{"id":14795,"date":"2024-02-23T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=14795"},"modified":"2024-02-23T08:55:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T13:55:39","slug":"wilkes-university-theatre-to-stage-fun-home-from-feb-22-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2024\/02\/23\/wilkes-university-theatre-to-stage-fun-home-from-feb-22-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilkes University Theatre to Stage Fun Home from Feb. 22-25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wilkes University Theatre will stage Fun Home<\/em>, the Pulitzer-Prize nominated musical based on Alison Bechdel\u2019s best-selling graphic novel of the same name, at 8 p.m. on Feb. 22, 23 & 24, and 2 p.m. on Feb. 24 & 25, at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on Bechdel\u2019s life,\u00a0Fun Home<\/em>\u00a0moves between past and present to tell her queer coming-of-age story. The musical explores how Bechdel\u2019s understanding of her identity connects to her volatile, intelligent and obsessive father, his death and the secrets he held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets are available online at\u00a0wilkes.edu\/theatre<\/a>. Tickets are free with ID for Wilkes students, faculty and staff<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

General admission tickets are $20 and student\/senior citizen tickets are $15. The box office will open one hour before curtain for purchases in person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, visit news.<\/a>wilkes<\/a>.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sarah Pugliese as Small Alison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wilkes University Theatre will stage Fun Home, the Pulitzer-Prize nominated musical based on Alison Bechdel\u2019s best-selling graphic novel of the same name, at 8 p.m. on Feb. 22, 23 & 24, and 2 p.m. on Feb. 24 & 25, at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. Based on Bechdel\u2019s life,\u00a0Fun Home\u00a0moves between past… Read More »Wilkes University Theatre to Stage Fun Home from Feb. 22-25<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14795"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14896,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14795\/revisions\/14896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}