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8 Get ready for "FUN HOME" FRI-SUN, AUG 11-13 | DELL HALL Five Time Tony ® Award-Winning Musical Makes its Austin Premiere in Dell Hall In 2006 Alison Bechdel published the graphic memoir "Fun Home," a recounting of her relationship with her late father. e book went on to become a New York Times bestseller and Time named it the #1 Book of the Year. In 2010 writer Lisa Kron and composer Jeanine Tesori began the task of adapting the material as a musical. Writing commenced at the Ojai Playwrights Conference in California and later took form at the Sundance eatre Lab. e musical had its first developmental production at e Public eater Lab in 2012 under the direction of Sam Gold. A year later, the show opened in the Newman eater at e Public eater to rave reviews and ran for four months to sold out crowds. In 2015 "Fun Home" opened on Broadway at Circle in the Square where it became the most acclaimed new musical of the season by winning five Tony Awards including Best Musical and made history along the way. LONG CENTER PRESENTS 8 2017 S U M M E R/FA L L S E A S O N THE CAST OF FUN HOME (PHOTO BY JOAN MARCUS)

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