FIREHOUSE THEATRE ANNOUNCES SEASON 21 OPEN AUDITIONS
Firehouse Theatre is happy to announce open auditions for our upcoming season of plays and musicals. Auditions for Wait Until Dark, A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration, This World We Know, and The Aliens will be held Sunday, June 15, 2014 starting at 1p. Casting for our other Season 21 offering, HAIR, is complete. Auditions are by appointment only and will be at Firehouse Theatre at 1609 W Broad St., Richmond, VA 23220. All performers are paid.Those auditioning are asked to prepare the following:
Please e-mail Operations Manager Nata Moriconi -
nata@firehousetheatre.org - to request an audition slot. Please specify which shows you are auditioning for. Please visit
www.firehousetheatre.org for a complete listing of roles available. No roles are pre-cast.
WAIT UNTIL DARK
By Frederick Knott
Directed by David Emerson Toney
Rehearsals begin August 18, 2014
Performances begin September 18, 2014
ROLES AVAILABLE:
A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL CELEBRATION
By Paula Vogel
Directed by Tawnya Pettiford-Wates
Music Direction by Andrienne Wilson
Rehearsals begin October 13, 2014
Performances begin November 21, 2014
ROLES AVAILABLE:
World Premiere:
THIS WORLD WE KNOW
By Kelly Younger
Directed by Kerrigan Sullivan
Rehearsals begin January 5, 2015
Performances begin February 5, 2015
ROLES AVAILABLE:
THE ALIENS
By Annie Baker
Directed by Gary Hopper
Music Direction by Leilani Giles
Rehearsals begin March 16, 2015
Performances begin April 16, 2015
ROLES AVAILABLE:
SEASON 21 (2014/15)
HAIR: AN AMERICAN TRIBAL LOVE-ROCK MUSICAL
Book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, music by Galt MacDermot
June 26 - July 19, 2014
Peace, Love and the '60s! Travel back to a time when youthful rebellion and optimism stood proud in the face of a war-torn establishment. Hair exploded on Broadway and defined the counter-culture movement of the era. One of the most influential musicals of all time, HAIR still resonates with the divided America of the 21st Century. Aquarius, Let the Sunshine In, Easy to Be Hard... the songs and optimism of HAIR triumph.
Tony Award winner - Best Revival of a Musical
Grammy Award winner - Best Score from an Original Cast Show
Drama Desk Award winner - Outstanding Revival of a Musical
With the country on a collision course for political and financial deadlock and a continuing drumbeat of grim economic news resounding in our ears, it's hard to resist the temptation to tune in, turn on and drop out. - The New York Times
WAIT UNTIL DARK
By Frederick Knott
September 18 - October 18, 2014
An apartment in Greenwich Village becomes the site of theatre's most terrifying game of cat and mouse. Desperate to reclaim a mysterious doll stuffed with illegal drugs, a con man lays a trap to ensnare a blind woman. With the help of his criminal cohorts and a few clever disguises, he spins a tale to fool the innocent and unsuspecting woman. But when the doll can't be found, the situation spirals out of control. From the author of Dial M for Murder, Wait Until Dark proves that what you can't see can most definitely hurt you.
A classic performance... A gripping finish! - Los Angeles Times
Enthralling, layered characters. - Entertainment Weekly
A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL CELEBRATION
By Paula Vogel
November 20 - December 20, 2014
It's 1864, and Washington, D.C. is settling down for the coldest Christmas Eve in years. In the White House, President and Mrs. Lincoln plot their gift-giving. On the banks of the Potomac, a young rebel challenges a Union blacksmith's mercy. In the alleys downtown, an escaped slave loses her daughter just before finding freedom. This musical by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel intertwines many lives, showing us that the gladness of one's heart is the best gift of all.
Ms. Vogel manages to humanize most of her many characters in a few crisp strokes of dialogue, so they come across as full-blooded people, glimpsed clearly if quickly, rather than talking statues in a historical diorama. - The New York Times
Artfully weaves historic details into the play [and] pulls it together with economical writing that reflects the poetry of the day. -Variety
THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THIS WORLD WE KNOW
By Kelly Younger
February 5 - March 7, 2015
Winner of the 2013 Festival of New American Plays, This World We Know tells the story of the lives of an estranged brother and sister with their younger selves. As the play unfolds, the characters struggle to choose between unearthing the roots of their hostility or burying their last chance at reconciliation at the earth of their family tree.
THE ALIENS
By Annie Baker
April 16 - May 16, 2015
A pair of thirty-something dropouts hang out by the dumpster outside a coffee shop and meditate on music, philosophy, 'shrooms and Charles Bukowski. When a teenager employee tells them to relocate, they decide to teach him everything they know. Annie Baker's play, an off Broadway hit, is a humorous look at friendship, ritual and small town New England.
Gentle and extraordinarily beautiful...inordinately delicate... Ms. Baker may just have the subtlest way with exposition of anyone writing for the theater today...there is something distinctly Chekhovian in the way her writing accrues weight and meaning simply through compassionate, truthful observation. - The New York Times
The talented young playwright Annie Baker sets her new play behind a Vermont café, in a break area dotted with dead plants and milk crates that's accessible only by hopping a fence...Baker's gift is for humor and empathy-we'd roll our eyes at KJ and Jasper in real life, but she shows us their absurdity and makes us love them. -The New Yorker
*All titles and dates subject to change.
Subscriptions for Season 21 are now available and may be purchased online at
www.firehousetheatre.org, through the Box Office at
(804) 355-2001, or in person at 1609 W. Broad Street. Single tickets will go on sale May 18, 2014.
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ABOUT FIREHOUSE
Currently in its 20th Season, Firehouse Theatre continues to hold its place at the leading edge of contemporary American theatre in Central Virginia. Located in former Richmond Station House No. 10 in the historic Fan District, Firehouse presents important American contemporary theatre with an emphasis on plays not previously produced in the metropolitan Richmond area, including developing, producing and performing at least one new play each year.
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