Current Season
Boys’ Life
by Howard Korder
September 10 - October 3, 2009
Remember your late twenties? Boys were definitely still boys and men were - well, not quite men. Boys’ Life tracks the misadventures of three former college mates as they simultaneously pursue and refuse adulthood; and the women who are both attracted to and repelled by their bewitching mix of charm and treachery.
Playwright and screen writer Howard Korder was born in New York City and won a 1996 Guggenheim Fellowship in Playwriting. Winner of numerous awards for his work, Korder received an Obie award for his play, The Lights. Boys’ Life received a Pulitzer-Prize nomination after its debut at Lincoln Center in 1988, directed by William H. Macy. Korder’s other plays include Search and Destroy; Fun; Nobody; Night Maneuver; and The Hollow Lands.
”Boys’ Life puts sexual insecurity among under-30 males under the comic microscope and the result is a satisfying and thoughtful work by a fresh playwriting voice.” - Variety
Shows are at 8 p.m., Thursdays-Saturdays, with 4 p.m. “pay-what-you-will” Sunday matinees on Sept. 20 and 27.
Meet the Boys’ Life cast and crew!
Also check out Jay Paul’s beautiful promotional photos on our Flickr page!
Reviews
Sept. 22, 2009 - Style Weekly writes: “Whether you live in a world of Peter-Pan men, identify with them or would like to learn to avoid them, Boys’ Life will strike chords of familiarity.” Read the entire review here.
Sept. 21, 2009 - John Porter, theatre critic for WCVE 88.9FM, calls the Firehouse‘s production of Howard Korder’s Boys’ Life ”full of humor” and “an admirable kickoff to what looks to be a very promising season for the Firehouse Theatre Project.” Read it! | Listen to it!
Sept. 12, 2009 - The Richmond Times-Dispatch calls Boys’ Life ”vivid, realistic”, rates its cast as “wonderful”, and says Director Morrie Piersol ”strikes an expert balance.” Read the entire review here.
Purchase Tickets
Tickets for Individual Shows:
- Adult: $25
- Senior (65 and older): $22
- Student (with ID): $10
- RAPT (with ID): $10