PAST PRODUCTIONS

Previous season Lineups

Since its inception, Firehouse Theatre has premiered new plays, created and encouraged new work, hosted emerging and established artists from many disciplines, and has earned a reputation as an accessible and diverse space for performances of all kinds.

2025/26 Season

Aug 20 - Sept 7 – NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 by Dave Malloy

2024/25 Season

Jul 9 - 27 – BURIAL TAX by Andrew Gall (World Premiere)

Jun 20 - Aug 9 – A STRANGE LOOP by Michael R. Jackson, co-produced with Richmond Triangle Players

May 22 - Jun 7 – SMOKE by Enid Graham, produced by Cadence (resident company)

Apr 16 - 19 – FAT HAM by James Ijames, co-produced with Richmond Triangle Players

Apr 11, 12 – K Dance YES! Dance Festival

Apr 4 - 13 – WAR IN PIECES a festival of one-act plays written by Virginia Veterans 

Apr 4 - 6 – Starr Foster Dance Spitting Image III

Mar 12 - 30 – DETROIT ‘67 by Dominique Morisseau (Richmond Premiere)

Feb 14, 15 – Pop up Premiere, THE BELL LYRE by Kay Jenkins

Jan 22 - Feb 8 – CONSTELLATIONS, Yes, And! Theatre Company (resident company)

Dec 13, 14 – PS Dance Project Pretty Please

Dec 5 - 8 – Starr Foster Dance Page to Stage III

Nov 29, 30 – Pop up Premiere, THE BAD GUY by Jen Diamond

Nov 6-24 – WATER BY THE SPOONFUL by Quiara Alegria Hudes

Oct 8, 9 – K Dance Shorts

Sept 20 - Oct 5 – TRUE WEST by Sam Shepard, produced by Cadence (resident company)

Aug 14 - Sept 1 – PETER AND THE STARCATCHER written by Rick Elice, music by Wayne Barker

2023/24 Season (the inaugural season following the merger with The New Theatre)
Sept 27th – Oct 15th: BERTA BERTA by Angelica Chérie (Virginia Premiere)
Feb 7th - 25th – MEMORIES OF OVERDEVELOPMENT by Caridad Svich (World Premiere)
May 8th - 26th – ROMAN Á CLEF by Chandler Hubbard (World Premiere)
Jul 2nd - 21st – BURIED CHILD by Sam Shepard

2023

June 22 - July 14 – SOUND OF THE GUNS by Jim O'Ferrell

May 9  – Pop up Premiere, LAKE EFFECT by Andrew Gall

Apr 27-29 – Starr Foster Dance Spitting Image II

Apr 21, 22 – K Dance YES! Dance Festival

Mar 22-Apr 16 – FIRST RESPONSES Festival of One Acts by Anthony Jackson, Kathryn Kahlson, Betty Migliaccio, Benjamin Toderico

Feb 24 – Pop up Premiere, AN AMERICAN LANDSCAPE by Neal Gallini-Burdick

Jan 19-Feb 18 – GHOST QUARTET by Dave Malloy

2022

Dec 1-3 – Starr Foster Dance Page to Stage II

Nov 18, 19 – K Dance Shorts 2022 - MISTAKES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM by Irene Ziegler

Sept 8-Oct 2 – GABRIEL by Jerold Solomon, Foster Solomon, Ron Klipp

Jun 23-Jul 17 – THE BARBER OF MOVILLE by Ronan Carr

Apr 20-May 8 – A SINGLE PRAYER by K. Jenkins

Mar 11, 12 – K Dance YES! Dance Festival

2021

Nov 7, 8, 9 –  K Dance Shorts 2021, MOVING MONOLOGUES by Irene Ziegler

Sept 23-Oct 30 – WAR IN PIECES Festival of one-acts by David Aldridge, Rachel Landsee, Robert Waldruff, Chuck Williamson

Aug 18 - 29 – THE ZOMBIE LIFE, by Chris Gavaler

May 27-Jun 26 – WALLED IN, by Andrew Gall

Apr 26 -May 13 – K Dance YES! Dance Festival

Mar 25-Apr 26 – FIRES IN THE MIRROR by Anna Deavere Smith

Feb 4-20 – KRAPP'S LAST TAPE by Samuel Beckett

2020

Nov 11-15 – Harvey McWilliams' THE WINDSHIELD POEMS adapted by Todd Labelle, Joe Alexander, and Sarah Rowland

Aug 19-31 – THE ZOMBIE MONOLOGUES by Chris Gavaler

Jun 18-Aug 7 – THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde, adapted by Billy Christopher Maupin & Shirley Kagan

*from March 2020 thru July 2021, the rest of Season 26 and all of Season 27 were conducted under severe COVID-19 conditions that included cancelling many productions, performing for audiences of between two and fourteen people, and live streaming select performances 

Jan 23-Feb 16 – STUPID KID by Sharr White

2019

Dec 20-21 – K Dance Yes! Dance Festival

Nov 7-23 – LOMBARDI by Eric Simonson

Sept 3-Oct 18 – PASSING STRANGE by Stew and Heidi Rodewald

Jul 25-Aug 4 – THE VERGE by Dante Piro

Jul 16-18 – HOLDING by Aiden Orr

Jul 13-15 – STAND UP MAN by Gary Atkinson

Jul 3-27 – ANIMAL CONTROL by Chandler Hubbard

May 17-June 8 – WRONG CHOPPED by Dixon Cashwell and Levi Meerovich

April 16-May 11 – ANIMAL CONTROL by Chandler Hubbard

Mar 28-30 – K Dance Shorts 2019

Mar 22-April 7 – SONGS FOR JANIE by Tamara Wellons

Mar 8-16 – HUMBUG: The Great P.T. Barnum Séance by David London

Mar 5-7 – Hamner Theatre's THREE SISTERS by Anton Chekhov

Jan 31 - Feb 23 – OEDIPUS / A GOSPEL MYTH conceived by Vinnie Gonazlez, by Sophocles​

2018

Dec 17-23 – MATT & BEN by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers

Nov 30-Dec 1 – K Dance's YES Dance Festival

Nov 8-17 – WRONG CHOPPED by Dixon Cashwell and Levi Meerovich

Oct 18-Nov 4 – SONGS FROM BEDLAM by Douglas Jones

Oct 4-7 – HUMBUG: The Great P.T. Barnum Séance

Aug 29-Sept 29 – INVALID from Moliere by Josh Chenard and Jane Mattingly

May 23-June 30 – PRELUDES by Dave Malloy

Apr 20-28 – ONE IN FOUR by Levi Meerovich

Apr 4-18 – AN OAK TREE by Tim Crouch

Feb 15 - Mar 10 – WINGS: THE MUSICAL by Jeffrey Lunden and Arthur Perlman from the play by Arthur Kopit

Jan 18-27 – TO DAMASCUS by Walter Braxton

2017

Dec 9-17 – Dory Previn's MARY C. BROWN AND THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN 

Dec 1-2 – Kaye Dance YES! Dance Festival

Oct 20-Nov 18 – DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS by Eugene O'Neill

​Sep 6-17 – FOOD, CLOTHING, AND SHELTER by Bo Wilson

Jun 23- Aug 13 – HEATHERS by Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin Murphy

May 25-28 – GLASS MENDACITY by The Illegitimate Players, Doug Armstrong, Keith Cooper, and Maureen Morley

May 19-20 – THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller (New Kent High School Players)

May 4-12 – DILEMMA OF ESCAPE by Bruce Slater

Apr 21-22 – BALD SOPRANO by Eugène Ionesco 24 Hour Marathon

Apr 3-15 – Albee Fest, featuring Starlet Knight's Albee Cabaret, Strange Bedfellows: Albee Edition, THE PLAY ABOUT THE BABY, THE SANDBOX / FINDING THE SUN, MARRIAGE PLAY / COUNTING THE WAYS, THE MAN WHO HAD THREE ARMS

Apr 1-2 – Weekend of New Works: WRONG NUMBER by Nedra Pezold Roberts, the up back down and RECOURSE by Kimberly Shelby-Szysko, ATACAMA by Augusto Federico Amador, DEAD SEAWEED by Wes Seals, New Works Cabaret written and performed by Emma Givens and Matt Ferrell, FOOD, CLOTHING and SHELTER by Bo Wilson

​Feb 2 - Mar 4 – THE BOATWRIGHT by Bo Wilson

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2016

Dec 2, 3 – Yes! Dance Invitational with K Dance

Sept 24 - Oct 22 – UBU 84 (World Premiere) by James Ricks

Aug 29, 30 – THE BOY WITH THE LION (World Premiere) by Shaan Sharma

Aug 23 - Sept 24 –  LES MISERABLES: School Edition (Jewish Family Theatre)

Jul 11-19 – SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS with book by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay, music by Gene dePaul, Lyrics by Johnny Mercer, new songs by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn

Jun 23 - Jul 23 – Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT

May 26 - 28 – EXTREMITIES by William Mastrosimone

Mar 4, 5 – FOR BLACK BOYS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED HOMICIDE WHEN THE STREETS WERE TOO MUCH by Keith Antar Mason

Mar 3, 5 – FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF by Ntozake Shange

2015

Dec 10 – Jan 31 – THE FOURTH WALL by A.R. Gurney

Oct 10, 11 – In Progress Weekend of New Plays; CAMERADOS by Roy Proctor; OPERA OF THE TELEPHONE AT DELPHI by Kate Kremer; N.W. by Jackson Slipek & Jimmie Lee Jarvis; BRILLIANT WORKS OF ART by Donna Hoke

Jul 22 - Sept 4 – THE BOY IN THE BATHROOM by Michael Lluberes and Joe Maloney

Apr 16 - May 16 – THE ALIENS by Annie Baker

Feb 5 - Mar 7 – THIS WORLD WE KNOW by Kelly Younger

2014

Nov 20 - Dec 20 – A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS by Paula Vogel

Sept 18 - Oct 18 – WAIT UNTIL DARK by Frederick Knott

Jun 26 - Aug 2 – HAIR, a Tribal Rock Musical with book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, music by Galt MacDermott

Apr 17 – May 17 – A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE by Tennessee Williams

Feb 6 – Mar 8 – THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY by Kristoffer Diaz

2013

Nov 21 – Dec 28 – THE WILD PARTY book, music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa

Sept 20 – Oct 19 – ‘NIGHT, MOTHER by Marsha Norman

Jul 11 – Aug 10 – POP! book and lyrics by Maggie-Kate Coleman, music by Anna K. Jacobs

Apr 18 – May 11 – TIME STANDS STILL by Donald Margulies

Feb 14 – Mar 9 – ANY GIVEN MONDAY by Bruce Graham

Jan 10 – 12 – ZHE: [NOUN] UNDEFINED created by Chuck Mike, Antonia Kemi Coker and Tonderai Munyevu

2012

Nov 15 – Dec 8 – DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller

Sept 20 – Oct 13 – A BRIGHT NEW BOISE by Samuel D. Hunter

July 19 – Aug 19 – THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW by Richard O’Brien

May 3 – Jun 10 – DESSA ROSE with music by Stephen Flaherty, book & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens

Feb 16 – Mar 11 – You Don’t Know Me: A Trio of One Acts, featuring WHAT STRONG FENCES MAKE and BEIRUT ROCKS by Israel Horovitz, and OHIO STATE MURDERS by Adrienne Kennedy

2011

Nov 10 – Dec 4 – WHY TORTURE IS WRONG AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM by Christopher Durang

Sept 15 – Oct 15 – CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOFby Tennessee Williams

Jun 2 – 25 – YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN by Clark Gesner

Mar 24 – Apr 16 – SOMETHING INTANGIBLE by Bruce Graham

Feb 2-26 – DOG SEES GOD by Bert V. Royal

2010

Oct 28 – Nov 20 – LOVE KILLS by Kyle Jarrow

Sept 9 – Oct 2 – WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? by Edward Albee

Jun 24 – Aug 1 – RENT by Jonathan Larson

Apr 14 – May 8 – SEX, DRUGS, & ROCK N' ROLL by Eric Bogosian

Feb 25 – Mar 20 – CRUMBLE (LAY ME DOWN, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE) by Sheila Callagan

2009

Oct 29 – Nov 21 – THIS IS HOW IT GOES by Neil LaBute

Sept 10 – Oct 3 – BOY'S LIFE by Howard Korder

Apr 23 – May 23 – THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL by David Nehls, book by Betsey Kelso

Feb 26 – Mar 21 – RABBIT HOLE by David Lindsey-Abaire

Feb 13 – 14 – THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW by Clay McLeod Chapman

Dec 18, 2008 – Jan 18 – A VERY MERRY UNAUTHORIZED CHILDREN'S SCIENTOLOGY PAGEANT by Kyle Jarrow

2008

Nov 13 – Dec 6 –THE WIDOW'S BLIND DATE by Israel Horovitz

Sept 18 – Oct 11 – EURYDICE by Sarah Ruhl

May 15 – Jul 5 – REEFER MADNESS: THE MUSICAL by Dan Studney and Kevin Murphy

Apr 24 – May 17 – The Firehouse Theatre Cabaret 2008

Feb 21 – Mar 15 – THE LATE HENRY MOSS by Sam Shepard

2007

Oct 25 – Nov 17 – SPINNING INTO BUTTER by Rebecca Gilman

Sept 13 – Oct 6 – MR. MARMALADE by Noah Haidle

Jun 21 – Jul 7 – AUSTIN'S BRIDGE by Bill C. Davis

Apr 26 – May 19 – THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE by Charles Busch

Mar 8 – 31 – THIS IS OUR YOUTH by Kenneth Lonergan

Feb 1 – 2 – VAGINA MONOLOGUES by Eve Ensler

2006

Nov 5 – 6 – AVOW by Bill C. Davis

Nov 2 – 25 – THE SECRET OF MME. BONNARD'S BATH by Israel Horovitz

Sept 14 – Oct 7 – I AM MY OWN WIFE by Doug Wright

Apr 27 – May 20 – DINNER WITH FRIENDS by Donald Margulies

Mar 2 – 25 – COMPROMISE by Israel Horovitz

2005

Oct 27 – Nov 17 – THE GOAT- OR WHO IS SYLVIA by Edward Albee

Sept 8  – WHERE'S MY MONEY? by John Patrick Shanley

Jul 23 – 24 – Lulupalooza: A Celebration of the Cinematic Life of Louise Brooks

Apr 28 – May 21 – THE LAST FIVE YEARS by Jason Robert Brown

Feb 24 – Mar 19 – VOLUME OF SMOKE, by Clay McLeod Chapman

Jan 27 – 30 – Third Festival of New American Plays, ON WAR COWS and the THE SOUTH DAKOTA DUTCH by Harry Ben Hanson and BOURBON STREET SPELL by Jude Barker

Jan 14 – 24 – BLESSED ASSURANCE by Allan Gurganus, and January 5-15, The Wordsof Albert Schweitzer and Music of J.S. Bach

2004

Oct 28 – Nov 20 – RECKLESS by Craig Lucas

Sept 9 – Oct 2 –THE KINGDOM OF EARTH  by Tennessee Williams

Apr 19 – May 16 – Firehouse Cabaret, music and 10-minute plays

Mar 4 – 28 – THE HEIDI CHRONICLES by Wendy Wasserstein

Jan 22 – 25 – The Second Annual Festival of New American Plays

2003
Nov 6 – 23 – FAST HANDS by Israel Horovitz
Oct 9 – 14 – Mutation Project: Out of Area: international theater collaboration
Sept 4 – 28 – BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL by Keyth Farley & Bryan Fleming, music and lyrics by Laurence O’ Keefe
Apr 24 – May 11 – AS BEES IN HONEY DROWN by Dougas Carter Beane
Mar 6 – 29 –CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS by Sam Shepard
Jan 16 – 19 – First Annual Festival of New American Plays

2002

Nov 7 – 24 – Triple Play, three short plays - THE AMERICAN DREAM by Edward Albee, ACROBATS by Istrael Horovitz, INTERVIEWS by Jean Claude van Itallie

Sept 12 – 29 – ANTON IN SHOW BUSINESS by Jane Martin

Feb 28 – Mar 17 – GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS by David Mamet

2001

Oct 25 – Nov 11 – HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH by John Cameron Mitchell, music & lyrics by Stephen Trask

Sept 13 – 30 – PRIVATE EYES by Stephen Dietz

May 3 – 20 – FUDDY MEERS by David Lindsay-Abaire

Feb 15 – Mar 4 – BECAUSE HE CAN by Arthur Kopit

2000

Oct 19 – Nov 5 – THE DEATH OF BESSIE SMITH by Edward Albee; PROLOGUE: EMPRESS by Tim Ireland, singer Desirée Roots, keyboards Sonny Baharloo

Sept 14 – 30 – EDMOND by David Mamet

Jun 4 – Pyrolab: six new one-act plays constructed in 48 hours

May 4 – 20 – BURIED CHILD by Sam Shephard

Feb 17 – Mar 4 – LEBENSRAUM by Israel Horovitz

1999

Apr 29 – May 22 – FOUR DOGS AND A BONE by John Patrick Shanley

1998

Nov 6 – 21 – Padded Cells: two one acts with the Experiential Theater Company

Jul 23 – Aug 9 –MY THING OF LOVE by Alexandra Gersten

May 14 – 31 – THE BIG SLAM by Bill Corbett

1997

Oct 16 – Nov 1 – OH, HELL by David Mamet and Shel Silverstein

Jun 13 – 21 – Fathers (one acts)

May 1 – 17 – THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY by Harry Kollatz Jr.

Feb 20 – Mar 8 – NORTH SHORE FISH by Israel Horovitz

1996

Jul 18 – 28 – LASSO THE MOON six plays by John Patrick Shanley in collaboration with Company of Fools

May 9 – 18 – PAPERS by Allan Stratton

Feb 14 – 24 – Between The Sheets (one acts)

1995
Oct 20 – 29 – NEBRASKA by Keith Reddin

Feb 8 – 19 – WOMEN OF MANHATTAN by John Patrick Shanle

1994

Oct 28 – 30 – Freaks (one-acts)

Jul 15 – 16 – Mother Knows Best (one acts)

Jun 3 – 18 – SPEED-THE-PLOW by David Mamet 

1993

“Off Broadway On Broad Street”, Founded October 17, by Bill Gordon (Pres.1993-1998), Carol Piersol (Artistic Director 1993 -2012), Anna Senechal (1993-1997), Harry Kollatz Jr. (President, 1998-2006), Janet Wilson (Co-Artistic & Education Director (1993-1998)