Produced by Theatre Tulsa and Eclipse Theatre Collective

“Caption: My dad and I both grew up in the same, small Pennsylvania town. And he was gay, and I was gay. And he killed himself. And I became a lesbian cartoonist.”

Reflecting on the suicide of her father, 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.

This one-act, non-linear musical is an adaptation of the autobiographical graphic novel by Alison Bechdel. It deals with the queer experience in the 1970s, self-discovery, and generational trauma.

Content Warnings:

This show has coarse language, homophobic language, verbal abuse, discussion and depiction of suicide, depictions of and allusions to cannabis use, grooming, consensual and non-consensual staged intimacy.

Fun Home, presented by Theatre Tulsa & Eclipse Theatre Collective