{"id":45430,"date":"2024-02-06T11:52:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T16:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=45430"},"modified":"2024-02-06T11:52:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T16:52:20","slug":"next-to-normal","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/calendar\/next-to-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"Next to Normal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEXT TO NORMAL:<\/strong> Presented in the MainStage Theatre at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at WCSU, &#8220;Next to Normal&#8221; runs February 23 &#8211; March 3, 2024. Get tickets at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/next-to-normal-tickets-642436945197?aff=ebdsoporgprofile\">www.eventbrite.com\/e\/next-to-normal-tickets-642436945197<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Music by Tom Kitt<br \/>\nBook &amp; Lyrics by Brian Yorkey<br \/>\nDirector: Justin P. Cowan<\/p>\n<p>About the Show:<br \/>\nA family determined to balance sanity and happiness against the gale force winds of mental illness finds strength in their commitment to love each other through their pain. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this groundbreaking musical is an insightful and deeply moving look at a modern family, all while raising the rafters with its Tony Award-winning score.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Next to Normal&#8221; contains themes of mental illness, self-harm, and adult language.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that this show is double cast, please see the performance schedule below:<br \/>\nCast Zyprexa performs Friday, Feb. 23; Sunday, Feb. 25; and Saturday, March 2 (2 &amp; 8 p.m.). Cast Zyprexa features Amy Mandelbaum as Diana, Jackson Tubis as Dan, Cara Leahy as Natalie, Antonio Porciello as Gabriel, Jacob Erdody as Henry and Blessett Anderson as Dr. Madden<\/p>\n<p>Cast Latuda performs Saturday, Feb. 24 (2 and 8 p.m.), Friday, March 1, and Sunday, March 3. Cast Latuda features Imani Smith as Diana, Carlos Perez as Dan, Yazmin DeJesus as Natalie, Elio Perez-Wilson as Gabriel, Zachary Spreng as Henry and Katie Geniuch as Dr. Madden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEXT TO NORMAL: Presented in the MainStage Theatre at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at WCSU, &#8220;Next to Normal&#8221; runs February 23 &#8211; March 3, 2024. Get tickets at www.eventbrite.com\/e\/next-to-normal-tickets-642436945197. Music by Tom Kitt Book &amp; Lyrics by Brian &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":366,"featured_media":45434,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","wds_primary_tribe_events_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[375,398,55,399],"tribe_events_cat":[54],"class_list":["post-45430","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-live-performance","tag-svpa","tag-theatre-arts","tag-vpac","tribe_events_cat-theater","cat_theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/45430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/45430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45430"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=45430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}