PRODUCTION POSTPONED
Production Progress will be on hold until further notice due to personal life with the director. Thank you all for auditioning, auditions will be back up as soon as reality is back on track.
Fun Home Fan Production
Project Overview
SYNOPSIS:
The Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home traces the coming-of-age of lesbian author Alison Bechdel, from her youth, to her years at Oberlin College, and finally to the present, where Alison, now grown, is struggling to write her own graphic autobiography. As Alison reflects on her past, she struggles to make sense of it, particularly her relationship with her father, Bruce, a closeted gay man and the owner of the family business -- the Bechdel Funeral Home (“fun” home, as it’s known to young Alison and her brothers, John and Christian). As she watches her father’s self-loathing consume him, Alison recognizes her own experience of discovering, and ultimately embracing, her identity. As Fun Home progresses, Alison is drawn deeper and deeper into her memories, finally entering into them, desperate (but unable) to reverse her father’s self-destruction. An unforgettable and groundbreaking musical, Fun Home explores the haunting pull of memory and the power it has to alternately destroy or shape, our identity.
Age Limits:
- Child Roles: 8-16 (This is a large age gap considering the kids are all between 6 and 10 years old. Older actors must sound like a child convincingly.)
- Young Adult Roles: 13+ (PLEASE BE MATURE IF YOU ARE UNDER 17 AUDITIONING FOR THESE ROLES. Must sound older as well.)
- Middle Age Roles: 17+
This Musical deals with mature themes such as Suicide, LGBT Issues, and sex. Please be mature enough to handle these situations.
I will be playing Bruce.
To the girls auditioning: There are many female roles in this show and hardly any male roles. Please keep from auditioning for the few male roles there are. I am splitting up the roles Joel Perez originally played just so we can have more male roles than there are.
RULES FOR AUDITIONING:
1. Please sing a Broadway Song! I will not consider your audition if it is a pop song! Disney songs however are fine as they're in a Broadway style.
2. Follow the age limits listed above.
3. Be mature enough to handle the themes in this show.
4. Be respectful to fellow cast members.
5. Follow all the prompts listed for the audition.
6. You can use a backing track, but I would prefer you not use one. I won't discard auditions if they do use a backing track however.
7. Please be committed if you audition!
Good luck, I'm excited to hear everyone's auditions!
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Project Roles:
Alison
Small Alison
Medium Alison
Helen
Joan
Christian
John
Roy
Bobby Jeremy
Pete
Mark
Voice Actor
Alison
open
Unpaid
The author of the book Fun Home, she narrates the show and the path she takes through life, trying to recall the events that led to her father's suicide. Is a Mezzo-Soprano. Must have a powerful voice and able to portray emotion.
Sing "Maps"
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.
Sing another Broadway song of your choice. Between 16-32 bars.
Voice Actor
Small Alison
open
Unpaid
The version of Alison growing up in Pennsylvania with her parents and two brothers. Somewhat tomboyish and free thinking. Alto range. Must be able to belt while still sounding young.
Sing "Ring of Keys"
It's for school. We're learning maps and globes and Miss Schenck said draw a map to show in class tomorrow.
Sing another Broadway song of your choice. Between 16-32 bars.
Voice Actor
Medium Alison
open
Unpaid
The version of Alison going to school at Oberlin College. Just discovering her sexuality and trying to figure out how to write to her parents and explain what's happening. Soon learns her father is also gay, eventually goes with her girlfriend to visit her childhood home days before his suicide. Is a Mezzo-Soprano. Must be able to belt.
Sing "Changing my Major"
The tone is what I can't stand. It's so typical, so all-knowing. He has to be the expert. Lots of advice and wisdom on things he doesn't know anything about! I'm gay! Which means I'm not like him and I've never been like him and he can't deal with that. He still wants to be the intellectual, broad minded, liberal bohemian, but he can't pull it off 'cause he can't deal with me! And you know what, he never could, he never could.
Sing another Broadway song of your choice. Between 16-32 bars.
Voice Actor
Helen
open
Unpaid
Mother of Alison and her brothers. An actress married to Bruce and struggling to cope with her husband's sexuality and her daughter's coming out. Mezzo-Soprano Range. Must be able to carry emotion.
Sing "Days and Days"
Kids. Kids! There's an important lady on her way over to look at the house; listen to me please! This is one of those times you need to do what I say quickly, without any shenanigans.
Sing another Broadway song of your choice. Between 16-32 bars.
Voice Actor
Joan
open
Unpaid
A girl Alison meets at the Gay/Straight union who ends up being Alison's first. Slightly monotone when speaking. Character doesn't sing, but will sing ensemble (One of the Susan Deys) in "Raincoat of Love". Any Vocal Range. Alto Range.
Sing the ensemble part for "Raincoat of Love"
I don’t know. It’s just... He’s like the opposite of my dad. He’s just like sending you lesbian books.
Sing another Broadway song of your choice. Between 16-32 bars.
Voice Actor
Christian
open
Unpaid
The elder of Alison's two brothers. Tenor Range.
Sing "Come to the Fun Home"
Wait, should we say Fun Home? We only call it that in the family?
Sing another Broadway song of your choice. Between 16-32 bars.
Voice Actor
John
open
Unpaid
The younger of Alison's two brothers. Tenor Range.
Sing "Come to the Fun Home"
Probably his head was hanging from his neck and then he couldn’t see, and he couldn’t eat or anything and then he died from not eating and running into things.
Sing another Broadway song of your choice. Between 16-32 bars.
Voice Actor
Roy
open
Unpaid
A college student hired to do the yard work for the Bechdel house. Bruce consequentially flirts with him, despite his wife being in the next room on some occasions. Tenor.
Sing his section of "Helen's Etude"
Ah, Mrs. Bechdel, yeah, I’m Roy. Sorry. I know who you are. My aunt and uncle talk about you all the time. They see your plays. They’re crazy about you. They’re always saying that you’re better than Irma Hornbacher.
Sing another Broadway song of your choice. Between 16-32 bars.
Voice Actor
Bobby Jeremy
open
Unpaid
A fictional character in a show Alison watches. Think the Partridge Family. Shows up in a fantasy she has while trying to block out her screaming family. Tenor Range. Should be able to belt.
Sing "Raincoat of Love"
(No Lines)
Sing another Broadway song of your choice. Between 16-32 bars.
Voice Actor
Pete
open
Unpaid
A mourner at the funeral home. Character doesn't sing, but will sing ensemble (One of the Susan Deys) in "Raincoat of Love". Any Vocal Range.
Sing the ensemble part of "Raincoat of Love"
So you say we won’t see any of the bruises. With the IV’s she was awful beat up by the end.
Sing another Broadway song of your choice. Between 16-32 bars.
Voice Actor
Mark
open
Unpaid
A high school student Bruce gives a ride to, hinting that after flirting with Mark they had an "intimate" encounter in the car. Character doesn't sing, but will sing ensemble (One of the Susan Deys) in "Raincoat of Love". Any Vocal Range.
Sing the ensemble part of "Raincoat of Love"
Oh, uh, my house is down that way, Mr. Bechdel.
Sing another Broadway song of your choice. Between 16-32 bars.
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