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Join our community of passionate artists. Check below for upcoming casting calls and audition requirements.
Season Casting Calls
Directed by Patrick Michael Kelly
Music Director – Janet Hopkins
Choreographer – Erin Bailey
Roles Available: ALL roles are open, none are precast, and everyone is encouraged to audition. Age ranges are flexible. Actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to audition.
Performance Dates: March 12 - 27, 2027, 2027 at Cottingham Theatre.
Callbacks: invitation only
Synopsis: Next to Normal is the story of Diana Goodman and her family. Traumatized by the death of her infant son from an undiagnosed intestinal obstruction, Diana has lived with bipolar affective disorder, experiencing episodes of depression and delusional beliefs for the past seventeen years. The illness has affected everyone in her life and has nearly torn her family apart on several occasions. With subject matter rendered achingly recognizable by Brian Yorkey and a dynamic, energetic pop-rock score by Tom Kitt, Next to Normal enables a small group of actors to showcase powerhouse vocals while exploring pressing contemporary issues of trauma, loss, mental health treatment and the meaning of family.
There is no need to bring a headshot or an acting resume. If you have any previous experience you may include it on your audition form, though no experience is required.
Please prepare 16 bars or :30 to :60 seconds of a contemporary musical theatre song. Please bring a karaoke track (with no vocals). No sheet music and no a capella auditions please.
Diana - Playing Age: 36–50 | Vocal Range: G3 – F#5 - A sharp, intelligent woman battling Bipolar disorder and unresolved grief following the loss of her infant son. Diana struggles to balance reality with the emotional pull of the past, often feeling trapped between medication, memory and identity. Fiercely loving yet emotionally fractured, she longs to reclaim agency over her life and define what “normal” truly means.
Gabe - Playing Age: 18 | Vocal Range: B2 – C5 - The charismatic, magnetic embodiment of the Goodman family's unresolved grief. Though charming and playful, Gabe represents Diana's inability to let go of the past and the emotional wounds haunting the entire family. He is both comforting and dangerous — a constant reminder of what has been lost.
Dan - Playing Age: 36–50 | Vocal Range: Ab2 – B4 - A devoted husband and father who has spent sixteen years trying to hold his family together through optimism and routine. Practical, dependable and deeply caring, Dan avoids confronting his own grief in an attempt to fix everything around him. Beneath his calm exterior lies a man terrified of losing the family he has worked so hard to protect.
Natalie - Playing Age: 16 | Vocal Range: G3 – G5 - A high-achieving pianist desperate for control in a household defined by chaos. Intelligent, cynical and emotionally guarded, Natalie feels invisible within her family and struggles under the pressure of perfectionism. As she begins to rebel against the life around her, she searches for connection, identity and stability of her own.
Henry - Playing Age: 17 | Vocal Range: G#2 – B4 - A laid-back, thoughtful musician who becomes Natalie's emotional anchor. Warm, patient and quietly perceptive, Henry offers honesty and compassion in contrast to the tension within the Goodman household. Beneath his easy-going nature is a young man capable of deep empathy and unwavering support.
Dr. Madden / Dr. Fine / Anesthesiologist - Playing Age: 35–50 | Vocal Range: A2 – A4 -Diana's psychiatrists, often portrayed by the same actor. Dr. Fine is clinical, methodical and focused on medication management, while Dr. Madden represents a more intense and invasive approach to treatment. Together, they reflect the complexities, limitations and ethical challenges of modern mental health care.
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