Preview Night admission is $10. Advance tickets go on sale online at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, February 28 and at the Beck Center box office 10 a.m. Thursday. Tickets may be purchased at the door based on availability. Next to Normal  is performed in our intimate Studio Theater, so seating is limited. General admission seating. Doors open approximately 15 minutes prior to curtain.

Preview Night tickets go on sale online at 12:01 am, February 28.
Click here<http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER> to purchase tickets with a credit card

or call the Beck Center box office after 10 am at 216.521.2540 x10.

ABOUT THE SHOW
An emotional powerhouse of a musical featuring a compelling pop rock score that shatters through the façade of a suburban family dealing with the traumatic effects of mental illness. This intense, emotional, yet ultimately hopeful musical makes a direct grab for the heart with a story that takes us inside the lives of a typical American family that is anything but typical. Contains strong adult language and themes and may not be suitable for audiences 17 years and under.

After last season's highly acclaimed Spring Awakening, Beck Center for the Arts partners once again with Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre program to present three-time Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical, Next to Normal, March 1 through April 21, 2013 in the intimate Studio Theater. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. There are no performances on Sundays, March 31 or April 14. Tickets are now on sale.

Complete cast list, production staff and orchestra listed below.


Tickets are $28 for adults and $25 for seniors (65 and older) with an additional $3 service fee per ticket applied at time of purchase. Student tickets are $15 with valid I.D. (includes service fee). Preview Night on Thursday, February 28 is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more. Purchase tickets online at beckcenter.org<http://www.beckcenter.org> or call Customer Service at 216.521.2540, ext. 10. Beck Center for the Arts is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.


Opening night patrons are invited to Marquee Friday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Cleveland Artists Foundation gallery. Guests may enjoy complimentary appetizers from Cozumel Restaurante Mexicano, free musical entertainment by Lounge Kitty and happy hour priced drinks; as well as a free gallery exhibits throughout Beck Center including The Left-Handed Line of Mike Guyot and works by artist and composer Jing Jing Luo.


This production of Next to Normal is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTIshows.com) and is sponsored by the residents of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and the Ohio Arts Council.



Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional theater productions, arts education programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative arts therapies for special needs students, and free gallery exhibits featuring local, regional, and international artists.


Cast of Characters (in alphabetical order)
Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine...........................................................................................Phil Carroll*
Henry................................................................................................................Ellis Dawson
Diana........................................................................................................Katherine DeBoer
Gabe............................................................................................................ Chris McCarrell
Natalie........................................................................................................ Caroline Murrah
Dan.......................................................................................................................Scott Plate*

Understudies:
Natalie..............................................................................................................Dana Bowers
Diana...............................................................................................................Sophie Brown
Dan................................................................................................................. Nick Pankuch
Gabe................................................................................................................. Mickey Ryan
Henry............................................................................................................... Andrew Way
Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine...........................................................................................David Zody
*Actor appears courtesy of the Actors' Equity Association (AEA), the union of actors and stage managers.

Production Staff
Artistic Director............................................................................................... Scott Spence
Director........................................................................................................Victoria Bussert**
Music Director................................................................................................. Nancy Maier
Associate Music Director............................................................................ Andrew Cooper
Choreographer....................................................................................................David Zody
Stage Manager.......................................................................................... Libby Burchmore
Assistant Stage Manager.............................................................................. Rachel Brawley
Production Designer..................................................................................... Jeff Herrmann
Sound Designer....................................................................................Richard B. Ingraham
Sound Board Operator.......................................................................................R.J. Hetman
Technical Director.......................................................................................Joseph Carmola
Technical Assistant............................................................................................ Clint Felker
Carpenter............................................................................................................ Dan Folino
Programmer.....................................................................................................Greg Falcione
Wardrobe...............................................................................................Deanna Cechowski
Crew...............................................................................................................Hayley Baran
** Member of the Society of Directors and Stage Choreographers (SDC).

Next to Normal Band
Piano/Conductor..............................................................................................Nancy Maier
Drums/Percussion..........................................................................................Dylan Hayden
Guitar..................................................................................Kevin Johnson, David Maxson
Bass.............................................................................................................Kevin Aylward
Violin/Synthesizer...............................................................Amanda Stenroos, Allison Lint
Cello.....................................................................................................................Dan Hild

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