WHAT'S THE STORY? by John Porter “Daddy, tell me a story…” The best thing my two children ever said to me. No matter what the medium,...

I once wrote the line in a review, “Every generation has to define theatre for themselves.” It may possibly be the one and only profound...

Lately I’ve been thinking of the changing landscape of writing theater reviews. 1. Over the past year or two, we have experienced a...

Coming up very soon, on May 17 to be exact, Firehouse will present the official-honest-to-God-no-longer-being-workshopped World Premiere...

Recently I had the opportunity to catch up with Chandler Hubbard about his upcoming world premiere of ANIMAL CONTROL, which we will be...

I’ve always had a problem with Venn Diagrams. Wait, come back, I promise it’ll all make sense in just a little bit. Seriously, I have a...

Long before I fell in love with the world of theatre (Children’s Theatre of Norfolk’s production of ROBIN HOOD when I was six years old),...

As I scribble down these words Firehouse is getting ready to close its sold-out run of OEDIPUS REX, a show that had its world premiere...

When I first moved here from New York more than twenty years ago, my friends in New York were shocked. How could I give up all that New...

Theatre is one of the most collaborative of all the arts. Writers conceive a world that can take place on a stage, actors give those...