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Fun Home
2023-02-11 20:00, 2023-02-12 15:00, 2023-02-17 20:00, 2023-02-18 20:00, 2023-02-19 15:00 (America/New_York) | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
$35/Member
$40/Non-Member
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Winner of Five 2015 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron
Based on the Graphic Novel by Alison Bechdel
Directed by Maddie Roth
Music Directed by Justin Knowlton
When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Moving between past and present, Alison relives her unique childhood playing at the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home, her growing understanding of her own sexuality, and the looming, unanswerable questions about her father’s hidden desires. Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.
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Approximate Length: Fun Home runs approximately 90 minutes with no intermission
Age Appropriate/Recommendation: Recognizing that families can make the determination for what their child is allowed to view, this show is recommended for teens aged 14 and up.
Sensitive Content Warning: Fun Home contains strong language, mild adult themes, and conversations/depictions of suicide.

High School Musical and MORE!
2023-02-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Final Showcase
$10/All Tickets
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After a weeklong, Musical Theatre intensive, students from ages 13-17 will perform a final showcase including music, choreography, and scenes from High School Musical. They will also have the opportunity to perform solo musical numbers from other Broadway musicals. It is sure to be a wonderful evening full of talented, up and coming performers!
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Once Upon A Midnight NEARY - Second Act Readers Theater
2023-02-25 14:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
$5/All Seats
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Our Second Act Readers Theater Program presents the comedic shorts of local playwright, Jack Neary.
The Firehouse’s arts education program, Second Act Readers’ Theater, is show biz without the stress! Individuals perform while comfortably seated and there is no memorization required. We welcome individuals 55 and older, regardless of experience, to participate in the magic of theater. Second Act Readers’ Theater is generously funded in part by The Friendship Foundation.
JACK NEARY ‘s plays have been produced all over the United States, in Canada, in Paris and, most recently, Saudi Arabia. He is cofounder of New Century Theatre at Smith College, and the Greater Lowell (MA) Music Theatre.
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THE PROGRAM
The Dual
Two last minute actor replacements for a Jack Neary play. Each have different scripts. Yikes.

Jocelyn – Miranda Gualtieri
John – Roger Burgess
She’s Fabulous
Bethel and Clarice, friends and highly competitive actresses, have just watched the first half of their rival, Olivia’s performance in “Death of a Salesman”. She’s brilliant. They’re hilariously bitter.

Bethel – Maureen Daley
Clarice –Lenora Salvucci
Pat and Marjorie
A couple whose relationship is drifting apart go to the park and discover a playful way to reconnect.

Marjorie – Robin Chase
Pat – Allan Haley
Farewell and Adieu
Bethel and Clarice are at the funeral of their rival, Olivia. Without her to rip apart anymore will they turn on each other?

Bethel – Pat Tosches
Clarice – Deborah Baker
Concede or Die
A playwright’s fiancé writes a scathing review of his play. How do they move forward after that?

Becca – Mariantonia Boulay
Patrick – Terry Blanchard
Pearly Gates
Bethel and Clarice are met in heaven by their rival, Olivia. Surprise, surprise, there are auditions in heaven.
Bethel – Bette Lischke
Clarice – Candie Benjamin
Olivia – Sharon Curtis Phelan
Malcom – Allan Haley
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Jeffrey Gaines
2023-03-04 20:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
with Special Guest Frank Viele
$18/Members
$20/Non-Members
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Jeffrey Gaines has been heralded for his soul-searching lyrics and his powerful live performances. With only his voice and a guitar for accompaniment, Gaines has earned a reputation as a captivating performer, entertaining his audiences worldwide.
Throughout his three-decade recording career, Gaines has maintained an impressive standard for soul-searching, introspective lyrics and catchy, uplifting melodies. Since bursting on the scene with his self-titled 1992 debut album, the charismatic singer-songwriter-guitarist has built a beloved body of recordings that’s won him a large and deeply devoted international fan base. He has sold out theaters and clubs throughout North America and Europe, and has earned high respect from his peers, Gaines was featured as Special Guest on tours with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Tracy Chapman, Stevie Nicks and Sheryl Crow, among many others.
Gaines has been pursuing musical transcendence for much of his life. Raised in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, by soul-music-loving parents, he began his musical life playing guitar in local cover combos, before his songwriting muse became too insistent to ignore. He soon landed his first record deal shortly after graduating from high school, and in 1992 released his widely acclaimed debut album Jeffrey Gaines. The eponymous disc won massive amounts of critical and audience acclaim, spawning the hit “Hero in Me.” Somewhat Slightly Dazed (1994) and Galore (1998) further expanded his audience. Interview magazine described Gaines’ work as “soul-searching” and “refreshingly free of jargon, sentiment or cliché.”
With more than a quarter-century of recording and performing under his belt, Jeffrey Gaines is enjoying life and music more than ever. “Nowadays, I know what the job is about so there’s nothing to stress about, he says. “I know that there’s people out there who want it, so I have the opportunity to extend their experience. I guess I could lay my albums all out and see that they tell a story, but personally I prefer to keep looking forward.”
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Up until now, Frank Viele has been something of a regional secret throughout New England. His quadruple-threat reputation as a singer, guitarist, songwriter and performer is unrivaled there, as recognized by the New England Music Awards for Album of the Year, Male Performer of the Year, and Live Act of The Year he has stashed somewhere in his Connecticut home.
Of course, musically tuned-in folks throughout the world have been hearing reports of Viele’s prowess for several years. No Depression might have piqued their curiosity with its praise for his “vivid storytelling.” Or maybe they read about his singing in The Alternate Root, which observed that his “street growl” could rivet passersby. Howl Magazine even called his shows “transcendent” and predicted that his music “will rattle your bones and penetrate to the core.”
Truth be told, audiences around the country have begun taking notice as Viele plays in further-flung venues. Since his first album, Fall Your Way, dropped in 2015, he’s been called to open for Will Hoge, Blues Traveler, Lee DeWyze, Zach Myers of Shinedown, The Marshall Tucker Band, and in his somewhat wonderstruck words, “artists who have been on my personal playlists for years.”
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Doubt, A Parable
2023-03-10 20:00, 2023-03-11 15:00, 2023-03-11 20:00, 2023-03-12 15:00, 2023-03-17 20:00, 2023-03-18 20:00, 2023-03-19 15:00, 2023-03-24 20:00 and 2 more dates | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
$30/Member
$33/Non-Member
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Winner of Four 2005 Tony Awards including Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
A Play by John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Joe Couturier
In this brilliant and powerful drama, Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the male students.
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Approximate Length: Doubt runs approximately 90 minutes with no intermission
Age Appropriate/Recommendation: Recognizing that families can make the determination for what their child is allowed to view, this show is recommended for teens aged 14 and up.
Sensitive Content Warning: Doubt contains adult themes and suggestions of sexual abuse.

Oscars Night 2023
2023-03-12 18:30 - 23:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
A FIREHOUSE SPECIAL EVENT
$40/All Seats
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Join us for a glamorous evening and the opportunity to watch the Academy Awards in style. Get dressed up, walk the red carpet, answer questions from reporters, and get the star treatment at the Firehouse. There will be prizes awarded for best dressed, Oscars Night Swag Bags for all attendees, and the Firehouse’s big screen will make you feel like you are enjoying the evening in California with Hollywood’s biggest stars!
Prior to the Awards, there will be Oscar-worthy appetizers provided by Michael’s Harborside, Oregano, and Loretta. It’s bound to be a smashing good time!
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Junie B. Jones - The Musical
2023-03-18 11:00, 2023-03-18 14:00, 2023-03-19 11:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Member Price:
$8/children
$13/adults
Non-Member Price:
$10/children
$15/adults
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It’s Junie B.’s first day of first grade, and a lot of things have changed for her: Junie’s friend, Lucille, doesn’t want to be her best pal anymore and, on the bus, Junie B. makes friends with Herb, the new kid at school. Also, Junie has trouble reading the blackboard and her teacher, Mr. Scary, thinks she may need glasses. Throw in a friendly cafeteria lady, a kickball tournament and a “Top-Secret Personal Beeswax Journal,” and first grade has never been more exciting.
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Fran Dalton Remembered
2023-03-23 19:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
$20/All Seats
SOLD OUT

A Tribute to an Artist, Friend, and Courageous Human Being
Come join us for a slide presentation of a selection of Fran Dalton’s Photographs and “Stories to Share” with Anna Smulowitz and Friends.
Refreshments to follow.
All ticket sales will benefit the Newburyport Arts Collective (NAC)
This event is part of HerStory Month produced by The Actors Studio

Women In Music
2023-03-26 19:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
$18/Members
$20/Non-Members
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A concert featuring Broadway’s Allison Case, Firehouse Alumni, and local musicians celebrating female writers, performers, and stories in music and theater. Celebrating some of the most inspiring female voices: Etta James, Brandi Carlile, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Sara Bareilles, Stevie Nicks, Natalie Cole, Alanis Morissette and more!
On Broadway, Allison originated the role of Crissy in the Tony Award-winning revival of Hair (Off-Broadway, Broadway, West End). Other Broadway credits include: Matilda (Miss Honey), Hands on a Hardbody (Kelli Mangrum), Mamma Mia (Sophie). Off-Broadway: Fly by Night (Miriam) at Playwrights Horizons, NYC workshops of Hadestown, The Book of Mormon, Come From Away, and Bright Star, and originated the role of Nemo in Finding Nemo the Musical at Disney.
On screen she has recurring roles in HBO’s “The Young Pope” with Jude Law and Diane Keaton, and on USA’s “The Sinner.” Other TV credits include roles on “Nurse Jackie,” “Royal Pains,” “NYC 22.” A Southern California native, Allison is a graduate from UC Irvine and South Coast Repertory’s Professional Conservatory.
Allison can currently be heard on Disney Junior’s animated series, Firebuds, as the voice of Viv Vega-Vaughn.
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Real.Life.Stories
2023-03-30 20:00, 2023-03-31 20:00, 2023-04-01 13:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Tickets:
$13/Members
$15/Non-Members
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Seven short plays about what it means to be human.
What happens when your partner, of many years, decides to make a sharp turn in the road of life ? Remember the joy and exhilaration when you accomplished an especially difficult task? Ever wonder what would have happened, if you didn’t follow your parents advice?
Real. Life. Stories. explores these – and several other – very human, matters.
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Soggy Po' Boys
2023-04-01 20:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
$12/Members
$15/Non-Members
“Although New Hampshire isn’t the most obvious home for a group so devoted to the culture of The Big Easy, the Soggy Po’ Boys seem genuine in their ambition to spread the word about jazz New Orleans style, and they’re creating an accessible and fun way into this world.”
-London Jazz News
“…These guys have done their homework, worked it out on the bandstand and put in the hours in the studio. It all adds up to a party you can bring with you when you want to treat your friends to a real good time.”
-Ben Schenck of New Orleans’ Panorama Jazz Band
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The Soggy Po Boys, native to New England, have quickly become an institution. They are spreading the good news of New Orleans music across the northeast and beyond, playing at concert halls and street corners; music festivals and burlesque festivals; bars and libraries; wherever the party requires. Part of the beauty of New Orleans music is that it’s celebrated and appreciated wherever it goes, from the street to the theater.
The Po Boys formed in 2012 to shake the walls of a local club on a Fat Tuesday but have honed their sound and become more than a Mardi Gras centerpiece. Exploring the vast musical traditions of New Orleans and expanding their repertoire to look beyond NOLA jazz, the band includes traditional Caribbean tunes (it’s been said that New Orleans is the northernmost city in the Caribbean), as well as Meters funk, soul, and brass band / street beat music. There are a myriad of traditions that flow into New Orleans culture just as there are tributaries that feed the Mississippi, and the Po Boys are eager to explore what makes the music of New Orleans so damn special. You’ll hear the heavy influence of the New Orleans sound across the band and in the stories told by their original tunes. Despite the scope of its sound, the outfit is only seven people, and thrives on the interplay and group dynamics that bring this music to life.
The Soggy Po Boys are:​
Stu Dias- Vocals / Guitar
Eric Klaxton- Clarinet/Sop. Sax
Josh Gagnon – Trombone
Nick Mainella- Tenor Sax
Mike Effenberger- Piano
Brett Gallo- Drums
Scott Kiefner- Bass
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Joppa Dance Company presents Spring's Promise
2023-04-02 13:00, 2023-04-02 16:00 | MA
$15/Adults
$12/Students
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Joppa Dance Company will be presenting new choreography in a range of styles including Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, and Modern. The performance also features new student choreography. This skillful, expressive group of movers will truly inspire. Company choreography is by directors, Fontaine Dubus, Jen Steeves, and Erin Staffiere, with ballet choreography by Rebecca Maikels.
Joppa Dance Company, established 40 years ago by Irene Weiss, is a noncompetitive youth dance troupe that gives its members the opportunity to perform all over the world. The company is made up of: Joppa Junior-grades 4th-6th; Joppa 2-grades 7th-8th; Joppa T2-grades 9th-10th; Joppa Teen-grades 11th-12th. Dancers learn a wide range of techniques that prepare them for dance majors and careers. Creating their own work is an important element that allows them to grow even more as artists. Touring with Performing Arts Educators, (PAE), Joppa has performed in Scotland, Spain, Italy, Greece, and in New York City, (Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall). Joppa Dance Co., based at The Dance Place in Newburyport, is a nonprofit 501c3.
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