WMTC Inc Announce Next to Normal for 2012

Williamstown Musical Theatre Company Inc is proud to announce our November 2012 season of next to normal.

Director - Shaun Kingma

Musical Director - Tyson Legg
9th -24th November 2012
Williamstown Mechanics Institute Theatre

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.

The musical won 2009 Tony Awards for Best Original Score, Best Orchestration and Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (for Alice Ripley).  The show was nominated for a total of 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. next to normal received several workshop performances before it debuted off-Broadway in 2008, winning the Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Score and receiving nominations for Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Actress (Alice Ripley) and Outstanding Score. It then opened on Broadway in April 2009.

2012 Subscription Tickets and Individual Production tickets will be available for purchase soon.