<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;text-indent:0in">*Audition Notice*</span><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">NEXT TO NORMAL</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Director: Joe Fath</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">*Audition
information*</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">This is a community
theater production. All are welcome to attend auditions. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Roles: All roles
are open with no restrictions for casting. Details for roles provided below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">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 <a href="mailto:lythouse2018@gmail.com">lythouse2018@gmail.com</a>
with your name as the subject. Walk-in auditions are welcome and appointments
recommended.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Call-Backs:
09/23/19 and/or 09/24/19 from 6-8pm<br>
Audition requirements—Dress to move and please prepare: <br>
1 one-minute monologue with movement (Drama/Dark Comedy preferred)<br>
2 songs with movement as described below:<br>
Song 1 – 16 bars of performer’s choice, no specific requirement<br>
Song 2 – 16 bars prepared from NEXT TO NORMAL</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Accompanist will be
provided. Please provide sheet music for your audition.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">*Additional
information*</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">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. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">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)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">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.<br>
If you have questions or if you cannot attend auditions (send a resume, head
shot, and video audition) email <a href="mailto:lythouse2018@gmail.com">lythouse2018@gmail.com</a> with your name as the
subject.<br>
**Note: All actors under age 18 will require parental consent to perform if
cast.<br>
Produced by LytHouse, LLC in collaboration with Lake Erie College</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Show information
and synopsis: <i>Next to Normal</i>, 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,<i> Next to Normal</i> was
also chosen as "one of the year's ten best shows" by critics around
the country, including <i>The Los Angeles Times</i>, <i>The
Washington Post</i>, <i>Rolling Stone</i> and <i>The New York
Times</i>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">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.<b> </b><i>Next to Normal </i>takes audiences into
the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family's story with
love, sympathy and heart.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">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. <i>Next
to Normal</i> 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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Character
breakdowns: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Diana</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Gender: Female</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Vocal range top:
F#5</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Vocal range bottom:
G3</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Gabe</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Diana & Dan's
son. Dashing, athletic, and bright. He is a playful man and everything a mother
could imagine.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Gender: Male</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Age: plays 18 to 21</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Vocal range top: C5</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Vocal range bottom:
B2</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Dan</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Gender: Male</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Vocal range top: B4</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Vocal range bottom:
Ab2</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Natalie</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Diana & Dan's
troubled daughter. An accomplished pianist and hardworking student, her
struggles are exacerbated by her mother's behavior. She greatly admires Henry.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Gender: Female</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Vocal range top: G5</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Vocal range bottom:
G3</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Henry</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Natalie's
classmate. The all-around musician, philosopher, and slacker. He has an
intoxicating capacity for sympathy and romance.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Gender: Male</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Vocal range top: B4</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Vocal range bottom:
G#2</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Dr. Madden</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Diana's handsome
psychiatrist. Quite assured in his practice and considered somewhat of a rock
star.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Gender: Male</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Vocal range top: A4</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Vocal range bottom:
A2</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">NEXT TO NORMAL </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Is presented
through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All
authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. <a href="http://www.mtishows.com">www.mtishows.com</a></span><span style="line-height:200%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:200%"> </span></p></div>