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NEXT TO NORMAL
Music by Tom Kitt
Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
Directed by Colin Healy
APRIL 2-18, 2027
Fly North Theatricals presents Next To Normal, the Pulitzer Prize and three-time Tony award-winning rock musical about a suburban mother with bipolar disorder, her family, and their ever-shifting, unreliable reality. Experience what critics have called "more than a feel-good musical; it is a feel-everything musical" live and up close at Greenfinch, St. Louis' most intimate theater space. LIMITED ENGAGEMENT. 11 PERFORMANCES ONLY.
CREATIVE TEAM
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Bradley Rohlf
Bradley Rohlf is a multi-hyphenate theater artist and musician, and is the Managing Director of Fly North Theatricals. As a songwriter and recording artist, he has released two EPs under the moniker Another White Suburbanite, "AWS" (2011), and "Counter Culture" (2012). He began acting in plays and musicals across the metro region in 2013, and garnered a Best Performance Award nomination from Arts For Life for his portrayal of Mr. Bungee in "A New Brain" with Hawthorne Players in 2019. He has worked as a production manager and stage manager for most of FNT’s productions, including “The Gringo” (2018), “Madam” (2020), and “Caroline, Or Change” (2023). He directed FNT’s production of “Assassins” (2022) for which he was awarded “Outstanding Director of A Musical” by the St. Louis Theater Circle. He is a co-host of Overarching, and co-owner of Greenfinch Theatre & Dive.
DIRECTOR
Colin Healy
Colin Healy (he/him) is a dog-owner based in the city of St. Louis who is also a composer, music director, artistic director of Fly North Theatricals, co-host of the podcast Overarching and co-owner of Greenfinch Theater and Dive. Starting at age 15, as a touring singer/songwriter, Colin's work as a recording artist has received radio play nationwide and spans five full-length studio albums including We Are The Wild Things (2012), produced by Brian Viglione (Dresden Dolls) and recorded by The Republik at Adam Schlesinger (Fountains Of Wayne, Crybaby: The Musical) and James Iha's (Smashing Pumpkins) legendary Stratosphere Studios in NYC. His work as a composer includes 4 works of musical theatre: Forgottonia, The Gringo, Madam, and Big Machine. Madam has been nominated for a total of eight St. Louis Theatre Circle Awards and The Gringo was one of the headlining acts at the 2018 St. Louis Fringe and set the record for best-selling show in festival history. Healy has also served as the Artist-In-Residence at both St. Louis University (2020-21) and the Center Of Creative Arts (2022).