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Auditions: Saturday December 6 and Sunday December 7 at 2:00pm for Next to Normal

Auditions! Saturday, December 6 at 2PM and Sunday, December 7 at 2PM for Next to Normal!

Auditions for Next to Normal will be held at The Historic 1929 Lyric Theater. Performance dates are April 11-13 and April 17-19, 2026.  

Please register by clicking HERE to audition!

The Requirements

    • Only those auditioning may be present, unless the auditioner is a minor.
    • Ages 18 and up ONLY. (17 year olds may audition as long as they are 18 by performance dates)
    • A photo will be of great assistance to the director; a professional headshot is not necessary, just a photo to help the director remember everyone correctly.
    • Each auditioner will be required to sing the songs listed below, for the character they are auditioning for. We will ask you to sing once with no music, portraying the character and emotions to the best of your ability, and then again with the piano. Accompanist and sheet music will be provided.
    • If you want to be considered for more than one role, choose your top choice and perform that song. If you are called back, you will have an opportunity to sing for others. (Callback info listed below)
    • We have attached the sheet music with the cuts notated and a link to the rehearsal tracks from MTI HERE.

      Songs for each character for auditions:

      • Diana “I Miss the Mountains”
      • Gabe “I’m Alive”
      • Dan “I’ve Been”
      • Natalie “Superboy and the Invisible Girl”
      • Henry “Perfect for You”
      • Dr Fine/Madden “Make Up Your Mind”

Callback information is on the Registration page.

The Story

Next to Normal will be performed April 10-11 and April 17-18 at 7:00pm, Sunday April 12 and April 19, 2026 at 2:00PM.

Next to Normal, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness. Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Musical Score and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, Next to Normal was also chosen as “one of the year’s ten best shows” by critics around the country, including The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone and The New York Times.

Dad’s an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because the mother has been battling bipolar disorder for 16 years. Next to Normal takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family’s story with love, sympathy and heart.

Please register to audition at our ticketing page!

Thank you for supporting the Arts and good luck!

Next to Normal, April 10–11 & 17–18 at 7pm, April 12 & 19 at 2pm! #LiveAtTheLyric!

The Ozark Arts Council Presents:

Next to Normal

Friday–Saturday, April 10–11 & 17–18, 7:00PM
Sunday, April 12 & 19, 2:00PM

The Ozark Arts Council and NorthArk Drama present 3-time Tony Award-Winning Next to Normal performed at the Historic 1929 Lyric Theater April 10–11 and 17–18 at 7:00PM, April 12 and 19 at 2:00PM. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors (55+) and students, and $11 for children (11 and under), when bought in advance; prices rise $4 if purchased at the door—$19 for adults, $17 for seniors and students, and $15 for children. Tickets will be on sale soon!

Next to Normal, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness. Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Musical Score and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, Next to Normal was also chosen as “one of the year’s ten best shows” by critics around the country, including The Los AngelesTimes, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone and The New York Times.

Dad’s an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because the mother has been battling bipolar disorder for 16 years. Next to Normaltakes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family’s story with love, sympathy and heart.

This deeply moving piece of theatre provides a wonderful opportunity for performers to explore dramatic material and showcase vocal talents with an energetic pop/rock score. Next to Normal is an emotional powerhouse that addresses such issues as grieving a loss, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life and is ideal for community theatres, as well as colleges and regional theatre companies.

Join us at the Lyric for Next to Normal April 10–11 and 17–18 at 7:00PM, April 12 and 19 at 2:00PM. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors (55+) and students, and $11 for children (11 and under), when bought in advance; prices rise $3 if purchased at the door—$18 for adults, $16 for seniors and students, and $14 for children. #LiveAtTheLyric. When tickets go on sale, they will be available here at TheLyric.org or by clicking any “Get Tickets” link.

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Peter and the Starcatcher, June 12–13 & June 19–20 at 7pm, June 14 & 21 at 2pm! #LiveAtTheLyric!

The Ozark Arts Council Presents:

Peter and the Starcatcher

Friday–Saturday, June 12–13 & 19–20, 7:00PM
Sunday, Jun 14 & 21, 2:00PM

The Ozark Arts Council presents Peter and the Starcatcher performed at the Historic 1929 Lyric Theater June 12–13 and 19–20 at 7:00PM, June 14 and 21 at 2:00PM. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors (55+) and students, and $11 for children (11 and under), when bought in advance; prices rise $4 if purchased at the door—$19 for adults, $17 for seniors and students, and $15 for children. Tickets will be on sale soon!

Tony-nominated Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. Peter Pan). A wildly theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s best-selling novels, the play was conceived for the stage by directors Roger Rees and Alex Timbers and written by Rick Elice with music by Wayne Barker. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair and the bonds of friendship, duty, and love.

A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing of the mysterious trunk in the captain’s cabin, containing a precious, otherworldly cargo. At sea, the boys are discovered by a precocious young girl named Molly, a Starcatcher-in-training, who realizes that the trunk’s precious cargo is starstuff, a celestial substance so powerful it must never fall into the wrong hands. When the ship is taken over by pirates – led by the fearsome Black Stache, a villain determined to claim the trunk and its treasure for his own – the journey quickly becomes a thrilling adventure.

Join us for Peter and the Starcatcher performed at the Historic 1929 Lyric Theater June 12–13 and 19–20 at 7:00PM, June 14 and 21 at 2:00PM. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors (55+) and students, and $11 for children (11 and under), when bought in advance; prices rise $3 if purchased at the door—$18 for adults, $16 for seniors and students, and $14 for children. TICKETS ON SALE SOON! #LiveAtTheLyric. When tickets are available, they will be here at TheLyric.org or by clicking any “Get Tickets” link.

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Comedy & Dinner Theatre: The Christmas Tree Farm! Twelve Oaks Estate, October at 6:00pm and October 27, 2024 at 1:00pm

The Ozark Arts Council Presents:
The Christmas Tree Farm

Thursday December 11, 6:00pm 
with charcuterie and dessert preceding
Friday–Saturday, December 12–13, 6:00PM
with a full dinner preceding
Saturday–Sunday, December 13–14, 1:00PM
with brunch preceding

The Christmas Tree Farm will be performed at Twelve Oaks Estate on December 11 at 6:00PM (preceded by charcuterie and dessert), Friday–Saturday December 12–13 at 6:00pm (preceded by a full dinner), and Saturday–Sunday December 13–14 at 1:00PM (preceded by brunch). Please note: there are 2 performances on Saturday at 1:00pm (for brunch) and 6:00pm (for dinner).

Tickets: $50 – dinner; $40 – brunch; $30 – charcuterie/dessert. Tickets will be on sale soon!

“Isn’t it nice when something delivers precisely on what it promises? THE CHRISTMAS TREE FARM … is just such a considerate holiday present. An 80-minute rom-com full of meet-cutes and holiday charm, the play is a yummy Christmas cookie of a holiday show. The play is fun and often adorable, but that is not to call it trivial or without substance: this is by no means a plot rolled off the Hallmark Channel assembly line. Instead, playwright Adam Szymkowicz turns a warm, thoughtful eye on the people, relationships, and unavoidable tensions that weave themselves through a local tree farm.” ⁠—⁠NJ.com

A series of vignettes, mostly love stories, all take place at a Christmas tree farm owned by the narrator. From breakups to breakdowns, meet cutes to maybe too many Santas, this holiday play about love and joy will help put you in that holly jolly spirit while you get to feast on the delicious delights of Twelve Oaks dining.

The Christmas Tree Farm will be performed at Twelve Oaks Estate on December 11 at 6:00PM (preceded by charcuterie and dessert), Friday–Saturday December 12–13 at 6:00pm (preceded by a full dinner), and Saturday–Sunday December 13–14 at 1:00PM (preceded by brunch). Please note: there are 2 performances on Saturday at 1:00pm (for brunch) and 6:00pm (for dinner). Tickets on sale in November.

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Our Town, November 14–15 & November 21–22 at 7pm, November 16 & 23 at 2pm! #LiveAtTheLyric!

The Ozark Arts Council Presents:

Our Town

Friday–Saturday, November 14–15 & 21–22, 7:00PM
Sunday, November 16 & 23, 2:00PM

The Ozark Arts Council and NorthArk Drama present Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, live at The Historic 1929 Lyric Theater November 14-15 and 21-22 at 7:00pm, November 16 and 23 at 2:00pm. Tickets are available at TheLyric.org and are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors (55+) and students, and $11 for children (12 and under), when bought in advance; prices rise $4 if purchased at the door.

Described by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written,” Our Town is not merely a play; it is a devastating mediation on the swiftness of life itself. Presented in three acts, “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage,” and “Death and Eternity,” the small town of Grover’s Corners unfolds under the watchful Stage Manager (Myles Gilbert). Performed with minimal props and sets, the play strips bare the spectacle and forces us to look beyond and straight into the aching heart of existence. Our Town depicts the simple daily lives of the local newspaper editor, Mr. Webb (Matt Hamblin), his wife, Myrtle (Kathern Scott), and their children Emily (Wynn Mahoney and Valeria Carbajal) and Wally (George Fancher); and Dr. Gibbs (Michael Mahoney), his wife, Julia (Mary Beth Anderson), and their children, George (Wesley Gilbert and Oliver Bemis) and Rebecca (Emma Braswell). As the children grow up, fall in love, marry, and eventually – in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre – die, we see the minutiae of their daily lives and the lives of the townsfolk, the comfort and joy of simple routine. 
 
The beautiful and sleepy town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire is brought to life by many others—Joe and Si Crowell (Hayleigh Rodery and Mattison Fay), the Constable (Shawn Aiden Nicks), Howie, the milkman (Bailey Kolb), Professor Willard (Landyn Gilbert), and choir director Simon Stimson (Brooks Cheek). Surrounded by a full cast who embody the full spectrum of living and lived, (Kayla Long, Jayden Bradshaw, Madison Tucker, Lena Harris, Ellie Jones, Jake Fancher, Johnny Phillips, Rachel Hayes, Jaxon Marcum, Chasity Price, Juni Salsman, Trinity Scott), we are transported to both the mundanity of ordinary life and the beauty of that same daily life.
 
At the play’s shattering peak, Emily cries out for us to recognize the glorious moments that we take for granted and asks us to see the true treasures of life, from the taste of coffee to the sight of a loving parent—”oh earth, you’re too wonderful for anybody to realize you.” Join us as we explore glorious, precious, ordinary life at the Lyric Theater for Our Town, November 14-15 and 21-22 at 7:00pm, November 16 and 23 at 2:00pm. Tickets are available at TheLyric.org and are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors (55+) and students, and $11 for children (12 and under), when bought in advance; prices rise $4 if purchased at the door.

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