Fire House Theatre Project Presents LOVE KILLS, 10/28-11/20

The Firehouse Theatre Project proudly announces the second show of its 2010-11 season, Kyle Jarrow's "Love Kills", running Oct. 28 - Nov. 20, 2010. The Firehouse production is directed by Morrie Piersol and stars Emma Orelove, Larry Gard, Kim Clark and Nick Aliff.

With a cast of just four actors, the show takes us back to Nebraska in 1958, as we witness the world closing in on two teenage lovers who are charged with committing 11 murders in the course of a week. Under pressure to confess by dawn, facts blur and loyalties shift, and they have to ask themselves: how far will you go for someone you love?

 Love Kills is based on real life murderers Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, whose story also has been depicted in Bruce Springsteen's album Nebraska and the films Badlands and Natural Born Killers.  Billed as a "new emo rock musical," Kyle Jarrow's Love Kills premiered to great acclaim in October 2009 at St. Louis' New Line Theatre.  With this true-life inspiration, the playwright explores the dangerous intersection between love and desire. It's young love, with guns.  Wrought with shades of Romeo & Juliet and echoes of the current trend of school violence, Love Kills is a dramatic, cutting-edge new musical that breathes life into a dark subject. For more information about the true story of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, click here.

Jarrow offers this statement in relation to Love Kills being an "emo" rock musical:
"Emo music and bands like My Chemical Romance, Sunny Day Real Estate or Dashboard Confessional really capture the angst and raw emotionalism of adolescence.  That's why it seemed the perfect choice of musical style to tell this story of young love gone bad."

 Brooklyn-based playwright Kyle Jarrow writes for the stage as well as film and television, and he plays in the bands The Fabulous Entourage and Super Mirage. He won the prestigious OBIE Award at age 24 for his Off-Broadway hit A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, which has subsequently been produced all over the country, including at the Firehouse in Decemeber 2008. Kyle's play Armless won the Overall Excellence Award at the New York International Fringe Festival, and has been made into a feature film - now an official selection of Sundance Film Festival 2010.  Click here to learn more about playwright Kyle Jarrow.

"Mr. Jarrow is the kind of writer that likes to provoke people." --The New Yorker

"Kyle Jarrow's songs are dangerously catchy." --The New York Sun

"Jarrow's writing is messy, giddy and poignant, and at its best, all three at once.  Most importantly, Jarrow's work continues to prove that he is not afraid of playing with fire." --Curtain Up

FIREHOUSE EVENTS

Mr. Jarrow will be visiting the Firehouse Theatre Project during the run of Love Kills, and also participating in an exclusive talk-back discussion with the audience after a performance.  The date for this event has not yet been announced. If you would like to schedule an interview with the playwright during his stay, or conduct an interview via phone during the month of October or November, please email margie@firehousetheatre.org.  The opening night reception for Love Kills is Thursday October 28, and will be catered by Bacchus.
 
Tickets are $25 for adults, $22 for seniors 65 and older, and $10 for students and RAPT members with ID. Tickets are available by calling the Firehouse box office at 804-355-2001 or visiting www.firehousetheatre.org

WHERE
Firehouse Theatre Project
1609 W. Broad Street
Richmond, Va. 23220
804-355-2001
www.firehousetheatre.org
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WHEN
Oct. 28 - Nov. 20, 2010
8 p.m. shows on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
4 p.m. Sunday pay-what-you-will shows
Thursday, October 28 - Opening night featuring a catered reception by Bacchus

TICKETS
Tickets are $25 for adults, $22 for seniors 65 and older, and $10 for students and RAPT members with ID.

Purchases may be made by calling the Firehouse box office at 804-355-2001 or online at www.firehousetheatre.org