Fun Home: The Holiday Musical To See With Family

Fun Home has opened st The Huntington and, in a weird way, it is the best way to enter into the holiday season, which is filled with family time however wonderful or problematic that may be. The stars of this production are exceptionally talented. The story is heartwarming and heartbreaking wrapped in a succinct little one hour and forty minute package. Fun Home is about a 40 something Lesbian cartoonist trying to make sense of her childhood. Your personal Venn diagram may or may not intersect with most of the identities in this musical but at very least, we were all children once and that is the minimum intersection you need to get a whole lot out of a night at the theatre.

The set was impressive as it has been so far at every production I have see put on by The Huntington Theatre. The music of Fun Home is not necessarily the catchiest score, but an entertaining one. There are some heartbreaking songs and others that just help move the story along, but there were a couple songs I found exceptional (one powerful and one really playful). The three actors who played Alison Bechdel, the real life best selling graphic novelist whose graphic novel memoir became Fun Home, are so good at capturing the different phases of life and emanating the entire feel if what it is to exist in that phase of life.

Fun Home has very heavy themes and somehow, despite a few tears, you don’t leave the theatre completely drained. There is a sort of exploration of childhood and revisiting things with adult insight and intuition that feels cathartic too.

The cast overall was very good with Sarah Bockel, Maya Jacobson, and Lyla Randall exceptional. Caleb Levin and Sushma Saha also deserve mention for their roles.

The cast of Fun Home includes:

Sarah Bockel as Alison, a cartoonist in her 40s. Credits include: Beautiful: The Carol King Musical on Broadway, Dolly: A True Original Musical’s pre-Broadway run at Nashville’s Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, and the national tour of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical.

Maya Jacobson as Medium Alison, a college freshman. Credits include: Fidler Afn Dakh Off Broadway, Little Shop of Horrors at PlayMakers Rep, and Fun Home at Studio Theatre.

Lyla Randall as Small Alison, a nine-year-old girl. Credits include: The Bedwetter at Arena Stage, Mr. Crocket on Hulu, and Sesame Street on Netflix.

Nick Duckart as Bruce Bechdel, Alison’s father. Credits include: the national tour of Come From Away, Jersey Boys at Paper Mill Playhouse, and Anna in the Tropics at Asolo Rep

Jennifer Ellis as Helen Bechdel, Alison’s mother. Credits include: Merrily We Roll Along at The Huntington, Brigit at New Dramatists, and The Bridges of Madison County at SpeakEasy Stage.

Odin Vega as Christian Bechdel, Small Alison’s older brother. Credits include: The Light in the Piazza at The Huntington, The Little Mermaid Jr at Majestic Children’s Theater, and Aladdin Jr at St Michael’s Players.

Caleb Levin as John Bechdel, Small Alison’s younger brother. Credits include community theater performances with Academy of the Company Theatre, Break a Leg Theater Works, and Hingham Civic Music Theater.

Wyatt Anton as Roy, a young man Bruce hires to do yard work, Mark, a high school junior, Pete, a mourner, and Bobby Jeremy, imaginary television characters. Credits include: A Man of No Importance at SpeakEasy Stage, The Merchant of Venice at Prague Shakespeare Company, and Eurydice at Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

Sushma Saha as Joan, a college student. Credits include: 1776 on Broadway and at ART, Presencia at Bushwick Starr, and Chasing Grace at SheNYC.

Performances of Fun Home at the Huntington Theatre run from November 14 through December 14, 2025 Evening performances are Tuesday – Thursday at 7pm and Friday, Saturday at 7:30pm. Matinees are select Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2pm Tickets start at $29. The show is 1 hour and 40 mins with no intermission. Get tickets for yourself or the whole crew here.