Firehouse Theatre and RVA Baroque Present World Premiere Opera JULIE, MONSTER
by A.A. Cristi
- Nov 18, 2021
Firehouse Theatre has partnered with RVA Baroque to produce the world premiere of JULIE, MONSTER: a Queer Baroque opera -- for a very limited run of two live performances on Friday December 3 at 7pm and Sunday December 5, 2021 at 2pm, with additional streaming options on Saturday December 4 at 8pm (EST) and December 11 and 12 as an on-demand stream throughout the weekend.
Firehouse's TO DAMASCUS Awarded $10,000 NEA Grant
by Stephi Wild
- Feb 10, 2018
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $25 million in grants as part of the NEA's first major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $10,000 to Firehouse Theatre for the world premiere of Richmond composer Walter Braxton's opera TO DAMASCUS. This is the first direct NEA grant that Firehouse has received in its 24 year history.
Photo Flash: First Look at Firehouse Theatre's TO DAMASCUS
by Stephi Wild
- Jan 19, 2018
TO DAMASCUS builds on a range of sources including the bible story of Paul's conversion, August Strindberg's THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS, the rivalry between Lorenzo de' Medici's patronage of secular art versus Girolamo Savanarola's bonfire of the vanities and his call for an orthodox religious revival, Thomas Mann's only play FIORENZO, the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, James Marcus Schuyler and Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and the Catholic Mass. Check out photos below!
Firehouse Theatre Launches Forum and Hires Community Engagement Manager
by Stephi Wild
- Nov 20, 2017
As it enters its 25th season, Firehouse Theatre has initiated a community engagement program called Firehouse Forum. Using seminars, backstage tours, podcasts, parties, and other onsite opportunities Firehouse Forum will involve Richmonders in an ongoing exploration of the performing arts scene and how Firehouse Theatre continues to push at the margins of what theatre is and can be.
