Upcoming events
Detroit '67
FIREHOUSE MAINSTAGE
It's 1967 in Detroit. Motown music is getting the party started, and Chelle and her brother Lank are making ends meet by turning their basement into an after-hours joint. But when a mysterious woman finds her way into their lives, the siblings clash over much more than the family business. As their pent-up feelings erupt, so does their city, and they find themselves caught in the middle of the '67 riots.
Fuse Ensemble
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Fuse Ensemble’s Speech and Silence concert includes chamber ensemble works by Brittany J. Greene, Pamela Z, Gina Biver and Nicole Mitchell, and a new work by bassist/composer Ethan Foote. Fuse Ensemble's very special guests include three Richmond artists: bass clarinetist JC Kuhl, and vocalists Ashley Larson and Laura Ann Singh.
SPITTING IMAGE presented by Starr Foster Dance
Starr Foster Dance will present Spitting Image 2025 for five performances at the Firehouse Theatre in Richmond, Virginia, on April 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th, 2025.
This year, seven incredible photographers and nine guest performers from the community are joining us.
War in Pieces
FIREHOUSE OFFSITE
The Firehouse Theatre is proud to announce we are once again partnering with the Virginia War Memorial Foundation on War in Pieces, four one-act plays written by Virginia veterans.
Yes! Dance Festival
FIREHOUSE RESIDENT COMPANY
YES! Dance Festival
A national contemporary dance event
National guest choreographers from New York, Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, California & Richmond
Including three artists listed in Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch"
Producer - K Dance and Kaye Weinstein Gary
Closing Night
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Bridge 9 Presents Closing Night: An improvised Musical! No improvised musical is the same so you get to witness the opening and closing night.With suggestions from the audience this talented team of improvisers weaves (and sing) their way through a full musical! A truly unique experience. You won't want to miss Closing Night of this improvised musical!
First Drafts and Bagels: For Nick
FIREHOUSE NEW PLAYS
First Drafts and Bagels: For Nick
Destiny's Island’s been canceled, leaving reality TV star Jenny J without her… stardom. When a hometown tragedy receives national attention, the fading influencer is faced with the question - can she use her platform for good? Or is politics simply a way to stay relevant? Funny, sharp, and poignant, For Nick is an exploration of love, privacy, and purpose in today’s increasingly public world.
Smoke
FIREHOUSE RESIDENT COMPANY
In a world where consumerism is king, distraction is everywhere and public discourse is shot, a couple from New York City arrive at a rented McMansion on a hill to attend a family wedding. SMOKE is a darkly funny play about what happens when truth is up for grabs. Presented by Cadence Theatre.
A Strange Loop
FIREHOUSE OFFSITE
Hell-bent on breaking free of his own self-perception, Usher, a young, gay, Black writer, writes a musical about a young, gay, Black writer who’s writing a musical about a young, gay, Black writer... a strange loop. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Musical, this heartfelt and blisteringly funny masterwork bursts onto the Richmond Triangle Stage, produced in partnership with Firehouse Theatre.
Lake Effect
FIREHOUSE MAINSTAGE
Two bitterly estranged siblings and their unwitting spouses navigate an uncomfortable and chaotic reunion at the old family lake house to spread the ashes of their late father. Past pains get wrapped up with current struggles in this sardonic and wrenching examination of ‘adulting’.
Shake-Song: Nice work (If You Can Get It!)
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Bev Appleton invites you to join him on a journey through his theatrical career which includes over 50 musicals and Shakespeare productions. In an engaging and entertaining manner, he interweaves musical theatre songs and Shakespeare monologues showing that theatre is truly great work....IF you can get it.
Burlesque Right Meow
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
We’re embracing our Villain Era! It’s time to cheer for the bad witches, bad bitches, and devilish divas who steal the spotlight. We all know the villains have the best looks, the sharpest wit, and the most irresistible allure—so why fight it? Let your dark side reign and revel in the wickedness with a cast that’s as seductive as they are sinister.
Matt Venuti's AmeriCosmos
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
An immersive, calming, awe-inspiring live music and visual voyage through the heart of nature, the depth of sound, and the vastness of space.
poetry happy hour
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Since September 2015, every other month at the Firehouse, Words on Fire Poetry Happy Hour features a showcase reading by a poet from our community as well as an open mic. Participants and guests alike are encouraged to mingle, sip, and be inspired.
I Get Around
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
I Get Around is the latest cabaret from Georgia Rogers Farmer! It needed an encore performance, so here it is at Firehouse! One evening only! Expect her "normal" songs, stories, prizes and surprises but this time focused around her 58 day trip to Europe this past summer. Come get away from it all and enjoy an evening of song that'll take you on a fun journey across the pond.
Pop-Up Premiere: The Bell Lyre
FIREHOUSE NEW PLAYS
In the not-so-distant future, on a floodplain nearby, a family struggles to fit a lifetime of memories into seven boxes. In the world of the play, musical instruments are constructed from broken clocks and wallboards, pies are baked from forgotten apples, and shields are donned to catch bullets. The Bell Lyre summons everyday disquiet, lost love, digital barrenness, and Alzheimer’s miracles.
Firehouse Radio Players
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Join us for an evening of original comedies performed in the style of an old time radio show. The cast of versatile voice actors will bring dozens of characters to life, and the maestro of sound effects will create every footstep, thunder clap, and slammed door right in front of you.
Closing Night
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
No improvised musical is the same, so witness the opening AND closing night! With suggestions from the audience, this talented team of improvisers weaves (and sings) their way through a full musical! You won’t want to miss this truly unique Closing Night!
Constellations
FIREHOUSE RESIDENT COMPANY
One relationship. Infinite possibilities. Marianne and Roland meet at a party. They go for a drink, or perhaps they don't. They fall madly in love and start dating, but eventually they break up. After a chance encounter in a supermarket they get back together, or maybe they run into each other and Marianne reveals that she's now engaged to someone else and that's that. Or perhaps Roland is engaged. Maybe they get married, or maybe their time together will be tragically short. Constellations is a play about free will and friendship; it's also about quantum multiverse theory, love, and honey.
First Drafts and Bagels: Safety
FIREHOUSE NEW PLAYS
Safety is the serio-comic story of a woman whose recurring nightmare drives her to purchase a gun to protect herself and her mentally challenged mother. When an overly helpful gun seller insinuates himself into her life, the fortress of protection Camille longs for leads to a final confrontation with her biggest fear and a new understanding of what it means to be safe.
Burlesque Right Meow
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Baddies With Saddies: An Emo Burlesque Experience—a burlesque and variety show where performers bring their hearts and black eyeliner to the stage with acts set to their favorite emo and pop punk anthems. From high-energy bangers to heartfelt ballads, these performers will deliver a night of passion, rebellion, and unapologetic feelings.
Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus tells the story of young girl who writes a letter to the editor of the New York Sun. Ed Mitchell, the editor, assigns Frank Church—a reporter on the verge of self destruction—the task of answering Virginia's question. Church's quest and reply have become one of the world's most quoted and beloved editorials.
Pretty Please
FIREHOUSE RESIDENT COMPANY
The PS Project is a movement initiative featuring works by Julia Pasquale in collaboration with Kathleen Brady. Together, they delve into themes of proximity, intimacy, the contrast between closeness and distance, and the urge to connect or withdraw. As they navigate these concepts, Brady and Pasquale are inspired by enigmatic forms and the distinctive ways in which dancing bodies convey subtle messages.
Page to Stage III
FIREHOUSE RESIDENT COMPANY
Starr Foster Dance is excited to present Page to Stage again. 2024 marks the third year! In the Spring of 2015, SFD launched a call for submissions of sudden and flash fiction stories to be created into, and inspire, new dance works. The response was incredible and SFD decided to continue this project and present PAGE TO STAGE II in 2022, including poetry.
Firehouse Radio Players
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Join us for an evening of original comedies performed in the style of an old time radio show. The cast of versatile voice actors will bring dozens of characters to life, and the maestro of sound effects will create every footstep, thunder clap, and slammed door right in front of you.
Pop-Up Premiere: The Bad Guy
FIREHOUSE NEW PLAYS
When Finn and Deirdre inherit Finn’s childhood home they move in, hoping to repair their marriage and get a fresh start on life. But the woods are far deeper and darker than Finn remembers, and his half-sister has become a stranger. This modern, folk-horror adaptation of The Bacchae is about all the ways we are capable of transforming ourselves and those we love.
Happy Hour Poetry
River City Poets will host a handful of contributors from the 2024 Writing the Land: Virginia anthology, a collection that pairs poets with land trusts/conservation organizations to highlight/speak "for" specific lands throughout the Commonwealth.
Featuring four poets from the book: Jenna Veazey, Gwyn RC Moses, Nan Ottenritter, and Dorinda Wegener, and representatives from the Capital Region Land Conservancy.
Followed by an open mic.
The Rehappening
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
We make hundreds of trillions of choices every day - some important, but most seemingly insignificant. However, with every choice you make, there are a number of different possible outcomes that could’ve been. How would your day have been different if you had taken the stairs instead of the elevator? What mayhem might have ensued had your roommate picked up that delivery order instead of you? Imagine, if you will, a completely improvised show that explores these many alternate timelines...an improvised show that takes a look at what happens when one simple choice carries big consequences...an improvised show called...“The Rehappening.”
Closing Time
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Bridge 9 presents Closing Night: An Improvised Musical! No improvised musical is the same, so you get to witness both the opening and closing night. With suggestions from the audience this talented team of improvisers weaves (and sings) their way through a full musical! A truly unique experience. You won't want to miss Closing Night of this improvised musical!
Water by the Spoonful
FIREHOUSE MAINSTAGE
This haunting and melodic Pulitzer Prize-winning play serves as a testament to the power of family and friendship for those slipping through the widening cracks of our fractured society. Elliot, a wounded veteran, returns to his home in Philadelphia only to face another heart-wrenching loss. As Elliot and his cousin Yaz navigate their grief, Elliot's biological mother Odessa finds solace and strength in a Narcotics Anonymous support group she moderates online. This gripping play explores the complexities of family, addiction, and healing in the face of overwhelming odds.
First Drafts and Bagels: Your Son
FIREHOUSE NEW PLAYS
After a life-shattering tragedy, a mother must confront her son about the crime he has committed, with all the patience and poise that is demanded of the mothers of violent criminals. Through her desperate attempt to understand her son's motives, Your Son explores the collision of grace and pain; how we survive the unsurvivable, grieve the ungrieveable, forgive the unforgivable.
Cut! Cabaret
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Come join Elle Meerovich and friends as they sing their way through all the songs that didn’t make the show! As musicals work through the development process, often song selections never make the final score, instead they are lost to the cutting room floor. Cut! Cabaret explores the cut pieces of Broadway musicals. Experience musical gems lost to theatre history - or discover why it never made the show!
Burlesque Right Meow: Twisted Tassels
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Crank up the volume and feel the heat! From thrashing guitars to dark, heavy beats, Twisted Tassels: A Metal Burlesque Awakening will take you on a wild ride through the world of metal. From headbanging anthems to seductive shreds, our lineup is packed with rebellious glamour and jaw-dropping entertainment. Prepare for a night of raw power, bold moves, and epic performances!
Coming of Age
We can’t escape it. We all do it. Come experience the exploration of aging presented by K Dance featuring the music of John Winn performed live on stage with the dancers.
Firehouse Radio Players
Join us for an evening of original comedies performed in the style of an old time radio show. The cast of versatile voice actors will bring dozens of characters to life, and our maestro of sound effects will create every footstep, thunder clap, and slammed door right in front of you.
Memories of Overdevelopment Screening
Join us at the Firehouse for a special screening of our world premiere production of Memories of Overdevelopment.
The event will feature commentary from director Nathaniel Shaw, associate director Sarbajeet Das, and actor Keaton Hillman. Don’t miss the chance to experience this stunning multimedia play in an entirely new format.
Closing Night
A one-night only fully improvised musical, presented by Bridge 9 Theater. Watch as the talented improvisers performs an original 60min musical based entirely off your suggestions. A truly unique experience and it show is different from the last. You won't want to miss Closing Night of this improvised musical!
True West
Sam Shepard’s True West has earned acclaim and nominations for its exploration of the tumultuous California landscape. Two brothers clash over a film script - Austin, the accomplished writer, and Lee, a wild, demented petty thief. When Lee pitches his gritty Western to the producer, Austin must choose between his modern love story and Lee's unconventional vision.
First Drafts and Bagels: Cincinnati by the Sea
It’s been almost a year and a half since the great flood and only a month since Freddie’s wife, Cleo, abandoned the family. Now a single parent, Freddie struggles to support her mother, Pip, and her son, Noah. Freddie is haunted by a vision of Cleo bent on not letting her move on, while Noah falls head-over-heels for a local boy named Paul. Noah and Freddie are pulled further apart as they struggle with the daily challenges of post-apocalyptic life. When their relationship reaches a breaking point, Noah runs away, leaving Freddie with one last chance to bring her family together.