SPARC Presents ‘New Voices for the Theater’ Festival of New Works

posted on June 30, 2009 | Permanent link

20 Years!
Over 200 Young Playwrights!
More than 200 New Plays Staged!
The Firehouse Theatre Project turns its space over to the next wave of playwrights on Friday & Saturday July 10 and 11, when SPARC (School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community) celebrates the 20th anniversary of its statewide high-school playwriting competition and play festival, New Voices for the Theater and its Festival of New Works. The New Voices Festival of New Works is the culmination of a three-week intensive summer residency and workshop with professional theater artists, in which eight talented winners were chosen from among 150 scripts submitted to SPARC’s competition from high-schools across the Great State of Virginia. Professional actors perform staged readings of all winning plays during the festival weekend. Don’t miss it!

Dates/Times/Plays/Playwrights:
Friday July 10, 8 p.m.:
The Plan by Helen Mittmann (York County School of the Arts, Williamsburg)
I Love You for Today, Live for Tomorrow by Jenny Claire Knight (Cosby High School, Midlothian)
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 by Duncan Lyle (St. Christopher’s School, Richmond)

Saturday July 11, 2 p.m.:
The Great Library by Sara Katherine Rock (York County School of the Arts, Williamsburg)
Sister to Sister by Taylor Collier (York County School of the Arts, Williamsburg)

Saturday July 11, 8 p.m.
Supposed to Be by Ashley Duffey (York County School of the Arts, Williamsburg)
My Girl by Emily Douglas (Loudon County High School, Leesburg)
The Day the Trailer Park Stood Still by Jacob Zent (Loudon County High School, Leesburg)

Congratulations to these young and talented playwrights!

Special awards ceremony honoring winners, founders, and champions of New Voices for the Theater following the 8 p.m. show.
New Voices for the Theater is made possible by the generous support of the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.

Free and open to the public.
All events at the Firehouse Theatre, 1609 W. Broad Street.
Seating is limited, first come first served.

For More Information about SPARC, go here.

Announcing: 2009-2010 Season!

posted on June 22, 2009 | Permanent link

Be first in line to purchase tickets for the exciting new 2009-2010 Firehouse Theatre Project season!
Starting in September 2009, Founding Artistic Director Carol Piersol presents four brilliant playwrights new to the Firehouse stage: three who are well established (Howard Korder, Neil LaBute and Eric Bogosian), and one bright new rising star (Sheila Callaghan) whose play will be part of the statewide Minds Wide Open program featuring Women in the Arts.

Tickets to individual shows are not yet available, so buy your season tickets today, save some hard-earned moolah, and get first dibbies on favorite nights and seats, in advance.

Check out these great plays coming to your favorite theatre on Broad Street:
Boys’ Life by Howard Korder, opening September 10, 2009.
This Is How It Goes by Neil LaBute, opening October 29, 2009.
Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake) by Sheila Callaghan, opening February 25, 2010.
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll by Eric Bogosian, opening April 15, 2010.

Click here to read more about these fabulous productions!

Richmond Playwrights Forum ‘Hot Lunch’ June 23

posted on June 9, 2009 | Permanent link

Do lunch with the Richmond Playwrights Forum at noon on Tuesday, June 23 for a staged reading of scenes from Turnbull by Billy Doswell, featuring Woody Eeny, Alys Rowe, and G. Jackson Ross.
Bring a bag lunch and enjoy the show. Feedback/critique from the audience at the conclusion of the reading is welcome.
Show starts at noon and finishes by one - a nice diversion in your day!
Free and open to the public. 

Fall Acting Classes Start September 7

posted on June 2, 2009 | Permanent link

Adult acting classes: Professional performance training perfected by Sanford Meisner, under the instruction of Carol Piersol, Founding Artistic Director.
Monday evenings, 8 weeks, September 7 - October 26.
Discounts for returning students!
Click here for more details, and to register.

Audition Call - ‘This is How it Goes’

posted on May 23, 2009 | Permanent link

Sunday, June 21 – 5-7 p.m., Firehouse Theatre, 1609 W. Broad Street
Auditions for This Is How It Goes by Neil LaBute
Director Bill Patton seeks one male, one female (mid thirties). Part of Cody already cast.
Callbacks June 22.
Rehearsals begin September 28.  Show runs Oct. 29 - Nov. 21.
For more information, call the Firehouse at 804-355-2001.