FUN HOME
Huntington Theatre Company
Choreography - Taavon Gamble
CAST
Sarah Bockel as Alison
Maya Jacobson as Medium Alison
Lyla Randall as Small Alison
Nick Duckart as Bruce Bechdel
Jennifer Ellis as Helen Bechdel
Odin Vega as Christian Bechdel
Caleb Levin as John Bechdel
Wyatt Anton as Roy
Sushma Saha as Joan
CREATIVE
DIrector - Logan Ellis
Scenic Design by Tanya Orellana
Costume Design by Celeste Jennings
Lighting Design by Philip Rosenberg
Sound Design by Megumi Katayama
Wig, Hair, and Makeup design by J. Jared Janas
Music Direction by Jessie Rosso
Assistant Music Direction by Brendon Shapiro
Intimacy by Liv Dumaine
Voice and Dialects by Ashleigh Reade
Dramaturgy by Christine Mok.
Assistant Direction by Alexandra Dietrich
Production Stage Manager - Emily F. McMullen
Stage Manager - Lauren J. Burke.
METRAG - "Choreography by Taavon Gamble accentuates the Huntington Theatre musical's few actual "dance numbers" (like in the aforementioned "Welcome to the Fun Home" and later in the fun, upbeat song, "Raincoat of Love") and also complimented the rest of the show's staging by Logan Ellis"
STAGEANDCINEMA - "Small Alison plays with her brothers as they race around the funeral home, climb in and out of caskets, and dream up the hilarious jingle for the family business, “Come to the Fun Home.” Taavon Gamble’s movement direction gives these scenes the uninhibited physicality of kids at a dance party."
CABARETSCENES - "..the three of them raised the roof with “Come to the Fun Home,” a mock commercial they were filming for their dad’s funeral home, which they’ve nicknamed Fun Home. Choreographer Taavon Gamble worked magic with them; he had them popping up out of coffins, break dancing, and table leaping through five minutes of unbridled childhood charm."
ONBOSTONSTAGES - "But it is also a place where the imagination of the Bechdel children – eight-year-old Small Alison (Lyla Randall), and brothers Christian Bechdel (Odin Vega) and John Bechdel (Caleb Levin) – can run wild, cavorting in caskets, or imagining a commercial for the funeral home in “Welcome to the Fun Home,” with some fine choreography by Taavon Gamble."
