NENAproductions presents Fun Home in Ocean Grove

2015 Tony Winning Musical Fun Home receives first New Jersey Community Theater Staging In Ocean Grove

NENAproductions Theater Project proudly opens its 2017 season with the groundbreaking and Tony Award®-winning Best Musical, Fun Home at the Jersey Shore Arts Center Fridays and Saturdays, October 13 to 21 and Sunday, October 22, 2017.

“We are extremely excited to be the first community theater in New Jersey to present this Tony Award®-winning musical,” said Nick Montesano, Artistic Director of NENAproductions. “Fun Home is a touching family tragicomedy that surely will touch everyone with its dynamic and moving score.”

Montesano directs and designs the production with Jeff Brown as Musical Director.

Samantha Maidlow will appear in the role of adult Alison Bechdel, with Emily Monus as 19 year old Alison. Real life mother daughter team of Gina Whalen and Maura Whalen take of the roles of Helen, Alison’s mother and Small Alison.

Tortured and troubled Bruce Bechdel, Alison’s father will be played by Jonathan Wells with Tyler Sautner and Gavin Springer as Bechdel brothers Christian and John. The cast is rounded out by Laura Mullaney as Joan, and Steven Brandt in the multiple roles of Roy, Mark, Pete, and Bobby Jeremy.

Fun Home was the event of the 2015 Broadway season, receiving rave reviews from critics and audiences alike, winning five 2015 Tony Awards® including Best Musical and making history along the way as the first show written exclusively by women to win theater’s highest achievement. It was named to major top 10 lists including The New York Times, Associated Press, The New Yorker, Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, The Daily Beast, Chicago Tribune, The Hollywood Reporter, and more.

Ben Brantley ofThe New York Times called Fun Home
“A RARE BEAUTY THAT PUMPS FRESH AIR INTO BROADWAY.”
“An uplifting musical drama of rare intensity, honesty and beauty. Fun Home speaks universally about BIG THINGS THAT MATTER: LIFE, LOVE, FAMILY, SURVIVING. It’s unconventional, to be sure, and musical theatre is better for it.”, said the New York Daily News

Based on Alison Bechdel’s best-selling graphic memoir, Fun Home introduces us to Alison at three different ages as she explores and unravels the many mysteries of her childhood that connect with her in surprising new ways. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.

Fun Home features music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, and direction by Sam Gold, whose work on this production earned them Tony Awards for Best Score, Best Book and Best Direction. With this win, Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori also made history by becoming the first female writing team to be awarded the Best Score Tony Award.

Fun Home was also nominated for 2015 Tony Awards for Best Scenic Design of Musical (David Zinn), Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Ben Stanton), and Best Orchestrations (John Clancy). The creative team also includes Danny Mefford (Choreography), Kai Harada (Sound Design), David Zinn (Costume Design), and Chris Fenwick (Music Direction).

Tony Award-winning director Sam Gold, who staged both the Off Broadway and Broadway productions of Fun Home, restaged the national tour. The Broadway production of Fun Home opened on Broadway at Circle in the Square Theatre on April 19, 2015 and ran through September 10, 2016.

FUN HOME
NENAproductions Theater Project
At The Jersey Shore Arts Center

Dates and times:
October 13, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
October 14, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
October 20, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
October 21, 2017, 8:00 p.m.
October 22, 2017, 3:00 p.m.

Tickets

$25 General Admission tickets are available online at www.ticketleap.com or by phone at 732-988-1007, or at the Starving Artist at Days Restaurant (47 OLIN STREET, OCEAN GROVE).