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Full-Length Musical, Drama / 4w, 2m, 1girl(s), 2boy(s)
Music by Jeanine Tesori Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron Based on the Graphic Novel by Alison Bechdel
Adapted from Alison Bechdel’s groundbreaking graphic novel, Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.
Image: 2015 Broadway Production (Joan Marcus)
Winner! Five 2015 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score and Best BookFinalist: 2014 Pulitzer Prize for DramaWinner! Two 2014 Obie Awards, including Outstanding MusicalWinner! 2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway MusicalWinner! Three 2014 Lucille Lortel Awards, including Outstanding MusicalNominee: Three 2019 Olivier Awards, including Best New Musical
When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison 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, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.
Fun Home premiered at The Public Theater in New York City on 22 October 2013, under the direction of Sam Gold. The show premiered on Broadway at Circle in the Square Theatre on 19 April 2015. Directed by Gold, the Broadway production featured Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas, Beth Malone and Emily Skeggs.
ALISON – 43 years old, a cartoonist (Range: E3-D5)MEDIUM ALISON – 19 years old, a college freshman (Range: G3-E5)SMALL ALISON – Around 9 years old (Range: A3-E5)BRUCE BECHDEL – Alison’s father (Range: A2-G4)HELEN BECHDEL – Alison’s mother (Range: A3-E5)CHRISTIAN BECHDEL – Alison’s brother, around 10 years old (Range: C#4-D5)JOHN BECHDEL – Alison’s brother, around 6 years old (Range: C#4-E5)ROY – A young man Bruce hires to do yard work (Range: G3-A4 (opt. D#5))MARK – A high school junior JOAN – A college student (Range: G3-G4)PETE – A mournerBOBBY JEREMY AND THE SUSAN DEYS – Imaginary television characters *The roles of Roy, Mark, Pete, and Bobby Jeremy are performed by the same actor.The Susan Deys are played by the actors playing Medium Alison and Joan.
The authors have authorized licensees the opportunity to cast people of all ethnicities and races in any and all roles.
The Bechdel family’s home and family-owned funeral home and Oberlin College.
“A rare beauty, extraordinary and heart-gripping.” – Ben Brantley, The New York Times
“Wondrous… Tesori and Kron’s light touch lets the work soar to sky limits. It shifts remarkably between light and shade, sweet and aching moments, haunting dissonance and perfect harmony.” – The Guardian
“Fun Home is a beautiful, sensitive, insightful, innovative and heartbreaking musical, addressing themes including sexual identity, family, memory, truth and lies, and suicide… The show is ingeniously structured, using a non-linear narrative that moves back and forth in time to amplify the theme of memory and the impact of our parents and family on who we become.” – Limelight
“The best musical of the season.” – New York Magazine
“Few shows are as moving, relatable, and funny.” – Associated Press
“The best Broadway musical in years, with the finest score in a decade.” – Huffington Post
“Exquisite. An emotional powerhouse.” – Chicago Tribune
★★★★★ “Fun Home has enormous intelligence and sensitivity. It’s not your ordinary Broadway musical, because it is extraordinary.” – Time Out New York
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
Fun Home Is The Story Of Our Homeby Heather AkersSeptember 17, 2017
Musical Theatre and the LGBTQ+ Audience: An Interview with Patrick Pachecoby Jim ColleranJune 20, 2019Art Is Inevitable: Lisa Kron on Art in a Time of Crisisby Lisa KronApril 23, 2020
In Conversation With… Grief: Shows That Engage with the Healing ProcessBy Dylan Fugel30 April 2026
Fun Home on Broadway - Montage
Tony Acceptance Speech: BEST MUSICAL
Fun Home – The Huntington, Mini Documentary
Fun Home – The Huntington Trailer
Fun Home - Broadway.com Preview
Fun Home at Sydney Theatre Company 2021 - Trailer
Fun Home - Journey to Broadway
Fun Home - Off-Broadway Montage
Emily Skeggs - "Changing My Major"
Tony Acceptance Speech: Lisa Kron
Tony Acceptance Speech: Jeanine Tesori
10 Piano-Conductor (rehearsal & performance) 1 Reed – Flute, Clarinet, English Horn, Bass Clarinet & Tenor Sax 1 Guitar – Electric, Acoustic, Nylon, 12 string-acoustic, 12 string-electric 1 Drums – Bell Tree, Cajon, Crotales, Djembe, Eastern Finger Cymbal, Finger Cymbals, Mark Tree, Mounted Finger Cymbals, Orchestra Bells, Shaker & Triangle 1 Violin/Viola 1 Cello 1 Bass – Upright, Electric, 5 string electric, Acoustic & 5 string electric - fretted
10 Piano-Conductor (rehearsal & performance)
Lisa Kron is a writer and performer whose work has been widely produced in New York, regionally, and internationally. Her plays include Well, 2.5 Minute Ride and The Ver**zon Play. She wrote the book and lyrics for the musical Fun Home (with music by composer Jeanine Tesori), ...
Jeanine Tesori has written a diverse catalog for Broadway, opera, film and television. Her Broadway musicals include: Fun Home (2015 Tony Award Winner, Pulitzer finalist); Violet; Caroline, or Change; Shrek the Musical; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Twelfth Night (LCT); John Guar ...
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