ReaderRecommeded: 'If you’ve never seen this show, or have only seen it on a big proscenium stage, it may well be worth the trip to Aurora for this bountiful, aching embodiment of Bechdel’s story.' | kerryreid
Three actors portray the budding cartoonist at different times of life: Emilie Modaff’s grown-up Alison serves as narrator and tour guide, looking back on life in small-town Pennsylvania with her closeted and mercurial father, Bruce , who teaches high school English and runs the family funeral home , and mother Helen , who seemingly keeps her emotions buttoned up until it’s time to go onstage at the local community theater.
Small Alison tries to make sense of all the things that aren’t said in the family’s beautifully renovated vintage home, where everyone operates at a distance from each other, and where her “tomboy” ways and nascent artistic instincts are both smothered by her father’s obsession with order. He can’t control the chaos of family life, though, any more than he can control his attraction to younger men and boys.
Medium Alison acts upon her own closeted yearnings at Oberlin when she meets a woman, Joan , who turns her topsy-turvy, as expressed in the lyric, “I’m changing my major to Joan.” Music director Kory Danielson’s seven-piece band brings lovely texture and nuance to Tesori’s gorgeous score. If you’ve never seen this show, or have only seen it on a big proscenium stage, it may well be worth the trip to Aurora for this bountiful, aching embodiment of Bechdel’s story.
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