Fun Home
POSTPONED
Fun Home
A queer coming of age story set in a 1970’s funeral home. It’s dark, it’s sweet, it’s funny, it’s heartbreaking. It’s family.
Hailed as one of Broadway’s most original musicals and the winner of 5 Tony Awards, Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, funny, and intimate musical about seeing one’s parents through grown-up eyes.
Fun Home traces the coming-of-age of lesbian author Alison Bechdel, from her youth, to her years at Oberlin College, and finally to the present, where Alison, now grown, is struggling to write her own graphic autobiography. Facing the unexpected death of her father, Alison struggles to make sense of the past, particularly her relationship with her father, a man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Fun Home explores the haunting pull of memory and the power it wields in shaping our identities.
LISTEN to the Bainbridge Community Broadcasting podcast, as Director Kate Meyers (Carruthers) introduces the three women who play Alison at various stages of her life.
Contains mature subject matter including suicide, sexual situations, and strong language.
POST-SHOW TALKBACK
Raising Resilience joins the director and cast of Fun Home for a post-show talkback with the audience after the 3 p.m. matinee on Sunday, March 15 a BPA. The program will begin at 5 p.m., and is free and open to the public. Attendance at the matinee is not required!
Credits
Book & Lyrics by Lisa Kron
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Based on the best-selling graphic novel by Alison Bechdel
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French
Creative Team
Directed by Kate Meyers
Kate received her B.A. in Theatre from Washington State University and first set foot on BPA’s stage almost 35 years ago. Kate cherishes the many roles she has played at BPA since then, from backstage crew to actor, member of the board (co-chairing the initial Capital Campaign to build BPA’s playhouse), and Director.
Onstage, Kate has played roles in Grease, Marvin’s Room, Blithe Spirit, The Butler Did It, and You Can’t Take it With You.
Her directing credits at BPA have ranged from the classical (Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing) to comedic (Art; Picasso at the Lapin Agile), dramatic (The Kentucky Cycle, Snow Falling on Cedars, The Grapes of Wrath, Amadeus, Arcadia), and – more recently – to contemporary “dramedies” (The Revolutionists, August: Osage County). Kate’s plays often take deep dives into the human condition, examining history, culture and the importance of family. Several have contemplated art and the nature of artistic genius, as well as quantum physics, and even time travel.
Kate is excited to expand her directing repertoire this season with Fun Home, her first full musical. A bittersweet personal story of one woman’s fraught relationship with her father, it also tackles universal themes in its exploration of family, loss, and discovery of self. It is by turns insanely funny, sad, and profound. Just Kate’s kind of show!
Musical Direction by Brandon Peck
Brandon returns to BPA after hit runs of Mamma Mia! And Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Favorite credits include The Pajama Game (RSP) at the 5th Avenue, 9 to 5 at Seattle Music Theatre, and South Pacific and First Date with Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre. He received a Broadway World Award for Music Direction for Jesus Christ Superstar (SMT, 2015) and Gypsy Rose Lee Award nominations for music direction of Cabaret (G & S, 2019) and Toxic Avenger (StageRight, 2016).
Through his production company, Poolside News, Brandon is focusing future original Theatrical projects on subjects that promote justice and historical reclamation.
Choreography by Joanna Hardie
Joanna is always excited to return to BPA, where she has had the great pleasure of directing the hit runs of Xanadu, A Christmas Story, The Little Mermaid, and The Drowsy Chaperone. Her choreography has also been seen at BPA in Little Shop of Horrors, Shrek, The Full Monty, Chicago, The Rocky Horror Show, and A Chorus Line. Joanna’s work has also been seen at ReAct Theatre, Seattle Musical Theatre, Café Nordo, and Second Story Repertory. During the day, Joanna is the Data Operations Manager at the Seattle Rep. She would like to thank the whole BPA family for making this theatre such a magical place to make art.
Cast
ALISON: Natalie Moe
MEDIUM ALISON: Emily Jo Bryant
SMALL ALISON: Evelyn Cantwell
BRUCE: Troy Wageman
HELEN: Rachel Wilkie
JOAN: Casey Hartman
ROY / MARK / PETE/ BOBBY: Garrett Dill
CHRISTIAN BECHDEL: Sophia Marchinek
JOHN BECHDEL: Willow Erdman
Community Sponsor
The Family of Jack Clements
Media Sponsor
KCTS 9 – Public Television
Tickets
Adults - $29.00 USD
Discounted - $24.00 USD
First Saturday "Teen" Tickets + Special “Teen” Tickets March 15: $5 per youth
Performances
To Be Rescheduled