THE PULITZER PRIZE AND TONY AWARD-WINNING PLAT AT THE ELLIE CAULKINS
JANUARY 4-16, 2011

DENVER — The startling new musical NEXT TO NORMAL, winner of the 2010
Pulitzer Prize for Drama, will start the Denver Center Attractions 2011 season on an
dramatic high note, playing the Ellie Caulkins Opera House January 4–16. Denver
audiences will have the privilege of seeing Alice Ripley reprise the role she created on
Broadway, for which she won the 2009 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Single
tickets go on sale Sunday, November 28 at www.denvercenter.org or by phone and
walk-up Monday, November 29 at 10am.

Alice Ripley, winner of the 2009 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for NEXT TO
NORMAL, will reprise her acclaimed performance in the musical’s engagement in Denver.
NEXT TO NORMAL also features Asa Somers (Dan), Curt Hansen (Gabe), Emma
Hunton (Natalie), Jeremy Kushnier (Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine) and Preston Sadleir (Henry).
Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and three 2009 Tony Awards – Best Score,
Best Actress in a Musical, and Best Orchestrations – NEXT TO NORMAL features music
by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, and direction by Michael Greif. With a
thrilling contemporary score, NEXT TO NORMAL is an emotional powerhouse of a
musical about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other.


NEXT TO NORMAL was chosen as “one of the year’s ten best” by The New York Times,
The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Time Out New York, New York Daily News, The
Bergen Record, and NY1 – more than any other musical from that season.

Single tickets for NEXT TO NORMAL start at just $20. To charge by phone, call
Denver Center Ticket Services at 303.893.4100. TTY (for Deaf and hard-of-hearing
patrons): 303.893.9582. Groups of 15 or more, please call 303.446.4829. Tickets may also
be purchased at the Denver Center Ticket Office, located at the Helen Bonfils Theatre
Complex Lobby. Buy and print online at www.denvercenter.org.

NEXT TO NORMAL is part of the Denver Center Attractions 2011 season, which is
generously supported by United Airlines and Vectra Bank. Media sponsorship for DCA is
provided by The Denver Post, CBS4 and Denver Magazine. The Denver Center for the
Performing Arts is supported in part by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. Please
visit our website at www.denvercenter.org.

For more information on NEXT TO NORMAL, visit http://www.nexttonormal.com/

PERFORMANCE DATES January 4-16

Tuesday– Sunday 8pm

Saturday & Sunday 2pm