Fun Home Performances
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Opening Night with wine & apps Exhibition Opens at 5:45, Show at 7pm
Matinee performance with
LGBTQ+ Panel following.
Performance
Performance & Talk Back
with actors & creative team following.
Performance
Performance & Talk Back
with actors & creative team following.
Artists' Talk 8:45pm
following the performance
Performance
Closing Night Performance
Project Pride Events Schedule
Film Screening: A Reflection of Self
in collaboration with World Muse & BendFilm
Sunday, June 4th, 6:30 pm Tin PanTheatre
"A Reflection of Self" is a World Muse Production that shares the voices and stories of LGBTQIA+ community members and explores what it means to be free.
Pay-what-you-can event tickets available at Tin Pan Theatre
Tower-Theatre-Sponsored Conversation with Jeanine Tesori
Tony-Award Winning composer of Fun Home
Tuesday, June 6th, 5 pm
Please inquire for details: musicalimpressionsbend@gmail.com
Jeanine Tesori, the tony-award-winning composer of Fun Home and the most prolific and honored female theatrical composer in history, with five Broadway musicals and five Tony Award nominations will give a virtual talk and Q & A.
Space is limited please email: musicalimpressionsbend@gmail.com to inquire about availability
Graphic Novel/Cartoon Workshop
with Carolyn Parker, COCC instructor
Saturday, June 10th, 10 am
Scalehouse Gallery
For this free event you will join COCC instructor Carolyn Parker for a morning spent doodling and learning the art of the graphic novel and cartoons. Free to the public, donations accepted. All art supplies will be provided.
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Panel discussion with mental health professionals, educators, and LGBTQ2IA+ community members. In both the novel and musical versions of Fun Home, Alison Bechdel is seeking truth and understanding of her life as she creates her memoir. In this discussion, our panelists will share the importance of owning one's truth, and explore the themes and topics of Fun Home and how these themes appear in their own lives and within our greater community.
Panel Discussion
Mapping the Themes of Fun Home:
Embracing the Authentic Self and
Family Dynamics
Saturday, June 17th, 4-5 pm,
Open Space Studios
This is Me Open Mic
Teen/Young Adult Open Mic
Wednesday, June 21st, 6:30 pm
Greenhouse Cabaret
You have the talent, we have the microphone and stage! Be sure to sign up to reserve your spot on Bend's best stage, The Greenhouse Cabaret!
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Exhibition
CONTOURS: A Personal Geography
Exhibition Opens: Wednesday, June 14th
Exhibition Opens: 1 hour prior to each performance
Artists’ Talk: Friday, June 16th, 8:45 pm
Open Space Studios
Artists exhibiting in Contours: A Personal Geography were asked to think about how their own environment and complex landscape transformed their existence. How did they visualize their own contours? How has their personal geography affected their desire to express themselves through visual art?
Talk Backs
with Actors & Creative Team
Immediately following performances on
Thursday, June 15th, and Thursday, June 22nd
Identity & Belonging Community Workshop
with Claire Brislin of Write Now Programs
Sunday, June 25th 3pm
Brooks Room Deschutes Public Library
This free workshop will explore many of Fun Home's themes of identity, queer identity, coming-of-age, family dynamics, memory, and finding one’s place in the world. The workshop will include a variety of engaging exercises including flash performances, written reflection, drawing, and group discussion inspired by Bechdel’s text, and encourage participants to think deeply about their own identities, struggles, and personal truths. Click image to sign up.
Current Threats to Equality Workshop
Online Discussion
Date: Wednesday, June 28th at 6:30 pm
Join Heather Sawyer, Executive Director of American Oversight, and Jenny Pizer, Chief Legal Officer of Lambda Legal, to discuss the reality of “culture war,” the threats facing equality today…and what we can do about it.