Event

next to normal

Standing Room Only presents "next to normal" - the Tony Award winning, Pulitzer Prize winning, rock musical by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey.

January 23 through February 15, 2014

Obsidian Art Space - 3522 White Oak

Director - Michael Taylor
Musical Director - William Michael Luyties
Producer - John Lazo

Featuring:
Zach Braver - Doctor
Michael Chiavone - Henry
Tyler Galindo - Gabe
Derrien Kellum - Natalie
Rachel Landon - Diana
Brad Zimmerman - Dan

Synopsis

Diana Goodman, a suburban housewife, struggles through life as she battles mental demons in the form of bipolar disorder coupled with hallucinations that stem from a trauma sixteen years earlier. Her husband Dan, an architect, fights to keep her mind and his family stable but that fight becomes increasingly problematic as Diana decides to stop taking the pills given to her by her doctor. After several failed attempts to stem the tide by means of talk therapy with a different doctor, she eventually falls into an even darker place and attempts suicide. At the suggestion of her new doctor, Diana is convinced by her husband to submit to electroconvulsive therapy that causes her to have short-term amnesia. Throughout her struggles, Diana's relationship with her daughter Natalie becomes strained because Natalie feels invisible in the eyes of her mother, who prefers the superhero-like image she has created for her son.