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

A lovely sense of authenticity and sincerity – Chicago Tribune, Chris Jones

Fun Home is THE show to see this winter – The Fourth Walsh, Katy Walsh

Heartwarming, captivating and touching – WGN, Paul Lisnek

There’s no place like Fun Home – Stage and Cinema, Mitchell Oldham

Reader Recommended….Packs a mighty emotional wallop – Chicago Reader, Catey Sullivan

Highly Recommended…Great performances from a talented cast – Third Coast Review, Kathy D. Hey

JEFF RECOMMENDED

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.
VIEW THE PROGRAM

The cast including two children’s casts, in alphabetical order, is Neala Barron (“Helen”); Liz Bollar (“Helen” U/S, “Alison” U/S); Patrick Byrnes (“Bruce”); Alanna Chavez (“Alison”); King Hang (“Roy”/”Mark”/”Pete”/”Bobby Jeremy” U/S); Austin Hartung (“John”); Josiah Haugen (“Bruce” U/S); Dakota Hughes (“Joan”, dance/intimacy captain); Charlie Long (“Christian”); Adelina Marinello (“Medium Alison” U/S, “Joan” U/S); Hayes McCracken (“John”); Z Mowry (“Medium Alison”); Tessa Mae Pundsack (“Small Alison”), Lincoln J. Skoien (“Roy”/”Mark”/”Pete”/”Bobby Jeremy”); Meena Sood (“Small Alison”) and Eli Vander Griend (“Christian”).

The production team includes Stephen Schellhardt (director); Heidi Joosten (music director/conductor); Sheryl Williams (intimacy coordinator); Jonathan Berg-Einhorn (scenic designer); Marquecia Jordan (costume designer); Denise Karczewski (lighting designer); Matthew R. Chase (sound designer); Drew Donnelly (production stage manager, AEA); Carli Shapiro (assistant stage manager); Olivia Leslie (assistant stage manager); John McTaggart (technical director); Danny Carraher (assistant technical director); Lydia Moss (scenic charge); Kayne Bowling (lead carpenter); Mark Brown (deck chief); Kirk Osgood (youth supervisor); Bette Schneider (costume director); Rachel West (lighting director); Riley Woods (assistant lighting director); Sam Anderson (lead electrician); Morgan Dudaryk (audio and video director); Kim Carbone (A1); Ali Westendorf (asst. costume director/wardrobe supervisor); Amanda May (hair & makeup director); Clare McCullough (wardrobe assistant); Patrick McGuire (properties director); Heather Gervasi (associate production manager); Michael Weber (artistic director); Majel Cuza (director of production) and Frankie Leo Bennett (producing & casting associate).

Group discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. For more information, please contact August Compton, Audience Services Director, at august@porchlightmusictheatre.org.

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Accessibility & Special Performances

  • Open-Caption Performance –– Saturday, February 22 at 3PM

Assisted listening devices are available at every performance from our box office. If you would like to use one during the performance, please ask a member of our Front of House staff upon arrival.

For questions about accessibility or our Open-Caption performances, please reach out to our Box Office via email at boxoffice@porchlightmusictheatre.org.

Other Events 

  • The Impact of Fun Home: Post-Show Discussion –– Sunday, February 23, 2025 FINAL TALKBACK

What is the cultural impact of the novel and musical Fun Home? How has the public view of the coming out experience changed since the 70s? Speakers: Patrick Byrnes (“Bruce”), Lamar Jackson (he/him) of Center on Halsted and Michael Rashid of Gerber / Hart Library and Archives.