Upcoming events
Burlesque Right Meow: Dark Delights: A Macabre Burlesque Affair
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
From gothic glamour and ghostly seductions to horror-inspired striptease and occult ritual, each act embodies the art of the sensual shadow!
First Drafts & Bagels - The Sparkle Wars
FIREHOUSE NEW PLAYS
In partnership with Richmond Triangle Players!
A Distinct Society
FIREHOUSE MAINSTAGE
A Distinct Society
Written by Kareem Fahmy
Virginia Premiere!
A Distinct Society is a touching and funny play about the many things—family, food, art, love, and politics—that can either divide or unite us.
Benjamin's Passion - Firehouse Fringe
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
A Ukrainian ballet director isolated in Idaho... An aging dancer who might have just landed her big break... What could go wrong? A tale of passion! Disappointment! Murder!! A tragicomic true story!
Bridge 9 Comedy - Firehouse Fringe
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Bridge 9 Presents Closing Night: An improvised Musical!
Firehouse Radio Players - Yes Virginia There is a Santa! - Firehouse Fringe
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus tells the story of young girl who writes a letter to the editor of the New York Sun.
A Timeless Trio: An evening with Stephen Rudlin, Susan Sanford and Malachi Philip
A TIMELESS TRIO CABARET!
A Singular Sensation: Mr. Showtime at Firehouse Theatre!
A Singular Sensation: Mr. Showtime at Firehouse Theatre!
Songs For A New World - A Special Concert Event!
FIREHOUSE FUNDRAISER
A small but powerful diverse cast and a supercharged, well crafted score appeal to old and new generations alike as each character takes hold of that one moment and enters a new world.
Penelope
FIREHOUSE FRINGE & TIMAGINATORIUM
Penelope is a musical love letter of waiting..
Firehouse Radio Players - War of the Worlds
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
The Firehouse Radio Players excited to present the infamous radio drama The War of The Worlds.* The legendary show staged in 1938 by Orson Welles and The Mercury Theater On The Air comes to life again.
Blood From A Turnip - Firehouse Fringe
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
It's a puppet salon... for grown-ups!
WITCHDUCK - Pop Up Premiere
FIREHOUSE NEW PLAYS
See the pop up premiere before the WORLD PREMIERE in May 2026!
I GET AROUND - A Georgia Rogers-Farmer Cabaret!
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Here's another chance to see this cabaret from Georgia Rogers Farmer filled with electricity!
Cadence - Long Day’s Journey into Night
FIREHOUSE RESIDENT COMPANIES
Long Day’s Journey into Night
by Eugene O’Neill
Directed by Rusty Wilson
Long Day’s Journey Into Night is a searing American classic by Eugene O’Neill, set over the course of a single day in August 1912 at the Tyrones’ seaside home in Connecticut. Based on O’Neill’s own family, the play follows four deeply entangled characters as they confront addiction, regret, and long-buried resentments. With piercing honesty and emotional depth, it explores the fragile bonds of family and the pain of unfulfilled dreams.
Doc Volz: Magical Mind Shifts
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Magical Mind Shifts
Larry Volz has become differently-abled.
Join us for an inspirational demonstration of the real powers of the mind liberally peppered with silly shenanigans and sleight of hand.
A Ravens Call - World Premiere Film
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Experience the world premiere of 'A Raven's Call' - a highly anticipated horror short film based on a real Cherokee Indian legend: the Raven Mocker.
David Anthony - Magic & Comedy Hypnotist
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
David Anthony - Magic & Comedy Hypnotist
Happy Hour Poetry
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Poetry Happy Hour will feature talented poets, who will be reading selections during the evening! Participants and guests alike are encouraged to mingle, sip, and be inspired.
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
FIREHOUSE MAINSTAGE
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Written and Composed by Dave Malloy
Ripped from the pages of Tolstoy's War and Peace, the genre-bending electro pop opera that set Broadway ablaze will launch Firehouse’s 2025-26 season! Join Natasha & Pierre as they navigate lust, loneliness, betrayal, and redemption in Moscow’s high society during the Napoleonic Wars.
First and Bagels - Dainty
FIREHOUSE NEW PLAYS
“Femininity can be a woman's greatest gift, as long as she’s willing to pay the price.”
Firehouse Radio Players
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
The Firehouse Radio Players features a cast of versatile voice actors who will bring dozens of characters to life, and the maestro of sound effects will create every footstep, thunder clap, and slammed door right in front of you.
Burlesque Right Meow - A Night At The Sinema: A Burlesque Retelling Of Films
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Step into the spotlight at A Night at the Sinema on Saturday, August 2nd at Firehouse Theatre!
This dazzling evening of burlesque and variety pays sultry tribute to the movies—from cult classics to silver screen legends—all reimagined through rhinestones, tease, and timeless glamour. Expect high drama, wild comedy, jaw-dropping costumes, and performances that turn iconic moments into sultry spectacles. This isn’t your average movie night—this is Sinema.
Places: An Improvised Play in Two Parts
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Coalition Theater improvisors perform a two-act improvised play on the Firehouse Theatre stage—and set! Creating characters and relationships right before your eyes, they’ll weave a story you can only see once. Will there be betrayal, mystery, or a happily ever after? There’s only one way to find out. Catch this world premiere play on its opening (and closing) night!
Penis Envy by Becky Bonderant
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Becky’s stories unravel extemporaneously, undressing taboo topics like sex, age, weight, othering, power, ritual, and death in a voice that is as raunchy and irreverent as it is philosophical and poetic.
Burial Tax
FIREHOUSE MAINSTAGE
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’.
Burlesque Right Meow - Naughty and Nautical
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Ahoy! Dive into an ocean of tease as Burlesque Right Meow sets sail for Firehouse Theatre with Naughty and Nautical: An Underwater Burlesque Adventure! Expect seductive sirens, flirtatious fish, and a boatload of burlesque brilliance as we dive deep into the sultry side of the sea. Plunge headfirst into a tidal wave of tantalizing talent as this cast makes a splash on stage!
A Strange Loop
FIREHOUSE OFFSITE
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.
WITCHDUCK FIRST DRAFTS & BAGELS
FIREHOUSE NEW PLAYS
It's 1706. Virginia’s last convicted witch is sentenced to trial by water. What the duck? Over 300 years later, she still won't stay down. The true story of Grace Sherwood resurfaces in Witchduck—a wickedly subversive new play that proves once and for all: womenare hysterical.
Smoke
FIREHOUSE RESIDENT COMPANY
In a world where consumerism is king, distraction is everywhere and public discourse is shot, a couple from New York City arrive at a rented McMansion on a hill to attend a family wedding. SMOKE is a darkly funny play about what happens when truth is up for grabs. Presented by Cadence Theatre.
First Drafts and Bagels: For Nick
FIREHOUSE NEW PLAYS
First Drafts and Bagels: For Nick
Destiny's Island’s been canceled, leaving reality TV star Jenny J without her… stardom. When a hometown tragedy receives national attention, the fading influencer is faced with the question - can she use her platform for good? Or is politics simply a way to stay relevant? Funny, sharp, and poignant, For Nick is an exploration of love, privacy, and purpose in today’s increasingly public world.
Fat Ham, co-produced w/ Richmond Triangle Players
Juicy is a queer, Southern college kid, already grappling with some serious questions of identity, when the ghost of his father shows up in their backyard, demanding that Juicy avenge his murder.
Closing Night
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Bridge 9 Presents Closing Night: An improvised Musical! No improvised musical is the same so you get to witness the opening and closing night.With suggestions from the audience this talented team of improvisers weaves (and sing) their way through a full musical! A truly unique experience. You won't want to miss Closing Night of this improvised musical!
Yes! Dance Festival
FIREHOUSE RESIDENT COMPANY
YES! Dance Festival
A national contemporary dance event
National guest choreographers from New York, Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, California & Richmond
Including three artists listed in Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch"
Producer - K Dance and Kaye Weinstein Gary
War in Pieces
FIREHOUSE OFFSITE
The Firehouse Theatre is proud to announce we are once again partnering with the Virginia War Memorial Foundation on War in Pieces, four one-act plays written by Virginia veterans.
SPITTING IMAGE presented by Starr Foster Dance
FIREHOUSE RESIDENT COMPANY
Starr Foster Dance will present Spitting Image 2025 for five performances at the Firehouse Theatre in Richmond, Virginia, on April 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th, 2025.
This year, seven incredible photographers and nine guest performers from the community are joining us.
Fuse Ensemble
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Fuse Ensemble’s Speech and Silence concert includes chamber ensemble works by Brittany J. Greene, Pamela Z, Gina Biver and Nicole Mitchell, and a new work by bassist/composer Ethan Foote. Fuse Ensemble's very special guests include three Richmond artists: bass clarinetist JC Kuhl, and vocalists Ashley Larson and Laura Ann Singh.