DiIorio’s “The Jag” Wins 2010 Play Festival!
posted on February 3, 2010 | Permanent link
Congratulations to this year’s Festival of New American Plays winner – Gino DiIorio of New York, N.Y.!
Audience members at the eighth annual festival’s finale on Monday, Feb. 1, selected Mr. DiIorio’s play, The Jag, as the winner over the other finalist, American Pastime by Mike Folie of Congers, N.Y.
More than 200 scripts were submitted from nearly every state in the country, and festival participants faced no easy decision in selecting a winner, according to organizers.
“Both plays were extremely well-crafted new plays, but each was very different in terms of subject matter and style,” said Kerrigan Sullivan, festival director. “I had several conversations with audience members who were having a very tough time picking who to vote for.”
The Jag is about a father and son who enlist a quirky lesbian to help them fix up an old Jaguar. Mr. DiIorio is an award-winning playwright and teacher whose work has been produced off-Broadway, regionally, and internationally. He is an associate professor of theatre at Clark University where he also serves as theatre program director.
The Firehouse Theatre thanks all submitting playwrights for their participation in the festival, as well as audience members and others who helped make the event a success. Scripts already are being accepted for next year’s festival. Submission guidelines are available here.
Revised Play Festival Schedule
posted on February 1, 2010 | Permanent link
The remaining two performances of the eighth annual Festival of New American Plays have been rescheduled as a result of inclement weather. The new schedule of staged readings is as follows:
- Sunday, Jan. 31 - “The Jag” by Gino DiIorio
- Monday, Feb. 1 - “American Pastime” by Mike Folie
Both performances will start at 7:30 p.m. with discussions involving the audience, actors, director and playwright being held immediately afterward. Audience members who attended at least one performance of each play will vote for this year’s winner following the Monday night show.
A $5 donation is suggested at the door; advance reservations are not required. Please join us!
First LGBT Film Festival Opens Friday, Feb. 5
posted on February 1, 2010 | Permanent link
ROSMY presents a first-of-its-kind film festival in Metro Richmond, the Reel Pride Richmond Film Festival.
The two-day event will feature five award-winning independent films that celebrate the diversity of the LGBT community.
The festival will be held Feb. 5 and 6 at the Firehouse Theatre, 1609 West Broad Street. Friday night features a cocktail reception and screening of the film Patrick 1.5, the story of a gay couple that tries to adopt a baby and ends up with a 15-year old homophobic boy. Saturday is a day-long event highlighted by the free screening of the triple award-winning documentary Out in the Silence. Called “a stunning documentary” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, the filmmaker chronicles his engagement to another man and the firestorm it ignites in his Pennsylvania hometown. This screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker, Joe Wilson.
“After 19 years of support for the region’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth, ROSMY is proud to bring Richmond its first LGBT film festival, Reel Pride Richmond,” said John Dougherty, executive director of ROSMY. “We hope that this inaugural event will mark the beginning of a tradition that celebrates our community in film for years to come.”
The festival opens Friday, Feb. at 7 p.m. with a reception and screening. It continues Saturday, Feb. 6, beginning at 11 a.m. and ending with the final film at 8 p.m. Tickets are $7 per film. Special rate ticket packages are available as well. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.reelpriderichmond.org. Space is limited.
2010 Festival of New American Plays Finalists Announced!
posted on January 8, 2010 | Permanent link
The Firehouse Theatre Project is proud to present its 2010 Festival of New American Plays.
This eighth-annual, national playwriting competition will conclude from Thursday, Jan. 28-Sunday, Jan. 31 at the Firehouse Theatre at 1609 W. Broad Street in Richmond.
Two plays have been selected as this year’s finalists from nearly 200 entries submitted by talented playwrights from nearly every state in the country. Two staged readings of each play will be presented over the four-day festival with the winner being decided after the final reading on Sunday, Jan. 31, by persons who attended performances of both plays.
This year’s two finalists are: The Jag by Gino DiIorio of New York, N.Y., and American Pastime by Mike Folie of Congers, N.Y.
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Cadence Theatre Company Presents ‘Fool for Love’
posted on January 7, 2010 | Permanent link
Cadence Theatre Company presents Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love, with eight performances starting Jan. 14. The play stars Gordon Bass, Robin Bloodworth, Billy-Christopher Maupin, and Maggie Roop.
Shows are as follows:
- Thursday, Jan. 14, 8 p.m.
- Friday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m.
- Saturday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m.
- Sunday, Jan. 17, 4 p.m.
- Thursday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m.
- Friday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m.
- Saturday, Jan. 23, 8 p.m.
- Sunday, Jan. 24, 4 p.m.
Fool for Love is directed by Anna Senechal Johnson, one of the five founding members of the Firehouse Theatre. She spent the past twelve years working as a freelance actress, director and choreographer in Idaho. Currently she teaches for SPARC, freelances as an actress, director and teacher, and also will be Henley Street Theatre‘s production of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House this winter and spring.
General admission tickets will be available at the door by cash or checks, or can be reserved by calling 804-233-4894. Tickets also may be purchased online at www.cadencetheatre.org.
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