Elmwood Playhouse announces open auditions for:
NEXT TO NORMAL
The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize Winning Musical
On Monday, February 22 and Wednesday, February 24, 2016 @ 7.30pm
At Elmwood Playhouse 10 Park Street, Nyack NY
Elmwood Playhouse will hold open auditions for their upcoming production of
Next to Normal
Music by Tom Kitt
Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
February 22nd and 24th at 7.30pm
This is a non-equity, non-paid production
Debra Lee Failla – Director
Tony Bellomy – Music Director
"Next to Normal," a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical and emotional powerhouse about a family trying to care for each other and survive with their spirit intact, while dealing with the pain that cripples their family at its core. The story concerns a mother, Diana, a suburban housewife who struggles with a worsening bipolar disorder. This, coupled with hallucinations that stem from a trauma sixteen years earlier, and the intense rounds of psychotherapy she must undergo, affects her compassionate but frustrated husband, Dan, and their alienated daughter Natalie, both of whom suffer by comparison to the superhero image she has created for her son Gabe.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: Please prepare 32 bars of a song to perform (it can be from the show), with sheet music in the appropriate key.
Audition Dates: Monday Feb 22nd 7.30pm and Wednesday Feb 24th 7.30pm
Callbacks, if needed, will be: Sunday February 28th at 6pm.
Audition/Theatre Location: Elmwood Playhouse 10 Park Street, Nyack NY
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE: March 6 – May 12th. 4 days a week. 3 weeknight rehearsals and rehearsals on Sundays (afternoon and evening sessions).
PERFORMANCE DATES**:
May 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29
June 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11
**Additional benefit performance dates may be added.
For more information: Contact director Debra Failla at deb.failla@gmail.com
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
Diana: 30’S-40’S - a sexy and sharp housewife, who is a bi-polar depressive with delusional episodes who’s been on medication for 16 years. Seeking a strong singer/actress who can cover the full emotional range that this role requires, including a crucial and deadly sense of humor. Vocal Range (belt/mix to an E).
Dan: 30’s -40’s - Diana’s husband and the father to Gabe and Natalie. An architect, he is handsome and genuine. He provides a non-ending support for his family as he fights to keep his wife’s mind and illness stable. Though a constant in Diana’s tumultuous life, he has grown tired and weary. Vocal range (high baritone/tenor to A).
Gabe: stage age 18 – Diana and Dan’s son. Dashing, brilliant and playful and everything a mother could want in a son. Vocal range (rock tenor to a B with a falsetto & comfortable mix).
Natalie: stage age 16 – Diana and Dan’s daughter. Attractive in her own way, bright, contentious and trying to be perfect. An accomplished pianist and hardworking student, her struggles are exacerbated by her mother’s behavior. Vocal range (belt/mix to an E).
Henry – stage age 17 – jazz musician, romantic, stoner, slacker, philosopher king. A classmate of Natalie and eventually her boyfriend, he supports her during one of the roughest times in her life. Vocal range (high baritone/tenor to an A).
Dr. Madden/Doctor Fine – Male – late 30’s to 50’s. Diana’s doctors. As Dr. Madden he is assured, charismatic, a rock star of psychiatry, on the young side of ageless. Vocal range (high baritone/tenor to A with a rock sound).
For more information about Elmwood Playhouse including our current production and upcoming auditions, please visit the Elmwood Playhouse website at http://elmwoodplayhouse.com. You can also find Elmwood Playhouse on Facebook and Twitter.
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