The Sixth or the Eighth – 22nd Annual New Works Festival

Firehouse Center for the Arts Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

The Firehouse is committed to the development of new work. Over the past 20 years, more than 250 have been performed on our stage first-through our annual Firehouse New Works Festival.

Modern Broadway Revue

Sea Level Oyster Bar 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Spend an enchanting evening as we present the music of some of the biggest hits on Broadway, or just Off-Broadway, over the past 20(ish) years. Take in the music of Pasek and Paul, Jason Robert Brown, Stephen Sondheim, and more sung live while you enjoy a three-course meal prepared and hosted by Sea Level Oyster Bar.

An Evening of One Acts – 22nd Annual New Works Festival

Firehouse Center for the Arts Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

This year's One Acts deal with real-life issues through a theatrical lens. They are thought-provoking, beautifully written, and, in some ways, emotionally challenging. Theater is meant to evoke emotion and these two plays, Arthur, Reading by Elaine Brousseau (Honegger Prize Winner for Best One Act) and Indian Summer by Mitchell Ganem, deliver.

The 10-Minute Plays of Deirdre Girard

Firehouse Center for the Arts Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

4 entertaining and thought-provoking ten-minute plays by local playwright Deirdre Girard featuring the students of our Second Act Readers Theatre Education Program

Freckleface Strawberry

Firehouse Center for the Arts Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Freckleface Strawberry will do anything to get rid of her freckles – from scrubbing them with soap to caking on makeup… and even wearing a ski mask to school! Will her schoolmates realize that it’s her under the mask? Will Freckleface be brave enough to finally face her complexion in the mirror? With the help of her loveable schoolmates, including an amazingly talented ballerina, a cutie jock, a charming ditz and a totally kooky teacher, Freckleface learns that everyone is different – and that’s what makes everyone special.

Freckleface Strawberry

Firehouse Center for the Arts Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Freckleface Strawberry will do anything to get rid of her freckles – from scrubbing them with soap to caking on makeup… and even wearing a ski mask to school! Will her schoolmates realize that it’s her under the mask? Will Freckleface be brave enough to finally face her complexion in the mirror? With the help of her loveable schoolmates, including an amazingly talented ballerina, a cutie jock, a charming ditz and a totally kooky teacher, Freckleface learns that everyone is different – and that’s what makes everyone special.

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