{"id":12601,"date":"2026-03-30T19:03:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/?post_type=seasonal-shows&#038;p=12601"},"modified":"2026-10-02T16:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T22:28:37","slug":"fun-home","status":"publish","type":"seasonal-shows","link":"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/fr\/show\/fun-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n.postid-12601{\n  --fh-ink:#171717;\n  --fh-muted:#65625c;\n  --fh-paper:#f7f5ef;\n  --fh-card:#ffffff;\n  --fh-line:#ddd8cc;\n  --fh-gold:#d5ae45;\n  --fh-deep:#252b28;\n}\n.postid-12601 .fh-playbill,\n.postid-12601 .fh-cast-playbill,\n.postid-12601 .fh-ticketing{box-sizing:border-box}\n.postid-12601 .fh-playbill * ,\n.postid-12601 .fh-cast-playbill * ,\n.postid-12601 .fh-ticketing *{box-sizing:border-box}\n.postid-12601 .fh-playbill{\n  max-width:1120px;\n  margin:0 auto 4.5rem;\n  color:var(--fh-ink);\n}\n.postid-12601 .fh-eyebrow,\n.postid-12601 .fh-kicker{\n  margin:0 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class=\"fh-playbill\" aria-label=\"Fun Home digital playbill\">\n<nav class=\"fh-program-nav\" aria-label=\"Digital playbill sections\"><a href=\"#fh-about-title\">The story<\/a><a href=\"#fun-home-directors-note\">Director\u2019s note<\/a><a href=\"#fun-home-cast\">Meet the cast<\/a><a href=\"#fun-home-creative\">Creative team<\/a><a href=\"#fun-home-band\">The band<\/a><a href=\"#fun-home-supporters\">Partners &amp; sponsors<\/a><a href=\"#fun-home-ads\">Community ads<\/a><a href=\"#fun-home-tickets\">Tickets &amp; passes<\/a><\/nav>\n  <div class=\"fh-program-panel\">\n    <p class=\"fh-eyebrow\">NUOVA Vocal Arts \u00b7 2026\/27 Arts Season<\/p>\n    <div class=\"fh-program-grid\">\n      <div>\n        <h2><em>Fun Home<\/em><\/h2>\n        <p class=\"fh-lede\">A daughter looks back through the fragments of her childhood, searching memory for a way to understand her father\u2014and herself.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"fh-show-facts\">\n          <span>October 1\u20134, 2026<\/span>\n          <span>Westbury Theatre<\/span>\n          <span>100 minutes \u00b7 no intermission<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n        <a class=\"fh-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/tickets.fringetheatre.ca\/event\/601:7648\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get tickets<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"fh-credit-list\" aria-label=\"Production credits\">\n        <div class=\"fh-credit\"><small>Music<\/small><strong>Jeanine Tesori<\/strong><\/div>\n        <div class=\"fh-credit\"><small>Book &amp; Lyrics<\/small><strong>Lisa Kron<\/strong><\/div>\n        <div class=\"fh-credit\"><small>Based on the graphic memoir by<\/small><strong>Alison Bechdel<\/strong><\/div>\n        <div class=\"fh-credit\"><small>Director<\/small><strong>Benjamin Smith<\/strong><\/div>\n        <div class=\"fh-credit\"><small>Music Director<\/small><strong>Simon Abbott<\/strong><\/div>\n        <div class=\"fh-credit\"><small>Presented in partnership with<\/small><strong>Fringe Theatre<\/strong><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <section class=\"fh-about\" aria-labelledby=\"fh-about-title\">\n    <div>\n      <p class=\"fh-kicker\">The Story<\/p>\n      <h2 id=\"fh-about-title\">About the Show<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"fh-about-copy\">\n      <p>Moving between Alison\u2019s childhood, her university years and her adult life, <em>Fun Home<\/em> reveals a family held together by affection, secrecy and the stories its members tell themselves. What emerges is at once deeply personal and universally recognizable: a daughter\u2019s attempt to see her parents clearly\u2014and, in doing so, better understand herself.<\/p>\n      <p>Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, <em>Fun Home<\/em> is a compassionate and profoundly moving theatrical memoir, alive with humour, discovery and an unforgettable contemporary score.<\/p>\n      <span class=\"fh-advisory\">Recommended for mature audiences.<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"fh-addition fh-director-note\" id=\"fun-home-directors-note\" aria-labelledby=\"fh-note-title\">\n<div class=\"fh-note-portrait\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Benjamin-Smith-\u2014-Fun-Home-Director-2.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin Smith, director of Fun Home\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div><div class=\"fh-note-panel\"><p class=\"fh-kicker\">From the Director<\/p><h2 id=\"fh-note-title\">Director\u2019s Note<\/h2><p class=\"fh-note-name\">Benjamin Smith<\/p><details class=\"fh-note-details\"><summary>Read director\u2019s note<\/summary>\n<div class=\"fh-note-copy\"><p>Fun Home has been one of my favourite musicals for over a decade, and a piece I have wanted to stage for nearly as long.<\/p>\n<p>What has always moved me is the way it holds contradiction: love and damage, tenderness and shame, humour and grief, all existing at once. It understands something profound about memory, and about the difficult work of understanding the people who made us.<\/p>\n<p>When Fun Home opened on Broadway in 2015, it became the first Broadway musical to centre a lesbian protagonist. A decade later, that history feels worth remembering. We are living through a moment in which questions about whose stories young people encounter, and which lives are given space in public culture, feel newly urgent. Art has always been sensitive to those shifts. When the boundaries around what may be seen, read, or represented begin to move, artists have a responsibility to notice, and to keep making room for humanity.<\/p>\n<p>That is what Fun Home offers so beautifully. No easy answers, but a family: specific, funny, loving, difficult and completely human.<\/p>\n<p>For this production, we began with a blank page: a space where the past can be drawn, erased, rearranged and summoned again. Where Alison can stand beside the child she was and the father she is still trying to know.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps we all do some version of this. We return to the people who shaped us. We ask new questions of old memories. We notice what we could not see before.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe that is one of the gifts of looking back: not that the past becomes simpler, but that we become capable of holding more of it.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for joining us in that act of remembering, and for supporting NUOVA and the remarkable artists who have brought this story to life.<\/p><p class=\"fh-signature\"><strong>Benjamin Smith<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"fh-cast-playbill\" id=\"fun-home-cast\" aria-labelledby=\"fun-home-cast-title\">\n  <div class=\"fh-head\">\n    <div>\n      <p class=\"fh-kicker\">The Company<\/p>\n      <h2 id=\"fun-home-cast-title\">Meet the Cast<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"fh-intro\">Meet the artists bringing Alison Bechdel\u2019s singular family story to the Westbury stage.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"fh-grid\">\n\n<article class=\"fh-card\">\n  <img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jaimi-Reese-\u2014-Alison-Fun-Home-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"Jaimi Reese, who plays Alison in NUOVA Vocal Arts\u2019 Fun Home\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\">\n  <div class=\"fh-body\">\n    <p class=\"fh-role\">Alison<\/p>\n    <h3>Jaimi Reese<\/h3>\n    <details class=\"fh-bio-details\">\n      <summary>Read bio<\/summary>\n      <div class=\"fh-bio\">Jaimi is an actress, singer, improviser, drag king and nanny. She also enjoys running and playing Dungeons &amp; Dragons and other tabletop games. You can catch her in upcoming improv shows with Sorry Not Sorry, usually at Grindstone Theatre. Selected credits include <em>White Christmas<\/em> (NUOVA Vocal Arts); <em>Bat Boy<\/em>, <em>Evil Dead<\/em>, <em>Cult Cycle<\/em>, <em>Imaginary Friend<\/em> and <em>Final Girl<\/em> (Straight Edge Theatre); <em>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>, <em>Julius Caesar<\/em> and <em>Macbeth<\/em> (Malachite Theatre); and <em>The Other Side of the Pole<\/em> (Prime Stock Theatre).<\/div>\n    <\/details>\n  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"fh-card\">\n  <img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Julie-Koebel-\u2014-Medium-Alison-Fun-Home-768x994.png\" alt=\"Julie Koebel, who plays Medium Alison in NUOVA Vocal Arts\u2019 Fun Home\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\">\n  <div class=\"fh-body\">\n    <p class=\"fh-role\">Medium Alison<\/p>\n    <h3>Julie Koebel<\/h3>\n    <details class=\"fh-bio-details\">\n      <summary>Read bio<\/summary>\n      <div class=\"fh-bio\">Julie Koebel is a recent graduate of the University of Alberta\u2019s BFA Acting program, and they are thrilled to join this production. Growing up on the traditional, unceded territories of the Katzie, Kwantlen, Matsqui and Seyome First Nations, they received a Diploma in Theatre for the Stage from Douglas College. Julie is inspired by nature, community and finding joy in the little things. Selected credits include <em>Antigone<\/em> (Bleviss Laboratory Theatre); <em>The Laramie Project<\/em>, <em>[BLANK]<\/em> and <em>Orlando<\/em> (Studio Theatre); <em>Titanic: The Musical<\/em> and <em>A Little Night Music<\/em> (NUOVA Vocal Arts); <em>A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em> (University of Alberta); and <em>The Ash Girl<\/em> and <em>Love\/Sick<\/em> (Douglas College).<\/div>\n    <\/details>\n  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"fh-card\">\n  <img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Aislyn-Burdek-\u2014-Small-Alison-Fun-Home-768x1076.jpg\" alt=\"Aislyn Burdek, who plays Small Alison in NUOVA Vocal Arts\u2019 Fun Home\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\">\n  <div class=\"fh-body\">\n    <p class=\"fh-role\">Small Alison<\/p>\n    <h3>Aislyn Burdek<\/h3>\n    <details class=\"fh-bio-details\">\n      <summary>Read bio<\/summary>\n      <div class=\"fh-bio\">Aislyn is an 11-year-old actor and singer with a passion for musical theatre. She has been training vocally for three years and studies piano, continuing to grow and develop as a young performer. Aislyn loves being on stage and takes every opportunity she can to perform, including singing at local venues and open-mic events. Whether stepping into a character or sharing a song with an audience, she brings enthusiasm, creativity and a genuine love for the stage. Aislyn is always excited to learn, challenge herself and make new memories along the way. She is thrilled to be part of this production and grateful for the opportunity to share the stage with such a wonderful cast.<\/div>\n    <\/details>\n  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"fh-card\">\n  <img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Doug-Mertz-\u2014-Bruce-Fun-Home-768x1151.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Mertz, who plays Bruce in NUOVA Vocal Arts\u2019 Fun Home\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n  <div class=\"fh-body\">\n    <p class=\"fh-role\">Bruce<\/p>\n    <h3>Doug Mertz<sup><a href=\"#fh-equity-credit\" aria-label=\"Canadian Actors\u2019 Equity Association member\">*<\/a><\/sup><\/h3>\n    <details class=\"fh-bio-details\">\n      <summary>Read bio<\/summary>\n      <div class=\"fh-bio\">Doug Mertz has appeared on many local stages, most recently with Citadel Theatre in <em>The Importance of Being Earnest<\/em> and <em>Clue<\/em>, and with Thou Art Here Theatre in <em>Civil Blood: A Treaty Story<\/em>. He is involved in the creation of a new play about architect Arthur Erickson, <em>The Light from Other Skies<\/em> by Liam Monaghan, which will premiere in Lethbridge next spring before playing Edmonton and Vancouver. Doug is an Assistant Professor at MacEwan University, where he teaches acting, auditioning, speech, and dialects and accents in the Music Theatre Performance BFA program. Next up: <em>The Extractionist<\/em> at Studio Theatre, University of Alberta.<\/div>\n    <\/details>\n  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"fh-card\">\n  <img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kim-Mattice-Wanat-052-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Mattice Wanat, who plays Helen in NUOVA Vocal Arts\u2019 Fun Home\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n  <div class=\"fh-body\">\n    <p class=\"fh-role\">Helen<\/p>\n    <h3>Kim Mattice Wanat<sup><a href=\"#fh-equity-credit\" aria-label=\"Canadian Actors\u2019 Equity Association member\">*<\/a><\/sup><\/h3>\n    <details class=\"fh-bio-details\">\n      <summary>Read bio<\/summary>\n      <div class=\"fh-bio\">Kim Mattice Wanat is the founder and Artistic &amp; Managing Director of NUOVA Vocal Arts. An accomplished director, educator, producer and performer, she has spent more than two decades creating ambitious opportunities for emerging singers and theatre artists. Through NUOVA, Kim has helped generations of artists develop their craft through intensive training, mentorship and fully staged performance. She is delighted to return to the stage as Helen in <em>Fun Home<\/em>.<\/div>\n    <\/details>\n  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"fh-card\">\n  <img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Kijo-Gatama-\u2014-Joan-Fun-Home-768x1152.jpg\" alt=\"Kijo Gatama, who plays Joan in NUOVA Vocal Arts\u2019 Fun Home\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n  <div class=\"fh-body\">\n    <p class=\"fh-role\">Joan<\/p>\n    <h3>Kijo Gatama<\/h3>\n    <details class=\"fh-bio-details\">\n      <summary>Read bio<\/summary>\n      <div class=\"fh-bio\">Kijo Gatama is a multidisciplinary artist based in Amiskwac\u00eew\u00e2skahikan (Edmonton), working across playwriting, acting, dance and artistic direction. A graduate of the University of Alberta\u2019s BFA Acting program (2022), she specializes in performance theatre, Afrocentric dramaturgy and esoteric studies. Her practice is rooted in extensive interdisciplinary experience and community-forward work.<\/div>\n    <\/details>\n  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"fh-card\">\n  <img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Cooper-Nash-Rajotte-\u2014-Christian-Fun-Home-768x1152.jpg\" alt=\"Cooper Nash Rajotte, who plays Christian in NUOVA Vocal Arts\u2019 Fun Home\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n  <div class=\"fh-body\">\n    <p class=\"fh-role\">Christian<\/p>\n    <h3>Cooper Nash Rajotte<\/h3>\n    <details class=\"fh-bio-details\">\n      <summary>Read bio<\/summary>\n      <div class=\"fh-bio\"><em>Fun Home<\/em> marks Cooper\u2019s debut with NUOVA Vocal Arts. He is also excited to join NUOVA\u2019s Class Act Advanced Musical Theatre program for the 2026\/27 season, culminating in Lionel Bart\u2019s <em>Oliver!<\/em> in February 2027. Cooper\u2019s Citadel Theatre Mainstage credits include <em>The Sound of Music<\/em> (Kurt von Trapp), the world premiere of <em>Vinyl Caf\u00e9: The Musical<\/em> (Sam) and <em>The Wizard of Oz<\/em> (Munchkin\/Ozian). Citadel Performance Lab credits include <em>Frozen Jr.<\/em> (Hans), <em>The Wizard of Oz Jr.<\/em> (Tinman) and <em>Newsies Jr.<\/em> (Davey). He has also performed with St. Albert Children\u2019s Theatre. Cooper works in film, television and voiceover and is represented by RJ Talent, with credits including <em>Billy the Kid<\/em>, <em>Kongsuni &amp; Friends<\/em> and <em>Tobot<\/em>.<\/div>\n    <\/details>\n  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"fh-card\">\n  <img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sasha-Bayduza-\u2014-John-Fun-Home-637x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sasha Bayduza, who plays John in NUOVA Vocal Arts\u2019 Fun Home\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n  <div class=\"fh-body\">\n    <p class=\"fh-role\">John<\/p>\n    <h3>Sasha Bayduza<\/h3>\n    <details class=\"fh-bio-details\">\n      <summary>Read bio<\/summary>\n      <div class=\"fh-bio\"><em>Fun Home<\/em> is Sasha\u2019s debut performance with NUOVA Vocal Arts. He has studied for the past four years at the Citadel\u2019s Foote Theatre School, including its Musical Theatre Ensemble and Performance Lab productions of <em>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz<\/em> and <em>Frozen!<\/em> Sasha is the youngest of four children. He is enrolled in Grade 5 and, in his spare time, enjoys playing soccer and video games and spending time with family and friends.<\/div>\n    <\/details>\n  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"fh-card\">\n  <img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Sable-B.-Boltz-\u2014-Bobby-Jeremy-Mark-Fun-Home-768x1352.jpg\" alt=\"Sable B. Boltz, who plays Bobby Jeremy and Mark in NUOVA Vocal Arts\u2019 Fun Home\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n  <div class=\"fh-body\">\n    <p class=\"fh-role\">Bobby Jeremy \/ Mark<\/p>\n    <h3>Sable B. Boltz<\/h3>\n    <details class=\"fh-bio-details\">\n      <summary>Read bio<\/summary>\n      <div class=\"fh-bio\">Sable B. Boltz is a transgender, first-generation settler in Amiskwaciw\u00e2skahikan, originally from the traditional lands of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe (the San Francisco Bay Area), and a recent graduate of the University of Alberta\u2019s BFA Acting program. Selected performance credits include <em>Rodgers &amp; Hammerstein\u2019s ROBOCOP: The Musical<\/em> (Cousins-In-Law Productions), <em>Featuring Loretta<\/em> (Soapbox Players), <em>Fantasies in Trash: In 11 Movements<\/em> (Coarse Arts Collective), <em>antigone lives*<\/em>, <em>Tartuffe<\/em> and <em>Deserters<\/em> (Studio Theatre).<\/div>\n    <\/details>\n  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"fh-card\">\n  <img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/David-Son-\u2014-Pete-Roy-Fun-Home-768x768.jpg\" alt=\"David Son, who plays Pete and Roy in NUOVA Vocal Arts\u2019 Fun Home\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n  <div class=\"fh-body\">\n    <p class=\"fh-role\">Pete \/ Roy<\/p>\n    <h3>David Son<\/h3>\n    <details class=\"fh-bio-details\">\n      <summary>Read bio<\/summary>\n      <div class=\"fh-bio\">David is a Cambodian Canadian artist thrilled to be making his NUOVA Vocal Arts debut in <em>Fun Home<\/em>. He has been on and off Edmonton stages since his days as a young dancer, though in recent years much of his creative work has focused on writing and producing original theatre. His writing credits include the musicals <em>Pair of Guys Lost<\/em> and, most recently, <em>A Hellmark Christmas Musical<\/em>. He is excited to step out from behind the scenes and return to the stage.<\/div>\n    <\/details>\n  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"fh-addition fh-equity-credit\" id=\"fh-equity-credit\" aria-label=\"Canadian Actors\u2019 Equity Association acknowledgement\"><p><strong>* Members of Canadian Actors\u2019 Equity Association.<\/strong><\/p><p>Canadian Actors\u2019 Equity Association (Equity) is the voice of nearly 6,000 professional artists working in theatre, opera, and dance across Canada.<\/p><\/aside>\n<section class=\"fh-cast-playbill\" id=\"fun-home-creative\" aria-labelledby=\"fh-creative-title\"><div class=\"fh-head\"><div><p class=\"fh-kicker\">Behind the Production<\/p><h2 id=\"fh-creative-title\">Creative Team<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fh-creative-grid\"><article class=\"fh-card\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Benjamin-Smith-\u2014-Fun-Home-Director-2.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin Smith\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><div class=\"fh-body\"><p class=\"fh-role\">Director<\/p><h3>Benjamin Smith<\/h3><details class=\"fh-bio-details\"><summary>Read bio<\/summary><div class=\"fh-bio\"><p>Benjamin Smith (he\/him) is a director, theatre educator, and arts leader from Fredericton, New Brunswick \/ W\u0259last\u0259kwewiyik. He holds an MFA in Directing from the University of Alberta and has trained with the Academy of Fight Directors Canada and Theatrical Intimacy Educators (TIE). Ben is currently Associate Artistic Director of NUOVA Vocal Arts and teaches in the Musical Theatre Performance program at MacEwan University. A newly minted uncle to baby Weslie, Ben is endlessly grateful for the friends and family cheering him on from Atlantic Canada, and especially for his partner, Dasha, whose love and support make all of this possible.<\/p><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/article><article class=\"fh-card\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-Simon-Abbot-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Simon Abbott\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><div class=\"fh-body\"><p class=\"fh-role\">Music Director<\/p><h3>Simon Abbott<\/h3><details class=\"fh-bio-details\"><summary>Read bio<\/summary><div class=\"fh-bio\"><p>Simon Abbott is a left-handed organist, jazz pianist, director, and composer living in Edmonton.<\/p>\n<p>He is the musical director of over 50 shows, most recently A Gentleman\u2019s Guide to Love and Murder and Rocky Horror at Grindstone Theatre, The Greatest Showgirl and Romeo and Juliette\u2019s Notebook at Spotlight Cabaret, The Prom at MacEwan, Marat-Sade at the University of Alberta, and White Christmas and Anne of Green Gables at Nuova.<\/p>\n<p>He feels the extremes of pride and shame for the musicals he has written: Jason Kenney\u2019s Hot Boy Summer and Die Harsh with Byron Martin, Morningside Road with Mhairi Berg, and the Accidental Beach trilogy with members of The 11 O\u2019Clock Number.<\/p>\n<p>His involvement in LGBTQ+ advocacy grew out of his work with homeless and at-risk youth at Phoenix Youth Programs in Halifax. He joined the Don\u2019t Be Afraid movement and was a singer and arranger for their outreach choir VOX (a member of their board first leant him a copy of Fun Home). After careful examination, Simon is happy to report his day-to-day life does indeed pass the Bechdel test.<\/p><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/article><article class=\"fh-card\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-%E2%80%94-Lisa-Kron.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Kron\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><div class=\"fh-body\"><p class=\"fh-role\">Book &amp; Lyrics<\/p><h3>Lisa Kron<\/h3><details class=\"fh-bio-details\"><summary>Read bio<\/summary><div class=\"fh-bio\"><p>Lisa Kron is a playwright and actor whose plays include <em>Well<\/em>, <em>In the Wake<\/em> and <em>2.5 Minute Ride<\/em>. She wrote the book and lyrics for <em>Fun Home<\/em> with composer Jeanine Tesori. Their musical won five 2015 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Kron is a founding member of the Five Lesbian Brothers and serves on the Dramatists Guild of America council.<\/p><p class=\"fh-photo-credit\">Photo: Huntington Theatre Company.<\/p><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/article><article class=\"fh-card\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-%E2%80%94-Alison-Bechdel.jpg\" alt=\"Alison Bechdel\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><div class=\"fh-body\"><p class=\"fh-role\">Based on the Graphic Novel<\/p><h3>Alison Bechdel<\/h3><details class=\"fh-bio-details\"><summary>Read bio<\/summary><div class=\"fh-bio\"><p>Alison Bechdel is a cartoonist and author best known for the comic strip <em>Dykes to Watch Out For<\/em> and the graphic memoir <em>Fun Home<\/em>, adapted into this musical. Her other memoirs include <em>Are You My Mother?<\/em> and <em>The Secret to Superhuman Strength<\/em>. Her comics have appeared in <em>The New Yorker<\/em>, <em>Slate<\/em> and <em>The New York Times Book Review<\/em>; she is a Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow.<\/p><p class=\"fh-photo-credit\">Photo: Yale University.<\/p><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/article><article class=\"fh-card\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-%E2%80%94-Jeanine-Tesori.jpg\" alt=\"Jeanine Tesori\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><div class=\"fh-body\"><p class=\"fh-role\">Music<\/p><h3>Jeanine Tesori<\/h3><details class=\"fh-bio-details\"><summary>Read bio<\/summary><div class=\"fh-bio\"><p>Jeanine Tesori is a composer of musical theatre, opera and film whose musicals include <em>Fun Home<\/em>, <em>Kimberly Akimbo<\/em>, <em>Caroline, or Change<\/em>, <em>Thoroughly Modern Millie<\/em>, <em>Violet<\/em> and <em>Shrek the Musical<\/em>. She is a two-time Tony Award recipient and a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. With Lisa Kron, she became the first all-woman team to win the Tony for Best Score of a Musical for <em>Fun Home<\/em>.<\/p><p class=\"fh-photo-credit\">Photo: Yale University.<\/p><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/article><\/div><div class=\"fh-creative-credit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-Ken-Matthews-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Ken Matthews, Lighting Designer\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"248\"><div><p class=\"fh-role\">Lighting Designer<\/p><h3>Ken Matthews<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"fh-cast-playbill\" id=\"fun-home-band\" aria-labelledby=\"fh-band-title\"><div class=\"fh-head\"><div><p class=\"fh-kicker\">The Musicians<\/p><h2 id=\"fh-band-title\">Meet the Band<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fh-grid\"><article class=\"fh-card\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-Svetlana-Remniakova-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Svetlana Remniakova, violin\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><div class=\"fh-body\"><p class=\"fh-role\">Violin<\/p><h3>Svetlana Remniakova<\/h3><\/div><\/article><article class=\"fh-card\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-Ben-Caufield-Headshot-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Caufield\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><div class=\"fh-body\"><p class=\"fh-role\">Drums<\/p><h3>Ben Caufield<\/h3><details class=\"fh-bio-details\"><summary>Read bio<\/summary><div class=\"fh-bio\"><p>Ben Caufield is a drummer, composer, and recording engineer based out of Edmonton. He plays a variety of styles moving from modern jazz to post-hardcore, influenced by the likes of Avishai Cohen, Tarek Yamani, Basement, and Title Fight. A fit for the performance major at MacEwan University, he graduated having had the chance to perform and study abroad in Helsinki, Finland, studying with the legendary Finnish drummer Tommi Rautiainen. Beyond playing, Ben works as an aspiring recording engineer locally, having recorded at Riverdale Recorders, Cold Weather Studios, and Wolf Willow Studios.<\/p><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/article><article class=\"fh-card\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-Marshall-Hughes-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Marshall Hughes\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><div class=\"fh-body\"><p class=\"fh-role\">Bass<\/p><h3>Marshall Hughes<\/h3><details class=\"fh-bio-details\"><summary>Read bio<\/summary><div class=\"fh-bio\"><p>Marshall Hughes is a bassist based out of Edmonton, Alberta. He plays a variety of styles ranging from jazz to funk, to post-grunge rock, influenced by Joe Dart, Paul Chambers, Verdine White, and Flea. He is currently wrapping up his final year of the Performance Major at MacEwan University after travelling to Helsinki, Finland to study with renowned bassists Hannu Rantanen and Marko Liski.<\/p><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/article><article class=\"fh-card\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-Cindy-Richardson-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Cindy Richardson\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><div class=\"fh-body\"><p class=\"fh-role\">Band<\/p><h3>Cindy Richardson<\/h3><details class=\"fh-bio-details\"><summary>Read bio<\/summary><div class=\"fh-bio\"><p>Cindy has enjoyed music from a very young age, starting with the piano. She played clarinet and saxophone throughout junior and senior high school, as well as college. Cindy is a school teacher by profession, with much of her teaching experience having been in music and concert band. She started a home school band program in central Alberta, over 20 years ago, which is still going strong. Cindy has been involved in the local music community for many years, including playing cello with a small string group, conducting a community band, teaching clarinet clinics, and conducting the musical theatre production of Chicago. In 2017, she dusted off her clarinet and earned a seat in the Concordia Symphony Orchestra which has since morphed into the Capital City Symphony. Cindy\u2019s first gig in musical theatre was the 2025 Grindstone Theatre production of A Gentleman\u2019s Guide to Love and Murder.<\/p><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"fh-addition\" id=\"fun-home-supporters\" aria-labelledby=\"fh-supporters-title\"><p class=\"fh-kicker\">With Our Thanks<\/p><h2 id=\"fh-supporters-title\">Partners &amp; Sponsors<\/h2><div class=\"fh-presenting\"><div><p class=\"fh-role\">Presenting Partner<\/p><h3>Fringe Theatre<\/h3><\/div><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-Fringe-Theatre-presenting-partner.png\" alt=\"Fringe Theatre\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div><div class=\"fh-sponsor-grid\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-Trinity.webp\" alt=\"Trinity Funeral Home\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>Trinity Funeral Home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-EVO-.jpeg\" alt=\"Evolution Wonderlounge\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>Evolution Wonderlounge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-EAC-LOGO.webp\" alt=\"Edmonton Arts Council\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>Edmonton Arts Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-MacEwanU-Logo.svg.png\" alt=\"MacEwan University\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>MacEwan University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-AFA_LOGOvert2col.jpg\" alt=\"Alberta Foundation for the Arts\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>Alberta Foundation for the Arts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-ECF_Primary_Logo_Green.png\" alt=\"Edmonton Community Foundation\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><figcaption>Edmonton Community Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"fh-addition\" id=\"fun-home-ads\" aria-labelledby=\"fh-ads-title\"><p class=\"fh-kicker\">From Our Arts Community<\/p><h2 id=\"fh-ads-title\">Around the City<\/h2><div class=\"fh-ads-grid\"><a class=\"fh-ad\" href=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dancing-Day-Ad.pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Cantilon Choirs \u2014 Dancing Day, December 6 at 2:30 pm, Winspear Centre. Tickets: CantilonChoirs.ca. Open full advertisement.\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Dancing-Day-Ad.pdf-pdf.jpg\" alt=\"Cantilon Choirs \u2014 Dancing Day, December 6 at 2:30 pm, Winspear Centre. Tickets: CantilonChoirs.ca.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/a>\n<a class=\"fh-ad\" href=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-Tamer-Tamed-Art.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"John Fletcher\u2019s The Tamer Tamed \u2014 October 14\u201324, 2026. Open full advertisement.\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-Tamer-Tamed-Art.png\" alt=\"John Fletcher\u2019s The Tamer Tamed \u2014 October 14\u201324, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/a>\n<a class=\"fh-ad\" href=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-Foote-in-the-Door-presents-2-x-2-in-5.5-x-4.25-in-1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Foote in the Door Productions presents The Mikado, new adaptation by R. A. Shiomi \u2014 November 13\u201322, 2026, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Servus Credit Union at La Cit\u00e9 Francophone. Open full advertisement.\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fun-Home-\u2013-Foote-in-the-Door-presents-2-x-2-in-5.5-x-4.25-in-1.png\" alt=\"Foote in the Door Productions presents The Mikado, new adaptation by R. A. 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ShadowTheatre.org.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/a><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"fh-ticketing\" id=\"fun-home-tickets\" aria-labelledby=\"fh-tickets-title\">\n  <div class=\"fh-ticket-head\">\n    <div>\n      <p class=\"fh-kicker\">Plan Your Visit<\/p>\n      <h2 id=\"fh-tickets-title\">Tickets &amp; Passes<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    <p>Individual tickets are sold through Fringe Theatre. <em>Fun Home<\/em> is also included in NUOVA\u2019s 2026\/27 season passes.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"fh-ticket-card\">\n    <div>\n      <strong>Individual Tickets<\/strong>\n      <span>Choose your performance and book directly through Fringe Theatre.<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <a class=\"fh-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/tickets.fringetheatre.ca\/event\/601:7648\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy tickets<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"fh-pass-grid\" aria-label=\"NUOVA season passes\">\n    <div class=\"fh-pass\">\n      <p class=\"price\">3-Show Pass \u00b7 $120<\/p>\n      <p><em>Fun Home<\/em> + <em>White Christmas<\/em> + <em>Oliver!<\/em><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"fh-pass\">\n      <p class=\"price\">4-Show Pass \u00b7 $150<\/p>\n      <p>The Arts Season plus your choice of one 2027 Summer Festival Mainstage production.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"fh-pass\">\n      <p class=\"price\">Complete Season \u00b7 $170<\/p>\n      <p>All three 2026\/27 Arts Season productions plus both 2027 Summer Festival Mainstage productions.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"fh-license-credit\" style=\"margin:2.5rem 0 0;padding-top:1rem;border-top:1px solid var(--fh-line);font-size:.82rem;color:var(--fh-muted);text-align:center;\">FUN HOME is presented by arrangement with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordtheatricals.com\/s\/58581\/fun-home\">Concord Theatricals<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordtheatricals.com\/\">www.concordtheatricals.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-12601","seasonal-shows","type-seasonal-shows","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fun Home | NUOVA Vocal Arts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nuovavocalarts.ca\/fr\/show\/fun-home\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fun Home | NUOVA Vocal Arts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The storyDirector\u2019s noteMeet the castCreative teamThe bandPartners &amp; sponsorsCommunity adsTickets &amp; passes NUOVA Vocal Arts \u00b7 2026\/27 Arts Season Fun Home A daughter looks back through the fragments of her childhood, searching memory for a way to understand her father\u2014and herself. October 1\u20134, 2026 Westbury Theatre 100 minutes \u00b7 no intermission Get tickets MusicJeanine Tesori Book &amp; LyricsLisa Kron Based on the graphic memoir byAlison Bechdel DirectorBenjamin Smith Music DirectorSimon Abbott Presented in partnership withFringe Theatre The Story About the Show Moving between Alison\u2019s childhood, her university years and her adult life, Fun Home reveals a family held together by affection, secrecy and the stories its members tell themselves. What emerges is at once deeply personal and universally recognizable: a daughter\u2019s attempt to see her parents clearly\u2014and, in doing so, better understand herself. Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Fun Home is a compassionate and profoundly moving theatrical memoir, alive with humour, discovery and an unforgettable contemporary score. Recommended for mature audiences. From the Director Director\u2019s Note Benjamin Smith Read director\u2019s note Fun Home has been one of my favourite musicals for over a decade, and a piece I have wanted to stage for nearly as long. What has always moved me is the way it holds contradiction: love and damage, tenderness and shame, humour and grief, all existing at once. It understands something profound about memory, and about the difficult work of understanding the people who made us. When Fun Home opened on Broadway in 2015, it became the first Broadway musical to centre a lesbian protagonist. A decade later, that history feels worth remembering. We are living through a moment in which questions about whose stories young people encounter, and which lives are given space in public culture, feel newly urgent. Art has always been sensitive to those shifts. When the boundaries around what may be seen, read, or represented begin to move, artists have a responsibility to notice, and to keep making room for humanity. That is what Fun Home offers so beautifully. No easy answers, but a family: specific, funny, loving, difficult and completely human. For this production, we began with a blank page: a space where the past can be drawn, erased, rearranged and summoned again. Where Alison can stand beside the child she was and the father she is still trying to know. Perhaps we all do some version of this. We return to the people who shaped us. We ask new questions of old memories. We notice what we could not see before. Maybe that is one of the gifts of looking back: not that the past becomes simpler, but that we become capable of holding more of it. Thank you for joining us in that act of remembering, and for supporting NUOVA and the remarkable artists who have brought this story to life. Benjamin Smith The Company Meet the Cast Meet the artists bringing Alison Bechdel\u2019s singular family story to the Westbury stage. Alison Jaimi Reese Read bio Jaimi is an actress, singer, improviser, drag king and nanny. She also enjoys running and playing Dungeons &amp; Dragons and other tabletop games. You can catch her in upcoming improv shows with Sorry Not Sorry, usually at Grindstone Theatre. Selected credits include White Christmas (NUOVA Vocal Arts); Bat Boy, Evil Dead, Cult Cycle, Imaginary Friend and Final Girl (Straight Edge Theatre); A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream, Julius Caesar and Macbeth (Malachite Theatre); and The Other Side of the Pole (Prime Stock Theatre). Medium Alison Julie Koebel Read bio Julie Koebel is a recent graduate of the University of Alberta\u2019s BFA Acting program, and they are thrilled to join this production. Growing up on the traditional, unceded territories of the Katzie, Kwantlen, Matsqui and Seyome First Nations, they received a Diploma in Theatre for the Stage from Douglas College. Julie is inspired by nature, community and finding joy in the little things. Selected credits include Antigone (Bleviss Laboratory Theatre); The Laramie Project, [BLANK] and Orlando (Studio Theatre); Titanic: The Musical and A Little Night Music (NUOVA Vocal Arts); A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream (University of Alberta); and The Ash Girl and Love\/Sick (Douglas College). Small Alison Aislyn Burdek Read bio Aislyn is an 11-year-old actor and singer with a passion for musical theatre. She has been training vocally for three years and studies piano, continuing to grow and develop as a young performer. Aislyn loves being on stage and takes every opportunity she can to perform, including singing at local venues and open-mic events. Whether stepping into a character or sharing a song with an audience, she brings enthusiasm, creativity and a genuine love for the stage. Aislyn is always excited to learn, challenge herself and make new memories along the way. She is thrilled to be part of this production and grateful for the opportunity to share the stage with such a wonderful cast. Bruce Doug Mertz* Read bio Doug Mertz has appeared on many local stages, most recently with Citadel Theatre in The Importance of Being Earnest and Clue, and with Thou Art Here Theatre in Civil Blood: A Treaty Story. He is involved in the creation of a new play about architect Arthur Erickson, The Light from Other Skies by Liam Monaghan, which will premiere in Lethbridge next spring before playing Edmonton and Vancouver. Doug is an Assistant Professor at MacEwan University, where he teaches acting, auditioning, speech, and dialects and accents in the Music Theatre Performance BFA program. Next up: The Extractionist at Studio Theatre, University of Alberta. Helen Kim Mattice Wanat* Read bio Kim Mattice Wanat is the founder and Artistic &amp; Managing Director of NUOVA Vocal Arts. An accomplished director, educator, producer and performer, she has spent more than two decades creating ambitious opportunities for emerging singers and theatre artists. Through NUOVA, Kim has helped generations of artists develop their craft through intensive training, mentorship and fully staged performance. She is delighted to return to the stage as Helen in Fun Home. 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sponsorsCommunity adsTickets &amp; passes NUOVA Vocal Arts \u00b7 2026\/27 Arts Season Fun Home A daughter looks back through the fragments of her childhood, searching memory for a way to understand her father\u2014and herself. October 1\u20134, 2026 Westbury Theatre 100 minutes \u00b7 no intermission Get tickets MusicJeanine Tesori Book &amp; LyricsLisa Kron Based on the graphic memoir byAlison Bechdel DirectorBenjamin Smith Music DirectorSimon Abbott Presented in partnership withFringe Theatre The Story About the Show Moving between Alison\u2019s childhood, her university years and her adult life, Fun Home reveals a family held together by affection, secrecy and the stories its members tell themselves. What emerges is at once deeply personal and universally recognizable: a daughter\u2019s attempt to see her parents clearly\u2014and, in doing so, better understand herself. Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Fun Home is a compassionate and profoundly moving theatrical memoir, alive with humour, discovery and an unforgettable contemporary score. Recommended for mature audiences. From the Director Director\u2019s Note Benjamin Smith Read director\u2019s note Fun Home has been one of my favourite musicals for over a decade, and a piece I have wanted to stage for nearly as long. What has always moved me is the way it holds contradiction: love and damage, tenderness and shame, humour and grief, all existing at once. It understands something profound about memory, and about the difficult work of understanding the people who made us. When Fun Home opened on Broadway in 2015, it became the first Broadway musical to centre a lesbian protagonist. A decade later, that history feels worth remembering. We are living through a moment in which questions about whose stories young people encounter, and which lives are given space in public culture, feel newly urgent. Art has always been sensitive to those shifts. When the boundaries around what may be seen, read, or represented begin to move, artists have a responsibility to notice, and to keep making room for humanity. That is what Fun Home offers so beautifully. No easy answers, but a family: specific, funny, loving, difficult and completely human. For this production, we began with a blank page: a space where the past can be drawn, erased, rearranged and summoned again. Where Alison can stand beside the child she was and the father she is still trying to know. Perhaps we all do some version of this. We return to the people who shaped us. We ask new questions of old memories. We notice what we could not see before. Maybe that is one of the gifts of looking back: not that the past becomes simpler, but that we become capable of holding more of it. Thank you for joining us in that act of remembering, and for supporting NUOVA and the remarkable artists who have brought this story to life. Benjamin Smith The Company Meet the Cast Meet the artists bringing Alison Bechdel\u2019s singular family story to the Westbury stage. Alison Jaimi Reese Read bio Jaimi is an actress, singer, improviser, drag king and nanny. She also enjoys running and playing Dungeons &amp; Dragons and other tabletop games. You can catch her in upcoming improv shows with Sorry Not Sorry, usually at Grindstone Theatre. Selected credits include White Christmas (NUOVA Vocal Arts); Bat Boy, Evil Dead, Cult Cycle, Imaginary Friend and Final Girl (Straight Edge Theatre); A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream, Julius Caesar and Macbeth (Malachite Theatre); and The Other Side of the Pole (Prime Stock Theatre). Medium Alison Julie Koebel Read bio Julie Koebel is a recent graduate of the University of Alberta\u2019s BFA Acting program, and they are thrilled to join this production. Growing up on the traditional, unceded territories of the Katzie, Kwantlen, Matsqui and Seyome First Nations, they received a Diploma in Theatre for the Stage from Douglas College. Julie is inspired by nature, community and finding joy in the little things. Selected credits include Antigone (Bleviss Laboratory Theatre); The Laramie Project, [BLANK] and Orlando (Studio Theatre); Titanic: The Musical and A Little Night Music (NUOVA Vocal Arts); A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream (University of Alberta); and The Ash Girl and Love\/Sick (Douglas College). Small Alison Aislyn Burdek Read bio Aislyn is an 11-year-old actor and singer with a passion for musical theatre. She has been training vocally for three years and studies piano, continuing to grow and develop as a young performer. Aislyn loves being on stage and takes every opportunity she can to perform, including singing at local venues and open-mic events. Whether stepping into a character or sharing a song with an audience, she brings enthusiasm, creativity and a genuine love for the stage. Aislyn is always excited to learn, challenge herself and make new memories along the way. She is thrilled to be part of this production and grateful for the opportunity to share the stage with such a wonderful cast. Bruce Doug Mertz* Read bio Doug Mertz has appeared on many local stages, most recently with Citadel Theatre in The Importance of Being Earnest and Clue, and with Thou Art Here Theatre in Civil Blood: A Treaty Story. He is involved in the creation of a new play about architect Arthur Erickson, The Light from Other Skies by Liam Monaghan, which will premiere in Lethbridge next spring before playing Edmonton and Vancouver. Doug is an Assistant Professor at MacEwan University, where he teaches acting, auditioning, speech, and dialects and accents in the Music Theatre Performance BFA program. Next up: The Extractionist at Studio Theatre, University of Alberta. Helen Kim Mattice Wanat* Read bio Kim Mattice Wanat is the founder and Artistic &amp; Managing Director of NUOVA Vocal Arts. An accomplished director, educator, producer and performer, she has spent more than two decades creating ambitious opportunities for emerging singers and theatre artists. Through NUOVA, Kim has helped generations of artists develop their craft through intensive training, mentorship and fully staged performance. She is delighted to return to the stage as Helen in Fun Home. 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