GENESIUS THEATRE PRESENTS
THE RELATABLE, MOVING, AND FUNNY EMOTIONAL POWERHOUSE
FUN HOME OPENS OCT. 12 AND RUNS THRU OCT. 21
GENESIUS THEATRE Presents Fun Home, the Tony-winning musical based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir. The innovative musical follows Bechdel at three stages in her life as she grows and grapples with her uniquely dysfunctional family, her sexuality and her father’s secrets. The book and lyrics are by Lisa Kron, most notably a performer and playwright who wrote Well, 2.5 Minute Ride, and The Ver**zon Pla. The music is by Jeanine Tesori who has written music for such diverse shows as Thoroughly Modern Millie, Violet, and Shrek the Musical. Fun Home is the true story of Alison Bechdel and her family, who all hail from the small town of Beechcreek, PA, Clinton County, in the mid-northern part of the state. When graphic novelist Alison’s father dies unexpectedly, she dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Moving between past and present, Alison relives her unique childhood playing at the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home, her growing understanding of her own sexuality, and the looming, unanswerable questions about her father’s hidden desires. Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, reluctantly funny, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes. Bechdel’s story is relived by three different Alisons — the child, the teen and the adult — as they work their way through the development of her dysfunctional family life and, most importantly, the complex relationship with her father.
Alison’s lifetime, from her childhood, through adolescence, to adulthood, is portrayed by Amy Hudak (above), Mamie Covell (right), and Chloe Marturano (not pictured). Photography by Jason Hugg; Layout by Mike Pardo; Swap Design by Matt Gottshall
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AWARDS AND PRAISE FOR
FUN HOME
Mamie Covell is Teen Alison
WINNER! Best Musical - 2015 Tony® Awards! WINNER! Best Score (Jeanine Tesori & Lisa Kron) - 2015 Tony® Awards! WINNER! Best Book of a Musical (Lisa Kron) 2015 Tony® Awards! WINNER! Best Musical - New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, Obie Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Off-Broadway Alliance Award FINALIST! Pulitzer Prize for Drama “Few shows are as moving, relatable, and funny.” - Associated Press “FIVE STARS. ‘Fun Home’ has enormous intelligence and sensitivity. It’s not your ordinary Broadway musical, because it is extraordinary.” -Time Out New York “A rare beauty, extraordinary and heart-gripping.” -Ben Brantley, The New York Times
Christopher Sperat is Bruce Bechdel
Fun Home chronicles the complex relationship between Alison Bechdel (Amy Hudak) and her father, Bruce (Christopher Sperat).
Fun Home, The Musical is directed by Genesius Artistic Director L J Fecho, music directed by Jennifer Parker Scott, choreographed by Rosanna Pereira, with a set design by Spencer Moss Fecho, light design by Zack Spadaccia & Spencer Moss Fecho, costume design by Dara Hunes, hair/makeup design by Carmen Painter of Tina’s Salon and Say Spa, sound design by Albert Garcia of Eko Entertainment, LLC. The set is constructed by Jeffrey Jones, Mike Maiers and Betty Gerstner, with scenic art by Marjory Ewald, Kaitlyn Reber and Jessica Reber. The show is stage managed by our teen stage manager, Andrea Keck.
Chloe Marturano is the young Alison Bechdel
THE GENESIUS PRODUCTION features Christopher Sperat as the father, Bruce Bechdel, Amy Hudak as older Alison Bechdel, Mamie Covell as Medium Alison, and Chloe Marturano as small Alison. Dara Himes portrays the wife and mother Helen Bechdel, Rosanna Pereira is Alison’s first love, Joan. Alexander Hammel and Harrison Brumbaugh are Alison’s two younger brothers, Christian and John, and Bo Irwin plays several roles as a utility set of characters including, Roy, Mark, Joan, Pete and Bobby Jeremy.
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From Left to Right: Dara Himes, Harrison Brumbaugh, Chloe Marturano, Alexander Hamel.
FUN HOME The Musical – opens Friday, October 12th and runs October 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21-- with a possible extension. SHOW TIMES – Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM and Sunday’s at 3:00 PM. PRICE RANGE – Student $17.50, Senior $22.50, Adult $28.50, Premium Seats $30.00 and Deluxe Seats $33.00. SPECIAL DISCOUNT NIGHT - Thursday, October 18, ONLY – Student Tickets are $15 and all other seats are $20.00. FOR TICKETS PLEASE VISIT - www.genesiusdifference. org; 610-373-9500 card fees apply. Tickets also available at the door. THE PLAY IS RATED PG-13 – adult situations, adult language, minor sexual simulations.
Bo Irwin as Bobby Jeremy (left), and Christopher Sperat as Bruce Bechdel.