Firehouse Theatre Project to Present THE WILD PARTY, 11/21-12/28

Firehouse Theatre Project revives the jazz and gin-soaked Roaring Twenties with Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party. Directed by Jase Smith (POP!, The Rocky Horror Show, RENT) with choreography by Starrene Foster (POP!, Spring Awakening), The Wild Party plays at Firehouse Theatre November 21 - December 28, 2013, with its November 22nd Opening Night already sold out!

"The Wild Party is not your run of the mill holiday party," says Jase Smith, director of The Wild Party and Artistic Director of Firehouse Theatre Project. "It is everything you have come to expect from Firehouse and more; a truly wild night of decadence, sex and violence. This is the biggest show we have ever put on and a party you won't soon forget."

Set in the Roaring Twenties, Andrew Lippa's darkly brilliant musical is inspired by Joseph Moncure March's 1928 banned poem recounting the excesses of the Jazz Age. Richmond Theatre Critics Circle (RTCC) Award nominee Grey Garrett (POP!, I Love a Piano) returns to Firehouse as vaudeville dancer Queenie, who hosts a party to end all parties in the Manhattan apartment she shares with her vicious lover Burrs, played by RTCC Award winner and Style Weekly Top 40 Under 40 recipient Terence Sullivan (Next to Normal, The Rocky Horror Show). As a group of burlesque performers join together for one wild, erotic evening, the destructive couple set out to make each other jealous. The jazz and gin soaked party rages on when a newcomer complicates their strained relationship and challenges their decadent and thrill-seeking high living. For all who enjoy Cabaret or Chicago, Lippa's tale of out of control passions is a must-see.

The Wild Party features Grey Garrett (Queenie), Terence Sullivan (Burrs), Joy Newsome (Kate), Josh Marin (Black), Carolyn Meade (Madeleine True), Andrew Dilday (Oscar), Brian Baez (Phil), David Zimmerman (Eddie), Brianne Chin (Mae), Charley Raintree (Sam), Anna Starnes (Dolores), Sasha Wakefield (Nadine), Egbert Vongmalaithong (Jackie), and a special appearance by Style Weekly Editor in Chief Jason Roop (Neighbor). The creative team includes music direction by Ben Miller, costume design by Margarette Joyner, set design by Edwin Slipek, sound design by Joey Luck, and light design by Andrew Bonniwell.