Fun Home
January 16 – March 2, 2025
Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St.
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Book and lyrics by Lisa Kron
Based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel
Directed by Stephen Schellhardt
Music Directed by Heidi Joosten
Winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and a Pulitzer finalist, Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, emotional and revolutionary musical. Based on Alison Bechdel’s critically acclaimed graphic novel, Fun Home shares how Bechdel unlocks memories, milestones and mysteries of her youth as she begins to write her first graphic novel. With a compassionate score and a brilliant script, Fun Home tells the story of seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.
Important Information About The Show:
- Fun Home has a run time of 100 minutes, no intermission.
- CONTENT ADVISORY: verbal abuse, depictions of homophobia and a death by suicide as well as allusions to sexual contact between an adult and teenagers. .
- There will be a late seating hold at the top of the performance. Patrons who arrive after curtain will be held for the first 15 minutes of the performance and seated at the discretion of House Management.
The cast of Fun Home will be announced soon.
The creative team of Fun Home includes Stephen Schellhardt (director) and Heidi Joosten (music director).
Group discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. For more information, please contact August Compton, Audience Services Director, at august@porchlightmusictheatre.org.