A toy figurine of a woman with curly hair, wearing purple pants, a floral top, and a green jacket, standing on a wooden surface, with some pills scattered around her and a colorful house in the blurred background.

MAY 30TH-JUNE 30TH

NEXT TO NORMAL

BY BRIAN YORKEY AND TOM KITT
DIRECTED BY PASCALE FLORESTAL
MUSIC DIRECTED BY KATIE BICKFORD

This collaboration will catapult audiences inside the minds and hearts of each member of this Black family addressing loss and suburban life with love, heart, and soul.

Dad’s an architect. Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal. Their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens. A typical American family. Except Mom’s been battling bipolar disorder for 16 years. With Front Porch Arts Collective (Ain’t Misbehavin), we bring you the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning, energetic pop-rock musical through the lens of a Black upper middle class family. Experience this emotional powerhouse at the intersection of mental health and race, gender and class.

Summary

Writer: Brian Yorkey
Composer: Tom Kitt
Director: Pascale Florestal
Produced by: Front Porch Arts Collective with Central Square Theatre
Voice and MD: Katie Bickford
Scenic Designer: Erik D. Diaz
Costume Designer: Kiara Escalera
Lighting Designer: Michael Clark Wonson
Associate Lighting Designer: Emily Bearce
Sound Designer: James Cannon
Intimacy Director: Sean Patrick Gibbons"
Stage Manager: Deirdre Benson*
Assistant SM: Athéna-Gwendolyn Baptiste*
Props Designer: Lauren Corcuera

Cast & Creative Team

Portrait of a young woman with a smile, dark hair pulled back, wearing a dark top, against a plain background.
A young man with short curly black hair and a serious expression, wearing a light blue denim shirt, posed against a plain background.

Cortlandt Barrett
Natalie

Diego Cintrón
Gabe

Portrait of a man with curly brown hair and facial hair, wearing a black shirt, against a dark background.
Portrait of a man with curly brown hair and facial hair, wearing a black shirt, against a dark background.
A woman with curly dark hair, light skin, green eyes, wearing red lipstick and pearl earrings, smiling at the camera.
A woman with curly dark hair, light skin, green eyes, wearing red lipstick and pearl earrings, smiling at the camera.

Ricardo “Ricky” Holguin*
Dr. Madden & Fine

Sherée Marcelle
Diana

Close-up portrait of a young man with short hair, wearing a dark maroon sweater, looking directly at the camera with a slight smile, against a dark background.
Close-up portrait of a young man with short hair, wearing a dark maroon sweater, looking directly at the camera with a slight smile, against a dark background.
Close-up portrait of a man with a shaved head, light skin, and facial hair, wearing a brown jacket and an olive-green shirt against a plain light gray background.
Close-up portrait of a man with a shaved head, light skin, and facial hair, wearing a brown jacket and an olive-green shirt against a plain light gray background.

Anthony Pires, Jr.*
Dan

Dashawn McClinton
Henry

A Co-Production with Central Square Theatre and Front Porch Arts.

May 30th - June 30th, 2024 (extended!)

SHOW DATES

Central Square Theater
450 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139

LOCATION