The Firehouse Theatre Project Announces 2011-12 Season

The 2011-12 season is comprised of four productions, beginning in September 2011, and closing in June 2012. This season, Firehouse has chosen an outstanding selection of plays and is thrilled to embark on several new partnerships. The Firehouse's celebrating its 19th year of high-quality, affordable theatre, and it's going to be an exciting journey! Taking off from a familiar Mississippi plantation, we'll head to New Jersey to poke some fun at homeland "insecurity," get detained at Newark Airport on our way to a heated confrontation in Beirut, stop at Ohio State University to hear a chilling mystery, and finally, settle in for a song somewhere along the Underground Railroad.

For nearly two decades, Firehouse has been presenting contemporary American theatre works to audiences, with an emphasis on plays not previously produced in the Richmond area. Firehouse productions are consistently receive critical acclaim; The Firehouse has twice been the recipient of the Richmond Theatre Critic's Circle award for Best Play, in 2008 and 2009. Most recently, in the August 2011 issue of Richmond Magazine, readers voted Firehouse as Richmond's "Best Theater". The Firehouse continues its dedication to the Richmond community with outreach programs to educational and arts organziations, our monthly Reader's Theatre offerings, adult acting classes, and our flagship program, the annual Festival of New American Plays.

The 2011-12 Season at the Firehouse Theatre Project

September 15 - October 8, 2011
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by RusTy Wilson
Featuring Laine Satterfield and Adrian Rieder
A proud part of The Tennessee Williams' Centennial Celebration, in collaboration with Richmond Triangle Players

When a powerful Southern family gathers to celebrate the birthday of their ailing patriarch, tensions mount and a shockwave of secrets are revealed. Centering on the troubled relationship of alcoholic former athlete Brick and his sexually frustrated wife, Maggie "the Cat" this treasured American play is brimming with Williams' trademark emotional intensity and insightful wit.

November 10 - December 3, 2011
Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them
by Christopher Durang
Directed by Billy-Christopher Maupin
Featuring Bill Patton

A young woman is suddenly in crisis: Is her new husband, whom she married when drunk, a terrorist? Or just crazy? Is her father's hobby of butterfly collecting really a cover for his involvement in a shadow government? Honing in on our private terrors both at home and abroad, Durang oddly relieves our fears in this black comedy, perfect for an era of yellow, orange, and red alerts.

February 16 - March 10, 2012
"You Don't Know Me"
A trio of one-act plays
Ohio State Murders
by Adrienne Kennedy
Beirut Rocks and Security
by Israel Horovitz
Directed by Bill Patton
In partnership with Virginia Union University Theatre Program
A proud part of Minds Wide Open 2012 and The Acts of Faith Festival

Three one-act plays explore the destructiveness of prejudice in society. An African-American writer unravels a dark mystery stemming from her 1949 studies at Ohio State; an immigration agent confronts an Iranian woman and her son at the airport, and two U.S. students, one Jewish, the other a Palestinian-born Arab, clash heatedly in a Beirut hotel room.

May 4 - June 2, 2012 (Previews May 2 & 3)
Dessa Rose
book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty
A co-production with Richmond CenterStage, to be performed at the Firehouse Theatre
Directed by Richard Parison

Firehouse and Richmond CenterStage come together to present a Civil War story of pride, perseverance, and the unlikely friendship forged between an abandoned southern belle and a rebellious slave girl. Forced to transcend racial barriers along their journey to freedom, the women find they are stronger together than alone. Based on the novel by Sherley Anne Williams, this adventurous musical celebrates life in all its' joys, challenges, and triumphs.

When:
Sept 15, 2011 - June 2, 2012
8 p.m. shows on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
4 p.m. Sundays pay-what-you-will

Opening nights feature special post-show catered receptions. Other special events, such as wine tastings, martini nights, and talk-back discussions with directors, performers, and guest panelists, will be announced prior to and during each run.

Tickets:
Individual show tickets are $26 for adults, $23 for seniors, and $12 for students and RAPT members with valid ID. Tickets for Dessa Rose previews are $15.
Season subscriptions to all four plays are $95 for adults, $85 for seniors 65 and older, and $40 for students.

Purchases may be made by calling the box office at 804-355-2001 or online at www.firehousetheatre.org.

?Where: ?
1609 W. Broad Street
Richmond, VA. 23220
804-355-2001
www.firehousetheatre.org
Free Parking available across the street at Lowes!

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