WORLD PREMIERE!

BURIAL TAX

by ANDREW GALL

Directed by PAUL TAkács
juLY 9th - JULY 27th 2025

Two bitterly estranged siblings and their unwitting spouses navigate an uncomfortable and chaotic reunion at the old family lake house to spread the ashes of their late father. Past pains get wrapped up with current struggles in this sardonic and wrenching examination of ‘adulting’.

Starring:

Laine Satterfield, Duke Lafoon, Nicole Morris-Anastasi, and Matt Meixler

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FIREHOUSE MAINSTAGE

a Strange loop

by Michael R. jackson

Directed by katrinah carol lewis
june 20th - August 9th 2025
co produced with Richmond triangle players

Hell-bent on breaking free of his own self-perception, Usher, a young, gay, Black writer, writes a musical about a young, gay, Black writer who’s writing a musical about a young, gay, Black writer... a strange loop. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Musical, this heartfelt and blisteringly funny masterwork bursts onto the Richmond Triangle Stage, produced in partnership with Firehouse Theatre.

Nominated for 11 Tony Awards, Michael R. Jackson’s blisteringly funny, “audacious and uproarious” (The Guardian) show is a heartfelt and thought-provoking masterwork that uses humor and honesty to explore themes around race and sexuality.

June 20th - August 9th, 2025

A Strange Loop is a part of Firehouse OFFSITE productions and will be held at Richmond Triangle Players at the Robert B. Moss Theatre.

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The john mitchell jr. project

The Firehouse Theatre, in collaboration with the Virginia Museum of History and Culture and the Richmond Planet Foundation, has commissioned playwright Kristen Adele Calhoun to dramatize the life and times of John Mitchell Jr., the “fighting editor” of The Richmond Planet Newspaper. The John Mitchell Jr. Project serves as a pilot for ongoing partnership between Firehouse Theatre and the Virginia Museum of History and Culture to dramatize untold stories from Virginia's history. Project strategy and marketing will be provided by BROWNBAYLOR™.