Brian Yorkey
librettist, lyricist
Tom Kitt
composer, orchestrator
Michael Greif
director
and the rest of
the N2N team
& the off-Broadway team
[to be updated]
MICHAEL GREIF:
"What has always attracted me to Next to Normal was how I felt the music—and how each character’s individual musicality perfectly expressed their emotional state. The stylistic leap to a heightened form of expression—singing—is beautifully justified. These characters are written with real intelligence and complexity, and I truly appreciate intelligent, complex musicals."
TOM KITT & BRIAN YORKEY:
"Next to Normal represents the kind of piece we always aspired to create. While mental illness is a subject matter that may not be an obvious choice for a musical, anyone dealing with this terrible affliction knows that it takes you to extreme places of emotion, the kind of emotions one would sing about in a musical. And through this form, we have been blessed to be a part of creating something new and original with its own voice and its own power about something we have all dealt with in some way."
BRIAN YORKEY (Librettist/Lyricist).
Theater writing: Making Tracks (lyrics/co-book), which has played Off-Broadway and regionally; the musical adaptation of Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet (book/lyrics); the new country musical Play It By Heart (book). Film and TV writing: Time After Time, in development at Universal; "Sluts" for Lion's Gate; and co-creation of "Bears," a new series for the Logo Network. Stage directing: Off-Broadway, regional, seven years as Associate Artistic Director at Village Theatre in Washington state. Member of Dramatists Guild and WGA.
TOM KITT (Composer/Orchestrations)
received the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Score for Next to Normal. Mr. Kitt is currently the Musical Director for 13 the Musical on Broadway. Mr. Kitt received the wrote the music for Broadway's High Fidelity and his work has also been heard in the film The Two Ninas, on the TV show "Dawson's Creek" and on the original recordings I'm Not Waiting (Julia Murney) and Find Me (The Tom Kitt Band), among others. He has worked extensively as a musical director, orchestrator and conductor on many shows including Laugh Whore, Urban Cowboy, and Debbie Does Dallas. Upcoming production: The Untitled Punk Project. More at: The Tom Kitt Band, MySpace, 13 the Musical
MICHAEL GREIF (Director)
A two-time Tony nominee, Mr. Greif directed the off-Broadway premiere of Next to Normal (Second Stage Theatre). Currently, he is directing Boys' Life, also at Second Stage.
Last year, he directed Romeo and Juliet at NYSF's Delacorte Theater in Central Park. He was nominated for a Tony Award for the Broadway production of Grey Gardens, and both Drama Desk and Outer Critic Circle awards for the Grey Gardens world premiere (Playwrights Horizons). Broadway: Jonathan Larson's RENT (Tony nomination); Never Gonna Dance. Recent: Courtney Baron's A Very Common Procedure (MCC), Diana Son's Satellites (Public), John Guare's Landscape of the Body (Signature), Noah Haidle's Mr. Marmalade (Roundabout), Nilo Cruz's Beauty of the Father (MTC).
NYSF: Suzan-Lori Parks' Fucking A, Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters (Obie Award), Jose Rivera's Marisol, Pericles, Connie Congdon's Casanova, Tony Kushner's A Bright Room Called Day, Sophie Treadwell's Machinal (Obie Award). NYTW (Artistic Associate): Kate Ryan's adaptation of Cavedweller; Paul Scott Goodman's Bright Lights, Big City; Rent (Obie Award). Other Off-Broadway: Neal Bell's Spatter Pattern (Playwrights Horizons), LaBute's The Distance From Here (MCC), Betty Rules (Zipper), Guare's A Few Stout Individuals (Signature), Bell's Monster (CSC).
Selected regional: La Jolla Playhouse (Artistic Director 1995-1999): Our Town, Sweet Bird of Youth, Diana Son's Boy, Randy Newman's Faust (also Goodman). Kushner's Slavs (also Taper), Bell's Therese Raquin. Williamstown: Kaufman and Hart's Once in a Lifetime, Rice's Street Scene, Coward's Tonight at 8:30, Chekhov's The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard.
Next to Normal
is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, public
funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs,
and is a recipient of the Edgerton Foundation New Plays Award.
Developed at Village Theatre, Issaquah, WA (Robb Hunt,
Executive Producer; Steve Tomkins, Artistic Director)
An earlier version was presented at the 2005
New York Music Theatre Festival.
Support for the development of Next to Normal was
provided by the Jonathan Larson Foundation.
BROADWAY TEAM
Mar. 21 - open
[full list to be added]
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Phillip J. Smith: Chairman; Robert E. Wankel: President)
Produced by David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo and Second Stage Theatre
Written by Brian Yorkey; Music by Tom Kitt; Lyrics by Brian Yorkey; Musical Director: Charlie Alterman; Music orchestrated by Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt; Vocal arrangements by AnnMarie Milazzo
Directed by Michael Grief; Musical Staging by Sergio Trujillo
Scenic Design by Mark Wendland; Costume Design by Jeff Mahshie; Lighting Design by Kevin Adams; Sound Design by Brian Ronan
ARENA STAGE production credits
Creative Team
Musical Staging..... Sergio A. Trujillo
Set Design..... Mark Wendland
Costume Design..... Jeff Mahshie
Lighting Design..... Kevin Adams
Sound Design..... Brian Ronan
Music Director..... Charlie Alterman
Orchestrations..... Michael Starobin, Tom Kitt
Drums & addl. percussion arrangements..... Damien Bassman
Vocal Arrangements..... AnnMarie Milazzo
Casting..... Telsey + Company, Daniel Pruksarnukul
Production Stage Manager..... Judith Schoenfeld
Assistant Stage Managers..... Kurt Hall and Kathryn L. McKee
their bios are here
SECOND STAGE's N2N TEAM
Jan. 16 - Mar. 16, 2008, Off-Broadway
N2N at MYSPACE
COREY BOARDMAN, KEVIN KERN, JESSICAL PHILLIPS, MORGAN WEED..... Understudies
MARY-MITCHELL CAMPBELL... Musical Director, Conductor, and Piano
MICHAEL AARONS..... Guitar; additional guitar arrangements
DAMIEN BASSMAN..... Drums/Percussion; additional drum/perc. arrangements
CHRISTIAN HEBEL..... Violin/Keyboard
RANDY LANDAU..... Bass
TED MOOK..... Cello
SERGIO TRUJILLO..... Musical Staging
MICHAEL STAROBIN, TOM KITT..... Orchestrations
ANNMARIE MILAZZO..... Vocal Arrangements
MICHAEL KELLER..... Music Coordinator
MARK WENDLAND..... Set Design
JEFF MAHSHIE..... Costume Design
KEVIN ADAMS..... Lighting Design
BRIAN RONAN..... Sound Design
JUDITH SCHOENFELD..... Production Stage Manager
LORI ANN ZEPP..... Assistant Stage Manager
TELSEY + COMPANY..... Casting
BARLOW; HARTMAN..... Press (Michael Hartman, Tom D'Ambrosio, Michelle Bergmann)
CHRISTOPHER BURNEY..... Associate Artistic Director
JEFF WILD..... Production Manager
NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL
SECOND STAGE THEATRE..... Producer
CAROLE ROTHMAN..... Second Stage Artistic Director
ELLEN RICHARD..... Second Stage Executive Director
THEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND..... Supporter
ANTHONY RAPP..... Assistant Director
JADE KING CARROLL..... Van Lier Assistant Director
DONTEE KIEHN..... Assistant Choreographer
LAURA PIETROPINTO..... Assistant to the Creative Team
KATHRYN McKEE, SALLY SIBSON..... Production Assistants
JOHN TEES..... Production Electrician
MARK HUANG..... Audio Master
LAUREN ALVAREZ..... Assistant Set Designer
KYLE LaCOLLA..... Associate Costume Designer
ANTONIA FORD-ROBERTS..... Assistant Costume Designer
JOEL E. SILVER..... Assistant Lighting Designer
DAVID STOLLINGS..... Assistant Sound Designer
PEA-JAE STASUK..... Sound Engineer
JOHN ELROD..... Deck Audio
SUSAN BARRAS..... Props Master
MEREDITH RIES..... Assistant Props Master
JOAN MARCUS..... Photographer
ASHLEY FARRA..... Wardrobe Supervisor
LISA PRICE..... Dresser
ROBERT BOYLE, BRYAN McGUCKIN, MARKUS PAMINGER... Deck
Carpenters
LEAH STEGEAN..... Light Board Operator
EVAN LOUISON..... Follow Spot Operator
JULIE McBRIDE..... Assistant Music Director
EMILY GRISHMAN..... Music Copying; Music Preparation
KATHERINE EDMONDS..... Music Preparation
contact: lisa.k@nexttonormal.org
