Upcoming events
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
David Anthony - Magic & Comedy Hypnotist
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
David Anthony - Magic & Comedy Hypnotist
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Shake-Song: Nice work (If You Can Get It!)
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Bev Appleton invites you to join him on a journey through his theatrical career which includes over 50 musicals and Shakespeare productions. In an engaging and entertaining manner, he interweaves musical theatre songs and Shakespeare monologues showing that theatre is truly great work....IF you can get it.
Detroit '67
FIREHOUSE MAINSTAGE
It's 1967 in Detroit. Motown music is getting the party started, and Chelle and her brother Lank are making ends meet by turning their basement into an after-hours joint. But when a mysterious woman finds her way into their lives, the siblings clash over much more than the family business. As their pent-up feelings erupt, so does their city, and they find themselves caught in the middle of the '67 riots.
Burlesque Right Meow
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
We’re embracing our Villain Era! It’s time to cheer for the bad witches, bad bitches, and devilish divas who steal the spotlight. We all know the villains have the best looks, the sharpest wit, and the most irresistible allure—so why fight it? Let your dark side reign and revel in the wickedness with a cast that’s as seductive as they are sinister.
Matt Venuti's AmeriCosmos
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
An immersive, calming, awe-inspiring live music and visual voyage through the heart of nature, the depth of sound, and the vastness of space.
poetry happy hour
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Since September 2015, every other month at the Firehouse, Words on Fire Poetry Happy Hour features a showcase reading by a poet from our community as well as an open mic. Participants and guests alike are encouraged to mingle, sip, and be inspired.
I Get Around
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
I Get Around is the latest cabaret from Georgia Rogers Farmer! It needed an encore performance, so here it is at Firehouse! One evening only! Expect her "normal" songs, stories, prizes and surprises but this time focused around her 58 day trip to Europe this past summer. Come get away from it all and enjoy an evening of song that'll take you on a fun journey across the pond.
Pop-Up Premiere: The Bell Lyre
FIREHOUSE NEW PLAYS
In the not-so-distant future, on a floodplain nearby, a family struggles to fit a lifetime of memories into seven boxes. In the world of the play, musical instruments are constructed from broken clocks and wallboards, pies are baked from forgotten apples, and shields are donned to catch bullets. The Bell Lyre summons everyday disquiet, lost love, digital barrenness, and Alzheimer’s miracles.
Firehouse Radio Players
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Join us for an evening of original comedies performed in the style of an old time radio show. The cast of versatile voice actors 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.
Closing Night
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
No improvised musical is the same, so witness the opening AND closing night! With suggestions from the audience, this talented team of improvisers weaves (and sings) their way through a full musical! You won’t want to miss this truly unique Closing Night!
Constellations
FIREHOUSE RESIDENT COMPANY
One relationship. Infinite possibilities. Marianne and Roland meet at a party. They go for a drink, or perhaps they don't. They fall madly in love and start dating, but eventually they break up. After a chance encounter in a supermarket they get back together, or maybe they run into each other and Marianne reveals that she's now engaged to someone else and that's that. Or perhaps Roland is engaged. Maybe they get married, or maybe their time together will be tragically short. Constellations is a play about free will and friendship; it's also about quantum multiverse theory, love, and honey.
First Drafts and Bagels: Safety
FIREHOUSE NEW PLAYS
Safety is the serio-comic story of a woman whose recurring nightmare drives her to purchase a gun to protect herself and her mentally challenged mother. When an overly helpful gun seller insinuates himself into her life, the fortress of protection Camille longs for leads to a final confrontation with her biggest fear and a new understanding of what it means to be safe.
Burlesque Right Meow
FIREHOUSE FRINGE
Baddies With Saddies: An Emo Burlesque Experience—a burlesque and variety show where performers bring their hearts and black eyeliner to the stage with acts set to their favorite emo and pop punk anthems. From high-energy bangers to heartfelt ballads, these performers will deliver a night of passion, rebellion, and unapologetic feelings.
Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
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. Ed Mitchell, the editor, assigns Frank Church—a reporter on the verge of self destruction—the task of answering Virginia's question. Church's quest and reply have become one of the world's most quoted and beloved editorials.