Grief is not a linear process. It comes in starts and stops, doubling back to tread familiar paths and perhaps getting lost along the way. There’s no set way to overcome it, whether it be the physical loss of someone or the emotional separation that comes with relationships in life. As a psychologist, I understand that on an intellectual level, as I work nearly every day with someone grieving something or someone in their life. However, as a human and a Queer one at that, I know the impact of loss and grief on a personal level. That’s part of what makes Ridgedale Player’s Fun Home so special, as it intersects sexuality, mental health, and grief uniquely and rawly.
Based on a Tony Award-winning Musical, which in turn is based on a graphic novel by Queer cartoonist Allison Bechdel, Fun Home explores one woman’s look inwardly at the family dynamics that made her. Family is messy, but so is life, and Fun Home examines how every decision (and every trauma) makes us who we are. This musical pushes away the black-and-white thinking people tend to have grown up with and instead exhumes the morally gray area that the adults in her past firmly existed.
In this interview, Brian Kitson sat down with one of Ridgedale Player’s Fun Home stars, Lori Knoth, who is playing Allison Bechdel herself. Knoth discusses her love for this story, which began back in New York City, her stance on Queer representation in theater, and how she conveys so many emotions in Fun Home without saying many lines. Enjoy!
Check out Fun Home at Ridgedale Players in Troy, Michigan!
If you’re in or around the Troy, Michigan, area, you’re not going to want to miss Ridgedale Player’s Fun Home, whose opening night is this Friday! Grab your tickets now before they are all gone! Stay tuned for a full review of the show, which is coming soon! Have you seen this production before? What other local shows have you taken in recently? Let us know on social media @mycosmiccircus or @boxseatbabes!
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