[NEohioPAL] NEXT TO NORMAL

[Joe Fath]

*Audition Notice*

NEXT TO NORMAL

Director: Joe Fath

*Audition information*

This is a community theater production. All are welcome to attend
auditions.

Roles: All roles are open with no restrictions for casting. Details for
roles provided below.

Location: Lake Erie College - 391 W. Washington St. Painesville, Ohio
44077. Auditions will be held in the Royce Hall for the Fine and Performing
Arts, accessed through Gillette St.

Audition Dates/Time: 09/17/19; 09/18/19; 09/19/19 @ 6pm, 7pm, or 8pm. Email
headshot and resume with first and second preferred audition date and time
to lythouse2018 at gmail.com with your name as the subject. Walk-in auditions
are welcome and appointments recommended.

Call-Backs: 09/23/19 and/or 09/24/19 from 6-8pm
Audition requirements—Dress to move and please prepare:
1 one-minute monologue with movement (Drama/Dark Comedy preferred)
2 songs with movement as described below:
Song 1 – 16 bars of performer’s choice, no specific requirement
Song 2 – 16 bars prepared from NEXT TO NORMAL

Accompanist will be provided. Please provide sheet music for your audition.

*Additional information*

Rehearsal period: 10/01/19-12/06/19 scheduled in accordance with cast and
crew availability. Tech week is 12/07/19-12/11/19, Final dress/Preview is
12/12/19. All rehearsals will take place at Lake Erie College, Painesville,
Ohio unless other arrangements are agreed on.

Show dates: 12/13/19(F); 12/14/19(Sa); 12/15/19(Su); 12/19/19(Th);
12/20/19(F); 12/21/19(Sa); 12/22/19(Su); 12/27/19(F); 12/28/19(Sa);
12/29/19(Su)

Cast is paid an amount equal to 20% of the total box office proceeds
divided evenly among all performers. There are no equity contracts for this
show.
If you have questions or if you cannot attend auditions (send a resume,
head shot, and video audition) email lythouse2018 at gmail.com with your name
as the subject.
**Note: All actors under age 18 will require parental consent to perform if
cast.
Produced by LytHouse, LLC in collaboration with Lake Erie College



Show information and synopsis: *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. Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards,
including Best Musical Score and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize,* Next to Normal* was
also chosen as "one of the year's ten best shows" by critics around the
country, including *The Los Angeles Times*, *The Washington Post*, *Rolling
Stone* and *The New York Times*.

Dad's an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their
daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical
American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because the
mother has been battling manic depression for 16 years. *Next to Normal *takes
audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their
family's story with love, sympathy and heart.

This deeply moving piece of theatre provides a wonderful opportunity for
performers to explore dramatic material and showcase vocal talents with an
energetic pop/rock score. *Next to Normal* is an emotional powerhouse that
addresses such issues as grieving a loss, ethics in modern psychiatry, and
suburban life and is ideal for community theatres, as well as colleges and
regional theatre companies.

Character breakdowns:

Diana

Delusional, bipolar, and depressed. The sexiness of her yesterdays has only
recently begun to soften. She is determined to make her family perfect but
is tortured by a death in the family.

Gender: Female

Vocal range top: F#5

Vocal range bottom: G3

Gabe

Diana & Dan's son. Dashing, athletic, and bright. He is a playful man and
everything a mother could imagine.

Gender: Male

Age: plays 18 to 21

Vocal range top: C5

Vocal range bottom: B2

Dan

Diana's husband. He is handsome and genuine. Though a constant in Diana's
tumultuous life, he has grown tired and weary of her antics.

Gender: Male

Vocal range top: B4

Vocal range bottom: Ab2

Natalie

Diana & Dan's troubled daughter. An accomplished pianist and hardworking
student, her struggles are exacerbated by her mother's behavior. She
greatly admires Henry.

Gender: Female

Vocal range top: G5

Vocal range bottom: G3

Henry

Natalie's classmate. The all-around musician, philosopher, and slacker. He
has an intoxicating capacity for sympathy and romance.

Gender: Male

Vocal range top: B4

Vocal range bottom: G#2

Dr. Madden

Diana's handsome psychiatrist. Quite assured in his practice and considered
somewhat of a rock star.

Gender: Male

Vocal range top: A4

Vocal range bottom: A2



NEXT TO NORMAL

Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International
(MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.com
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