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Oak Park Residents Star in Porchlight Music Theatre’s “Fun Home”
Eli Vander Griend and Austin Hartung are featured in Porchlight Music Theatre's "Fun Home" at the Ruth Page Center for the Performing Arts.
Oak Park’s Eli Vander Griend and Austin Hartung star in Porchlight Music Theatre’s Fun Home, with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, January 16 - March 2, 2025, at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St. Eli Vander Griend is “Christian” and Austin Hartung is “John.”
Winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and a Pulitzer finalist, Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, emotional and revolutionary musical. Based on Alison Bechdel’s critically acclaimed graphic novel, Fun Home shares how Bechdel unlocks memories, milestones and mysteries of her youth as she begins to write her first graphic novel. With a compassionate score and a brilliant script, Fun Home tells the story of seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.
The performance schedule is Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 3 and 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. with additional performances Thursday, Jan. 23 at 2 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 30 at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. Post-show discussions are scheduled for Friday, Jan. 31, Thursday, Feb. 8, Thursday, Feb. 13 and Sunday, Feb. 23 with Open Caption performances Saturday, Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. The running time is 100 minutes with no intermission. Tickets are $20 - $85 and are on sale now at PorchlightMusicTheatre.org.
