James Cannon, he/him (Sound Designer) is a freelance audio engineer, sound designer, composer, and music producer based in Watertown, MA. He is thrilled to be working on Next to Normal! In recent years, his work has been heard at The Umbrella Stage Company, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Greater Boston Stage Company, Fresh Ink Theater Company, Moonbox Productions, Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music, Wellesley Theater Project, The Hovey Players, Boston Arts Academy, and many more on productions of all sizes.

Lauren Corcuera, she/her (Properties Designer) is a Boston-area theater technician, primarily working with props. Past Central Square credits: Next to Normal, Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Select prop credits include: the Cake, the Treasurer, the Last Five Years, Mr. Parent, the Light, Fabulation…of Undine, Preludes, Rooted, Assassins, Thirst (Lyric Stage Boston), Barefoot in the Park, Tiny Beautiful Things, Seared, Grand Horizons (Gloucester Stage), Winter’s Tale, As You Like It (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Pippin, Oklahoma! (Reagle Music Theater), Chicken and Biscuits (Front Porch Arts Collective). Lauren is currently the assistant prop director at Emerson College.

Michael Clark Wonson, he/him (Lighting Designer) has worked in the United States and abroad for the past 25 years,  Highlights include designs for The Bar Girl of Jamaica in Jamaica, Boston Lyric Opera, Cumberland County Playhouse in Tennessee, Southern Methodist University School of Theatre, Dance and Opera, New Bedford Festival Theater, The Lyric Stage Company, Eastern Slope Playhouse, Deertrees Theater, The Five Colleges MFA and faculty dance department of western Massachusetts, Boston Conservatory, Seacoast Repertory Theatre in Portsmouth NH, Providence College dept of dance and theater, and the Courthouse Center for the Arts in Kingston, Rhode Island. His designs have received IRNE, Broadway World Boston, EMACT, MOSS HART, Massachusetts assets for Artist Grant, Kennedy Center, and Elliot Norton awards. He also designs full theatrical lighting systems and overseas their installation.  Michael is excited to make his Central Square Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts debut!

Octavia Reohr, she/her (Scenic Assistant) is thrilled to be working on this production of Next to Normal. Her passion for theatre has given her opportunities to work as an actor as well as in production. She recently wrote, directed, and performed in her own sketch comedy show Props with Legs. Recent onstage credits include Jo March (Little Women), Dr. Jekyll/Mr.Hyde (Chemical Imbalance), Adult Kate (Make Believe), Maria (Twelfth Night: The Musical), and Montebank Wolfe (The Thaumatrope Game). Recent design credits include Assistant Scenic Design for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (New London Barn Playhouse) and Lighting Design for Much Ado About Nothing (King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe). Octavia is studying Drama at NYU.