Cape Rep Theatre Presents Cape Premiere of FUN HOME

Cape Rep Theatre continues its 2018 season with the 5-time Tonywinning Broadway musical Fun Home, book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, music by Jeanine Tesori, based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, September 19 through October 14: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7 pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm. There is no performance Sunday, September 23. Tickets are $35 and $40. Pay-What-You-Can-Night is the first Friday, September 21. Student Rush tickets also available. Call the box office for details. Cape Rep Indoor Theater. North Side Route 6A E. Brewster. 508.896.1888 or www.caperep.org.

Every now and again, a show comes along that touches and surprises us in a way that only musical theater can. Called groundbreaking and unforgettable, Fun Home was the hit of the 2015 Broadway season and winner of 5 Tony Awards including "Best Musical." Based on Alison Bechdel's best-selling graphic memoir, Fun Home introduces us to Alison at three different ages in her life, "using her pen to draw her past into perspective." Ben Brantley, New York Times.

Cape Rep introduces Ashley Brooke Monroe as the director of Fun Home. Ashley is a New York City-based director whose primary interest is in developing new plays and musicals. Recent musicals under her direction include The Goree All-Girl String Band, In Real Life: A Slenderman Musical, Paris Girls, and Beginnings featuring the music of the band Chicago. She works as the associate director for the Broadway production of Indecent, for which Rebecca Taichman won the Tony for Best Director. This coming spring she will work on Indecent at the Huntington Theater in Boston and Center Theatre Group in LA. She has also assisted Sam Gold on the original Broadway and National Tour production of Fun Home,The Glass Menagerie featuring Sally Field and The Mystery of Love and Sex at Lincoln Center. She often creates site-specific work, including the outdoor productions What We'll Do by Sheila Callaghan and Red Sky at Night by Blake Bishton. She has developed work with Classic Stage Company, New York Theatre Workshop, The Public Theater, Musical Theater Factory, The Culture Project, The Flea, Soho Rep, IRT, and Special Sauce Company. Originally from Austin, TX, Ashley holds a BFA in Dramaturgy from the University of Oklahoma. She will be joined by Robert Wilder, from last season's A New Brain, as musical director and Brandon Powers as choreographer. Set Design is by Ryan McGettigan (Mamma Mia!) with costumes by Robin McLaughlin (Mamma Mia!) and lights by Cape Rep newcomer, David Sexton. Kate Gulden is the production stage manager and Mairead Kress stage manages.

The cast features a wonderful mix of Cape Rep company artists and newcomers to our stage. Amanda Collins, from last season's Men On Boats, plays Alison Bechdel as an adult while Ashlyn Inman fresh from Mamma Mia! plays Medium Alison, a young college student. Carly Williams, making her Cape Rep debut plays Small Alison. Richard Sullivan, most recently seen at Cape Rep in last season's A New Brain, plays Alison's father Bruce, the pivotal figure in Alison's life. Cape Rep's Associate Artistic Director Maura Hanlon (Mamma Mia!) plays Helen, Alison's mother. Tyler Brackett plays Christian and Julien Lajoie (Merrily We Roll Along) plays John. Brittany Rolfs plays Joan in her Cape Rep debut and Dan Prior is Roy/Mark/Pete/Bobby Jeremy.

Cape Rep's 33rd season is made possible through the generous support of Cape Air and Zudy, our 2018 season sponsors. Fun Home is sponsored by Snowy Owl Coffee Roasters and Secure Storage. Cape Rep Theatre: professional theater in an intimate setting.

Cape Rep's 2018 Indoor Theater season opened with the George Furth/Stephen Sondheim musical, Merrily We Roll Along, May 9 - June 3, followed by the world premiere of The Tuna Goddess by Jade Schuyler, June 27 - July 21 and the beloved Broadway sensation, Mamma Mia!, based on the music of ABBA, August 1- September 2. Next up is Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori's groundbreaking musical, Fun Home, September 19 - October 14. The season will conclude with the Cape Cod premiere of Shakespeare in Love, adapted by Lee Hall from the Tom Stoppard/Marc Norman Oscar-winning movie, November 1 - December 2. Also in the Indoor Theater will be Sing Like There's No Tomorrow, a musical revue featuring Cape Rep favorites Trish LaRose and Jared Hagan November 11 - December 9. The Outdoor Theater will include the swashbuckling musical adaptation of the popular children's book, How I Became a Pirate, by Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman June 26 - August 30, and Pitter Patter Puppets, Mary Wilson's delightful interactive puppet show July 11 - August 22.

Cape Cod Repertory Theatre Company, Inc. is a 501c3 organization, founded in 1986 as a company dedicated to creativity and professionalism. On seven acres of land in Nickerson State Park in Brewster, Massachusetts, Cape Rep Theatre is the steward of the beautiful land and historic buildings that are home to the company's three theaters, including the only outdoor theater on Cape Cod. We are professional theater in an intimate setting.

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