*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@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@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