NICOLET HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT EATING DISORDERS

Nicolet High School is raising awareness about eating disorders, body image, mental health, and the importance of stress management by presenting Normal The Musical May 10-12. 

Normal The Musical, a 75-minute upbeat rock musical based on Yvonne Adrian's true story about her daughter's 5-year battle with anorexia, was produced in 2005 in New York City where it won the Jonathan Larson Award. 

All performances of Normal The Musical are free and will include discussions facilitated by Sandy Blaies, the Clinical Director of the Eating Disorders Unit at Aurora Psychiatric Hospital, her staff, and people in recovery. 

Show times are May 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m., and May 12 at 2 p.m. in the Community Room at Nicolet High School, 6701 N. Jean Nicolet Rd., Glendale. For tickets, contact Jennifer Tomlin at (414) 351-8171 or jennifer_tomlin@nicolet.k12.wi.us. 

This is the second of the school’s two powerful arts-based presentations about eating disorders. On April 24, the school hosted ED (Eating Disorders) 101, a free 60-minute seminar to train parents, school leaders, and educators about eating disorders, proper intervention strategies, and evidence-based treatment and resource options. 

ED 101 featured a short documentary film, ED 101, followed by discussions with two leaders in the field of eating disorders: Dr. Laura Lees, a clinical psychologist based in Milwaukee, and Chase Bannister, Vice President of NORMAL, a national nonprofit started in Milwaukee in 2006 that now collaborates with the Harvard School of Public Health, and of Veritas Collaborative, a leading adolescent eating disorder treatment facility located at Duke University.