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Fun Home at Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater to Stream for Two Weeks

Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron’s musical was directed by Gary Griffin.

Hannah Starr (Medium Alison), Danielle Davis (Joan), and Danni Smith (Alison) in Fun Home, directed by Gary Griffin, at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater.
Hannah Starr (Medium Alison), Danielle Davis (Joan), and Danni Smith (Alison) in Fun Home, directed by Gary Griffin, at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater.
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UPDATE: The Victory Gardens Theatre production of Fun Home will stream May 12-24, with $20 tickets going on sale today, Friday, April 24, at noon. You will be able to stream the performance once at any point during announced dates, and you will receive a link a few days prior to the start of the streaming window.

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Chicago's Victory Gardens Theatre will present a two-week streaming run of its acclaimed 2017 production of Fun Home, the theater has announced. Details and dates are still forthcoming.

Gary Griffin directed Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron's Tony-winning musical, which is based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel.

The company was led by Danni Smith as Alison, Hannah Starr as Medium Alison, and Sage Elliott Harper and Stella Rose Hoyt, who shared the role of Small Alison. Rob Lindley and McKinley Carter starred as Bruce and Helen Bechdel, with Danielle Davis as Joan, Joe Lino as Roy, Preetish Chakraborty as John Bechdel, and Leo Gonzalez as Christian Bechdel.

The production team included Doug Peck (musical director), Charlotte Rivard-Hoster (conductor), Yu Shibagaki (sets), Melissa Ng (costumes), Paul Whitaker (lighting), Ray Nardelli (sound), Mealah Heidenreich and Alec Long (props), and Jessica Forella (production stage manager).

We will update this story once dates are announced.