(AGES 18+ contains some explicit lyrics and content)

Theatrix Youtheatre Society is proud to present it's production of the cutting edge broadway shocker that swept the 2009 Tony awards and won the coveted 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Directed by: Deborah Solberg

Cast:

Elizabeth Cushnie - Diana Goodman

Dmitri Antos - Dan Goodman

Sevan Kochkarian - Natalie Goodman

Frankie Cena - Gabriel Goodman

Sheamus Collins - Henry

Shayn Solberg - Dr. Madden / Dr. Fine

Next to Normal is a rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. Its story concerns a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness has on her family. The musical also addresses such issues as grieving a loss, suicide, drug abuse, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life.

Next to Normal received several workshop performances before it debuted off-Broadway in 2008, winning the Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Score and receiving nominations for Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Actress (Alice Ripley) and Outstanding Score. After an Off-Broadway run, the show then played at the Arena Stage in its temporary venue in Arlington, Virginia from November 2008 to January 2009.

The musical opened on Broadway in April 2009. It was nominated for eleven 2009 Tony Awards and won three, Best Original Score, Best Orchestration and Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for Alice Ripley. It also won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, becoming just the eighth musical in history to receive the honor. The previous musical to win the Pulitzer was Rent, in 1996, which was also directed by Michael Greif. In awarding the prize to Kitt and Yorkey, the Pulitzer Board called the show "a powerful rock musical that grapples with mental illness in a suburban family and expands the scope of subject matter for musicals