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Carrnivale Theatrics to Present Pittsburgh Premiere of NEXT TO NORMAL

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Carrnivale Theatrics, founded by Artistic Director Justin Fortunato and Music Director Robert Neumeyer in 2009, has enjoyed three years of critically acclaimed productions at the New Hazlett Theater (Sweeney Todd 2009, Ragtime 2010 and Into The Woods 2011).

In addition to the companys affiliation with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation for whom they have raised over $25,000.00 for, they will also be engaging in a partnership with the Nation Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) to sponsor panel discussions focusing on many of the issues presented in the show such as drug addiction, bi-polar dissorder and dealing with the grieving process.

Auditions for Next to Normal will be held March 26,27 at the Pittsburgh CLO Academy. Information may be found at http://www.actorsequity.org/CastingCall/browse_notice.asp?NoticeID=27841&NoticeType=1.

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