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The Firehouse Theatre in Richmond, Virginia, in partnership with the Mighty Pen Project and the Virginia War Memorial Foundation, is producing War in Pieces, a festival of new short plays written by Veterans, capturing their experiences in and out of uniform.
The War in Pieces new play festival is an annual event sponsored by the Virginia War Memorial Foundation as an extension of the Mighty Pen Project. The MPP is a multi-faceted writing program for military veterans and their spouses, to help them learn how to express their own powerful stories through the medium of the written word. In the War in Pieces program, Veterans pen four new short plays which are professionally developed, rehearsed, and publicly performed. Firehouse Theatre once again serves as the producing partner, bringing these vital stories to life onstage.
The Plays:
Valid and Authentic, by Randall L. Lanning, Directed by Andrew Gall
Seventy-Two Days, by D.M. Thompson, directed by Daniel Moore
Witch 55, by Marcelyn Atwood, Directed by David L. Robbins
Ready, by Gene H. Pearson, directed by Grace Labelle
**Performances will take place at Virginia War Memorial's VMI Alumni Hall, 621 S. Belvidere St. Richmond VA.
a strange loop
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.
war in pieces
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.