THE HUNTINGTON ANNOUNCES THE CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM OF TONY-WINNING MUSICAL FUN HOME
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Gabrielle Jaques, Associate Director of Publicity
617-273-1520
PHOTOS available for download here
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THE HUNTINGTON ANNOUNCES THE CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM OF TONY-WINNING MUSICAL FUN HOME
Logan Ellis helms the stirring, celebrated musical that asks how we learn to see our parents with grown-up eyes this winter at The Huntington
(BOSTON) – The Huntington announces the cast and creative team of Fun Home, a daring and tender musical with music by Jeanine Tesori (Kimberly Akimbo, Shrek the Musical, Violet, Thoroughly Modern Millie), book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, and based on the best-selling graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, and directed by Logan Ellis. Fun Home runs at The Huntington from Friday, November 14 – Sunday, December 14, 2025 at the Huntington Theatre (264 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115).
Winner of five Tony Awards including Best Musical, Fun Home is a beloved, groundbreaking, and emotionally rich story of seeing your parents through grown-up eyes. Based on Alison Bechdel’s best-selling graphic memoir, the musical traces Alison through childhood, college, and adulthood as she unravels her coming-out story, and her complex relationship with a brilliant, volatile, and closeted father. How have the mysteries of her father’s life shaped her own understanding of love and acceptance of her lesbian identity? With a soaring score by Jeanine Tesori and a sharp, heartfelt book by Lisa Kron, Fun Home is a beautiful, can’t-miss theatrical experience, directed by Logan Ellis.
“This beloved Broadway anomaly is one of my all-time favorites. Experiencing Fun Home with my then-teenage daughter, and then listening obsessively to its recording on the way to and from school for months, is a memory I hold close to my heart,” says Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco. “Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori (two big-hearted geniuses) conjured something remarkable and infused it with the essentialness of looking back in order to move forward, the beauty of a soaring score to convey the journey, and the transcendent power of truth. One of the country’s most exciting emerging directors, Logan Ellis, will direct an unmissable production of this extraordinary musical for us. If you have ever been a parent or a child, this work of art is for you!”
Called “a rare beauty, extraordinary, and heart-gripping” by The New York Times and lauded as “The best Broadway musical in years, with the finest score in a decade” by Huffington Post, Fun Home is based on Alison Bechdel’s 2006 graphic novel of the same name. The musical premiered at The Public Theater in 2013 after being developed, in part, at the 2012 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at White Oak and the 2012 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at the Sundance Resort. In 2014, Fun Home was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was produced on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre in 2015 and was nominated for twelve Tony Awards, winning five, including Best Musical. The cast album was nominated for the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Nearly a decade after it took Broadway by storm in 2015, Fun Home comes to Boston with as much resonance and heart as ever before.
“Fun Home is probably going to be much funnier than you will expect it to be,” says book writer and lyricist Lisa Kron. “It picks you up and carries you to a lot of places that are funny, quite moving, and never quite where you expect – but, always a place you are interested in being engaged in that place. At the end, it will take you apart a little, but then it will put you back together.”
Fun Home is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. Concordtheatricals.com
The cast of Fun Home includes:
Sarah Bockel as Alison, a cartoonist in her 40s. Credits include: Beautiful: The Carol King Musical on Broadway, Dolly: A True Original Musical’s pre-Broadway run at Nashville’s Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, and the national tour of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical.
Maya Jacobson as Medium Alison, a college freshman. Credits include: Fidler Afn Dakh Off Broadway, Little Shop of Horrors at PlayMakers Rep, and Fun Home at Studio Theatre.
Lyla Randall as Small Alison, a nine-year-old girl. Credits include: The Bedwetter at Arena Stage, Mr. Crocket on Hulu, and Sesame Street on Netflix.
Nick Duckart as Bruce Bechdel, Alison’s father. Credits include: the national tour of Come From Away, Jersey Boys at Paper Mill Playhouse, and Anna in the Tropics at Asolo Rep.
Jennifer Ellis as Helen Bechdel, Alison’s mother. Credits include: Merrily We Roll Along at The Huntington, Brigit at New Dramatists, and The Bridges of Madison County at SpeakEasy Stage.
Odin Vega as Christian Bechdel, Small Alison’s older brother. Credits include: The Light in the Piazza at The Huntington, The Little Mermaid Jr at Majestic Children’s Theater, and Aladdin Jr at St Michael’s Players.
Caleb Levin as John Bechdel, Small Alison’s younger brother. Credits include community theater performances with Academy of the Company Theatre, Break a Leg Theater Works, and Hingham Civic Music Theater.
Wyatt Anton as Roy, a young man Bruce hires to do yard work, Mark, a high school junior, Pete, a mourner, and Bobby Jeremy, imaginary television characters. Credits include: A Man of No Importance at SpeakEasy Stage, The Merchant of Venice at Prague Shakespeare Company, and Eurydice at Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
Sushma Saha as Joan, a college student. Credits include: 1776 on Broadway and at ART, Presencia at Bushwick Starr, and Chasing Grace at SheNYC.
Understudies include: Maren Phifer, Maya Bea Scott-Luib, Ryan Spry, and Nick Sulfaro.
The creative team for Fun Home includes scenic design by Tanya Orellana (Don’t Eat the Mangos at The Huntington), costume design by Celeste Jennings (Fat Ham at The Huntington), lighting design by Philip Rosenberg (Merrily We Rolly Along at The Huntington), sound design by Megumi Katayama (The Light in the Piazza at The Huntington), the wig, hair, and makeup design is by J. Jared Janas (The Hills of California at The Huntington). The music director is Jessie Rosso, the assistant music director is Brendon Shapiro, the choreographer is Taavon Gamble, intimacy is by Liv Dumaine, the voice and dialect coach is Ashleigh Reade, and the dramaturg is Christine Mok. The assistant director is Alexandra Dietrich. The production stage manager is Emily F. McMullen and the stage manager is Lauren J. Burke. The child supervisor is Kate Rubel. NY Casting is by Janet Foster, local casting is by Brett Duffy, and the music contractor is Rick Hammett. The line producer is Kevin Schlagle.
The pit orchestra includes: Max Boras, Paola Andrea Caballero, Doug Lippincott, Mike Rivard, Bill Vint, and Peter Zay.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Jeanine Tesori (Composer) is a composer of musical theatre, opera and film. Her musicals include Kimberly Akimbo; Soft Power; Fun Home; Shrek The Musical; Caroline, or Change; Thoroughly Modern Millie; and Violet. She is a two-time recipient of the Tony Award for Best Score and a two-time Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and in 2015, she and Lisa Kron became the first all-woman team to win the Tony for Best Score of a Musical for Fun Home. Her operas include A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck; The Lion, The Unicorn and Me; and Blue, which received the MCANA Award for Best New Opera. For her opera, Grounded, she became one of the first two women to be commissioned by The Metropolitan Opera – and the first woman in the 139-year history of the Met to open a season. Tesori also served as Supervising Vocal Producer on Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story. Tesori is the Founding Artistic Director of New York City Center’s Encores! Off-Center series and a lecturer in music at Yale University.
Lisa Kron (Book and Lyrics) wrote the book and lyrics for musical Fun Home in collaboration with composer Jeanine Tesori, which won a slew of awards including five Tonys (including Best Book, Score, and Musical), and was finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Lisa’s other plays include In The Wake, Well, and the Obie Award winning 2.5 Minute Ride. She received a Tony nomination for Best Actress in Well and a Lortel Award for her turn in Foundry Theater’s acclaimed production of Good Person of Szechuan. Lisa was a writer on seasons 2 & 3 of the HBO series Somebody Somewhere. She is a founding member of the OBIE- and Bessie-Award-winning collaborative theater company The Five Lesbian Brothers and serves on the council of the Dramatists Guild of America.
Alison Bechdel’s (Graphic Novelist) cult following for her early comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For expanded wildly for her family memoirs, the New York Times bestselling and Time magazine #1 Book of the Year graphic memoir Fun Home, adapted into a Tony Award–winning musical, and Are You My Mother? The Secret to Superman Strength was named a New York Times Best Graphic Novel of 2021. It is now followed by the recently published Spent: A Comic Novel. Among her many other honors, she has been a MacArthur Fellow.
Logan Ellis (Director) serves currently as the Producing Artistic Director of Theatre Battery in Kent, WA and the Associate Producer at Skylight Theatre Company in Los Angeles. He is an MFA graduate from the Yale School of Drama, where he directed the Tom Waits Opera Alice and was awarded the Kaufman Prize for Directing. At Theatre Battery: The Threepenny Opera, Deep Purple Wiggle, We are Pussy Riot, Hooded or Being Black for Dummies. Europe: Dans La Foret (Luxemburg Philharmonie / Wien Modern). Regional: Year of the Rooster (Impact Theatre), The Little Mermaid (Marin Theatre Company), IVANKA (Magic Theatre). Film: Face Me and Boat Day with Cusp of Rebirth Productions / Ilia Isorelýs Paulino. Webseries: LEGO Harry Potter and the Transgender Witch. Loganellis.org
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION FOR FUN HOME
WHEN
Performances: November 14 – December 14, 2025
Evenings: Tues – Thurs at 7pm; Fri and Sat at 7:30pm
Matinees: Select Wed, Sat, and Sun at 2pm
Days and times vary; see complete schedule above.
Press Opening: Wednesday, November 19 at 7pm (RSVP here)
WHERE
The Huntington Theatre
264 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115
TICKETS
Tickets start at $29. Season ticket packages and FlexPasses are also now on sale:
- online at huntingtontheatre.org
- by phone at 617-266-0800;
- or in person at the Huntington Theatre (264 Huntington Ave) or Calderwood Pavilion (527 Tremont Street)
Select discounts apply:
- $25 student tickets (valid ID required)
- $30 military tickets (valid ID required)
- $40 “HYPE” tickets (Huntington Young Patron Events) for patrons 40 years-old and younger (valid ID required)
- Limited number of Pay-What-You-Wish tickets (not available online, please call or visit the box office to inquire using the contact info above)
The Huntington asks that any patron experiencing illness stay home and contact ticketing services for more information about exchanges.
ACCESS PERFORMANCES FOR FUN HOME
Tickets are $20 for each patron and their guests. To reserve tickets please email access@huntingtontheatre.org, call ticketing services at 617-266-0800, or visit in person at the Huntington Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave, Boston or the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, 527 Tremont St, Boston.
Think Outside the Vox has partnered with The Huntington to lead Audio Description and American Sign Language performances for all shows this season. Accessible performances are supported in part by the Liberty Mutual Foundation.
ASL-INTERPRETED PERFORMANCE: Friday, December 5 at 7:30pm. The Huntington offers American Sign Language interpretation at designated performances for patrons who are Deaf or hard of hearing.
AUDIO-DESCRIBED PERFORMANCE: Saturday, December 6 at 2pm. The Huntington offers audio description for patrons who are blind or low-vision at designated performances. Please visit huntingtontheatre.org/visit/accessibility for information.
OPEN CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE: Thursday, December 11 at 7pm. The Huntington offers open captioning at designated performances for any patron who benefits from having the text of spoken dialogue visible in time with the play.
Large Print and Braille Programs will also be available for patrons at performances.
BOSTON FAMILY DAYS
The Huntington is proud to be a part of Mayor Wu’s Boston Family Days, a program that provides students who live in Boston and their families free access to many of the City’s world-class cultural institutions. The Huntington will host two Boston Family Days performances for Fun Home on Friday, November 14 at 7:30pm and Friday, November 21 at 7:30pm. For more information on Boston Family Days and to register, please click here.
FUN HOME SPECIAL EVENTS
Youth Speaker Series: Saturday, November 22 at 2pm
The Huntington is partnering with BAGLY Speakers Bureau to host a youth speaker series after select matinee performances of Fun Home. Join us after the 2pm matinee performance on Saturday, November 22 at the Huntington Theatre (264 Huntington Ave).
Youth Speaker Series: Saturday, November 29 at 2pm
The Huntington is partnering with BAGLY Speakers Bureau to host a youth speaker series after select matinee performances of Fun Home. Join us after the 2pm matinee performance on Saturday, November 29 at the Huntington Theatre (264 Huntington Ave).
Student Matinee performance: Friday, December 5 at 10am
The Huntington Education Department hosts a student matinee of Fun Home on Friday, December 5 at 10am at the Huntington Theatre (264 Huntington Ave). An Actors Forum will also be held following the student matinee performance. Student tickets are $20 each, chaperones attend at no cost, and one chaperone is required for every 15 students.
To reserve your school group and learn more information, please email Manager of Education Operations Bec Lowe at education@huntingtontheatre.org.
Youth Speaker Series: Saturday, December 6 at 2pm
The Huntington is partnering with BAGLY Speakers Bureau to host a youth speaker series after select matinee performances of Fun Home. Join us after the 2pm matinee performance on Saturday, December 6 at the Huntington Theatre (264 Huntington Ave).
Humanities Forum: Sunday, December 7 at 2pm
The Huntington hosts a post-show discussion after the 2pm matinee performance on Sunday, December 7 at the Huntington Theatre (264 Huntington Ave). Join us for a conversation with Associate Professor of English at Boston University Anna Henchman and Associate Professor of English and Health Humanities (and a founder of Comics Studies library collections at Boston University and MCPHS University) A. David Lewis.
Actors Forum: Wednesday, December 10 at 2pm
The Huntington hosts a moderated, post-show discussion with members of the cast after the 2pm matinee performance on Wednesday, December 10 at the Huntington Theatre (264 Huntington Ave). Hear actors from Fun Home reflect on their roles and nuances of each character.
Student Matinee performance: Thursday, December 11 at 10am
The Huntington Education Department hosts a student matinee of Fun Home on Thursday, December 11 at 10am at the Huntington Theatre (264 Huntington Ave). An Actors Forum will also be held following the student matinee performance. Student tickets are $20 each, chaperones attend at no cost, and one chaperone is required for every 15 students.
To reserve your school group and learn more information, please email Manager of Education Operations Bec Lowe at education@huntingtontheatre.org.
Actors Forum: Friday, December 12 at 7pm
The Huntington hosts a moderated, post-show discussion with members of the cast after the 7:30pm performance on Friday, December 12 at the Huntington Theatre (264 Huntington Ave). Hear actors from Fun Home reflect on their roles and nuances of each character.
MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA
Any members of the media who are interested in speaking with the artists of Fun Home, please contact Associate Director of Publicity Gabrielle Jaques at gjaques@huntingtontheatre.org or 617-273-1520.
Press night for critics is Wednesday, November 19 at 7pm. Please RSVP here for press night or other available performances.
Production photos will be available for download online, and b-roll footage can be requested.
PHOTOS available for download here
ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON
Celebrating over 40 years of outstanding theatre, The Huntington is Boston’s leading professional theatre company. On our stages and throughout our city, we share enduring and untold stories that spark the imagination of audiences and artists and amplify the wide range of voices in our community.
Under the leadership of Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director Loretta Greco and Executive Director Christopher Mannelli, The Huntington is committed to welcoming broad and diverse audiences, provides life-changing opportunities for students through its robust education and community programs, is a national leader in the development of playwrights and new plays, and serves the local arts community through our operation of The Huntington Calderwood/BCA.
The Huntington reopened the historic Huntington Theatre in fall of 2022 after its transformational renovation, and is currently in phase two of the project; the renovation and building project of this storied venue with a bold vision for the future will allow us to innovatively expand our services to audiences, artists, and the community for generations to come. For more information, visit huntingtontheatre.org.
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