Classes & Auditions
Adult Acting Classes
Get in on the act through theater training. Many talented students have gone on to feature in future Firehouse productions, and beyond! Due to small student/instructor ratio, classes fill up fast!
All classes are held at the Firehouse Theatre, 1609 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Va. 23220. For more information call 804-355-2001.
Monday Evening Acting Classes Start April 5
Eight-week session starts Monday, April 5, and runs through Monday, May 24. Classes are 7-9 p.m.
Instructor: Daniel Moore, a Richmond-based actor and director with more than 25 years of professional theatre experience.
Cost: New students $160, Returning students, $120 for an eight-week session.
Auditions for RENT on Saturday, April 17
The Firehouse Theatre Project will hold open call auditions for Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer-prize winning Broadway musical RENT Saturday April 17, 2010 from noon-4 p.m.
Audition Dates & Location:
April 17, 2010 from noon-4 p.m. (callbacks: Sunday April 18 from 6-10 p.m.) – Firehouse Theatre, 1609 W. Broad Street, Richmond VA 23220
NOTE: Auditions will be on a first come, first serve basis – no appointments will be scheduled nor will resumes/headshots will be accepted in advance.
Audition Requirements:
Director Jase Smith, Musical Director Leilani Mork, and Choreographer Maggie Marlin are seeking actors to play characters ranging from ages 19-35 from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.
Prepare one up tempo song, genre: pop/rock/R&B/contemporary Broadway
Piano accompanist will be provided
Bring sheet music or cd track – acapella is not acceptable
Be prepared for movement
Please bring your resume/headshot
About RENT:
RENT is based loosely on Puccini’s opera “La Bohème” and follows a year in the lives of seven friends as they deal with love, loss and AIDS while living the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York’s East Village.
Rehearsals will begin immediately after casting. Performances will run June 23 – July 31 2020 at Firehouse Theatre, 1609 W. Broad Street, Richmond VA 23220. Lead performers paid, some volunteers.
About Firehouse Theatre Project:
Founded in 1993, The Firehouse Theatre Project produces contemporary theater of the United States in an authentic urban space - the 101-year-old former Station House #10 of the Richmond Fire Department.
FTP’s presentation of recent Off-Broadway shows and original works, through main stage productions, readings, and the annual Festival of New American Plays, has brought to Richmond audiences a New York City black box theater experience - but at far lower ticket prices and with greater emphasis on the actor.
For more information about RENT Auditions or FTP, please visit www.firehousetheatre.org or email jasesmith@yahoo.com.
Firehouse Acting Class Student Update!
Former and current acting students appearing in current productions elsewhere:
Debbie Walton – Full Plate Collection by Irene Ziegler at the Little Theatre, March 11-27.
Sarah Legere – Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory at Chamberlayne Actors Theatre, March 26-April 11.
Emma Mason and Linda Beringer – Last Summer at Bluefish Cove by Jane Chambers at Richmond Triangle Players, March 17-April 10.
Bryan Leach – Othello by William Shakespeare at Richmond Shakespeare, Feb. 18- March 14, and upcoming tour of Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by Bernard Waber.
In other news ...
Sandra Clayton won a 2009 “Artsie” award for best ensemble acting from the Richmond Theatre Critics Circle for her part in Richmond Shakespeare‘s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Ms. Clayton is a former acting student at the Firehouse under Founding Artistic Director Carol Piersol.
Woody Czelusta was one of two leads in an ensemble production of Ayn Rand’s The Night of January 16th at Sycamore Rouge in Petersburg. The play ran from July 17-Aug. 8.
Bryan Leach played Rocky in a production of Rocky Horror Picture Show at Play On! in Charlottesville from July 16-Aug. 1. Read a Daily Progress review of the show.
Maurizio DeMaurizi has won a voice role in the On The Air Radio Players’ production of The Thin Man, March 3-4, 2009, at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen.
James Rees has been cast in Richmond Shakespeare’s Amadeus, opening February 12, 2009.
Debbie Walton appears in her theatrical debut in the Chamberlayne Actor’s Theatre 2009 production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons!
Ron Karnes appeared in the Henley Street Theater’s production of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull!
Stephanie Nightlinger recently ended a stint on stage in Chicago in a nine-month run of Awesome 80’s Prom!
Glenn Ryder and Prasad Tupe were featured in Sam Shephard’s The Late Henry Moss at the Firehouse Theatre!
Neil Sonenklar featured in A Shayna Maidel at the Jewish Community Center!