Freckleface Strawberry
2024-03-02 14:00, 2024-03-03 11:00 (America/New_York) | Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Non-Members: $15 for adults/$10 for children
Members: $13 for Adults/$8 for Children
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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.
Length of show: ~55 minutes
Great show for ALL ages!!
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Frozen Jr.
2024-03-06 19:00, 2024-03-07 19:00, 2024-03-09 14:00, 2024-03-09 19:00, 2024-03-10 13:00, 2024-03-10 16:00
Presented by Acting Out Productions
Adult: $20
Student/Senior: $15
Directed by Deirdre Budzyna
A story of true love and acceptance between sisters, Frozen JR. expands upon the emotional relationship and journey between Princesses Anna and Elsa. When faced with danger, the two discover their hidden potential and the powerful bond of sisterhood. With a cast of beloved characters and loaded with magic, adventure, and plenty of humor, Frozen JR. is sure to thaw even the coldest heart! Featuring over 60 local student actors. If you are coming to see a specific actor, make sure you purchase tickets for the right cast: A or B.
Cast A – Thursday, March 7, 7:00 pm, Saturday, March 9, 7:00 pm., Sunday, March 10, 1:00 PM
Chloe Auger, Addisyn Bagnall, Maddie Beams, Cadence Beams, Victoria Busby, Christopher Carney, Hazel Clinton, Theo Clinton, Phoebe Coffey, Sarah Day, Owen Donahue, Keira Dower, Nina Fish, Raegan Foss, Tessa McCarron, Elspeth Mercer, Avery Nippes, Anabel Pappas, Abby Pataro, Makayla Pataro, Evelyn Pitts, Linnea Roalshik, Silas Robbins, Charlie Schena, Henry Schwarzkoff, Isabella Schwarzkoff, Lucas Sutton, Sophie Terry, Julia Treat, Alice Wentworth and Ella Whitney
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Cast B – Wednesday, March 6, 7:00 pm, Saturday, March 9, 2:00 pm., Sunday, March 10, 4:00 PM
George Boger, Jackson Boger, Emmy Bolt, Christopher Carney, Leah Caulfield, Riley Caulfield, Hadley Coffin, Sienna Dole, Owen Donahue, Quinn Dulaney, Caela Farrell, Nieve Farrell, Zoe Fasching, Henry Hopp, Brooke Kobzik, Eve Kobzik, Nora Kobzik, Brightly Laansma, Ella Mills, Nancy Moore, Silas Robbins, Lucie Shapiro, Maddie Shapiro, Lilah Stroeher, Alex Sullivan, Elle Sullivan, Lily Veit, Izzy Veno, Calleigh Ware, Tessa Ware and Nora Wedge
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Todd Hearon
2024-03-08 20:00
w/ Special Guest Rockwood Taylor
Non-Member: $15
Member: $12
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Todd Hearon is an award-winning poet and songwriter, born in Fort Worth, Texas, and raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. The hymns and folk songs of his youth continue to influence his music, along with more edgy, contemporary Americana and Country-Rock sounds. He played bass and guitar for The Spin, one of the most successful alternative rock bands to come out of the Dallas Deep Ellum scene in the 1990s. After a career spanning six years and four albums, extensive touring and the cultivation of a broad fan base, he hung up his musical hat for graduate school in Boston, earning his Masters and PhD in English and Irish Studies, and co-founding The Bridge Theater Company, an independent troupe in Boston’s Theater District. He’s the author of three collections of poems, Strange Land, No Other Gods, and Crows in Eden, several plays and a novella, DO GEESE SEE GOD. He has received a PEN/New England ”Discovery” Award, the Friends of Literature Prize (Poetry magazine and the Poetry Foundation), the Rumi Poetry Prize (Arts & Letters) and the Campbell Corner Poetry Prize (Sarah Lawrence College). He was the Dobie Paisano Fellow/Writer-in-Residence at the University of Texas in Austin and served as the Dartmouth Poet-in-Residence at the Frost Place in Franconia, New Hampshire. His poems, essays and plays have appeared widely in literary journals in this country and abroad.​Music has never been far from his center, even as he extended his reaches into other art forms. Armed with a 1950 Gibson J-50 named Myrtle, and a host of new songs that hearken back to his roots in southern folkways and deep-flowing Americana streams, he’s back, ready to share his music with the world. Border Radio and Yodelady are his first two studio albums.

Rockwood Taylor
Charlie Rockwood Farr and Lynne Taylor are multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriters and veterans of the New England music scene who combined forces in 2018 to form Rockwood Taylor. Their styles cover a broad brush of folk-country-rock ranging from Steve Goodman to Steve Earle, from Patti Smith to Patty Loveless. This edgy Alt-folk/Americana duo have amassed a collection of rootsy, gutsy, honest songs that transcend genre boundaries, taking the listener on a gritty journey through our collective human experience. Their debut EP, “Finding Home,” was nominated for 2019 Album of the Year by New England Music Awards. Often joined by Kristine Malpica on cajon, they are based out of Newburyport, MA. The duo tours regularly throughout the Northeast US as far west as Ohio, and as far south as North Carolina.

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Hot Club of Cowtown
2024-03-21 19:00
Non-Member: $33 – Rows A-D/$30 – Rows E-K/$27 – Rows L-O
Member: $30 – Rows A-D/$27 – Rows E-K/$25 – Rows L-O
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“The interplay is as sleek as ever.” – The Times (London)
“The hot jazz is what Hot Club do best, and this is a staggering return to form for the band I once said I could listen to forever. That still stands.” – Country Music People
“This trio’s stylistic genesis–as well as title–stems from the realization that the great heritage of strings (guitars and violins) originates mutually with the Manouche gypsies of France and the no-less virtuosic hillbilly pickers and fiddlers of Oklahoma and Texas….Together for over 15 years and a dozen albums, the threesome of high-heeled violinist Elana James, guitarist Whit Smith and bassist Jake Erwin showed from the beginning that jazz and country music could exist together on the same page, a highly commendable achievement if ever there was one.” – Wall Street Journal
“Hot Club of Cowtown swung light and tight, like tumbleweeds made of velvet.” – Rochester City Paper
“[James’s] inventive violin style can still conjure up the unique image of Bob Wills strolling through Tin Pan Alley.” – JazzTimes
“As instrumentally and vocally tight as any band out there working in any genre today….three skilled musicians who can seemingly just tune up and play, something that’s becoming increasingly rare these days.” – American Songwriter
Award-winning Austin, Texas-based Hot Club of Cowtown may be the world’s most globe-trotting, effervescent string trio, who’s joyful sound blends the traditional Western swing of the 1940s American southwest with European hot jazz influences of the same era. The Hot Club of Cowtown, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, writes its own original songs and reinterprets everything from hoedowns to American songbook standards in its own, original style. The band is guitarist Whit Smith, fiddler Elana James, and upright bassist Zack Sapunor.
HCCT has toured with Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Roxy Music and others and proudly represents traditional American music throughout the world for the US State Department from Azerbaijan to the Sultanate of Oman. It has been named Ameripolitan Western Swing Group of the Year and is a member of the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame. Fifteen albums, a global following, and the relentless passion of its live shows are the band’s enduring trademark.
Recently signed to UK roots label the Last Music Company, the Hot Club of Cowtown continues to amass a devoted following worldwide through its one-of-a-kind versatility and virtuosity. Career highlights include the Fuji Rock Festival (Japan), Lincoln Center, the Grand Ol’ Opry, the Glastonbury Festival (UK) and all points in between.
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2nd Annual Firehouse Family Tea
2024-03-23 10:00
$25/All Tickets
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Join us for our 2nd Annual Firehouse Family Tea. This very special Family Event sold out last year so don’t wait to get your tickets!
Here’s what to expect:
10:00a – Welcome with tea and snacks in the Upper Lobby
10:15a – Egg Hunt in the theater!!
10:25a – Easter Bunny DANCE PARTY on stage!!
10:45a – Face painting, Relay Races, Spring Crafts, Egg Painting, and more !
11:30a – Special Story Time
11:45a – Photos with Easter Bunny and our special guest
12:00p – One Last Dance and Enjoy Your Day!
This is sure to be a fun time for families of all types – and children of all ages!

Emily Scott Robinson
2024-03-23 19:00
Non-Member: $25 – Rows A-D/$22 – Rows E-K/$20 – Rows L-O
Member: $22 – Rows A-D/$20 – Rows E-K/$18 – Rows L-O
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Colorado songwriter Emily Scott Robinson beckons to those who are lost, lonely, or learning the hard way with American Siren, her first album for Oh Boy Records. With hints of bluegrass, country, and folk, the eloquent collection shares her gift for storytelling through her pristine soprano and the perspective of her unconventional path into music.
“I think that the thread running through the album is those things that call to us, and how we can’t resist that call,” she says. “It’s about the siren songs that come up through our lives.”
Though not fully autobiographical, American Siren gracefully blends imagined characters with meaningful people she’s encountered on her journey. Showcasing her ability as a storyteller, “If Trouble Comes a Lookin’” invents a scene where a vulnerable priest and an unhappy wife meet in an Arkansas hotel bar. “Hometown Hero” is an emotional tribute to her cousin, a veteran lost to suicide. “Lost Woman’s Prayer” stems from the words of a sage friend she met while traveling abroad, while “Every Day in Faith” is a personal testament to seeing things through.
As the album’s lead track, “Old Gods” carries the siren concept to its fullest potential with beautiful three-part female harmony; she originally wrote it for a community production of Macbeth. Meanwhile, “Things You Learn the Hard Way” was completed after asking for relevant scenarios from her social media followers. Yet there’s a part of her own life in every song, too. That’s especially true in “Cheap Seats,” about a distracted waitress who’s bound (someday) to realize her dreams. Robinson wrote it after seeing John Prine and Bonnie Raitt sing together at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville in 2019.
“If you make music that you love that tells the truth, or that tells a story, everything emanates from what you have inside,” she says. “I knew at the core that I love writing, I love telling stories and I love performing. I knew if I just kept doing that, even when I didn’t always know what the next step was, that it would continue to grow and that the people who were meant to be a part of that would find me.”
Robinson grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina, and turned toward guitar at age 13, after a summer camp counselor closed out the nights by playing songs by Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, and Dar Williams every night. She taught herself to play in the early 2000s by printing guitar tabs from the internet and singing to CDs by Indigo Girls and James Taylor. But she didn’t pursue songwriting until after seeing Nanci Griffith perform in Greensboro in 2007.
“I went home and I wrote a really sad, beautiful country song,” Robinson remembers. “I was like, ‘Wow, that was easy.’ And then I kept trying to write through college and I realized, ‘This is not actually that easy.’”
Graduating from Furman University with degrees in history and Spanish, Robinson took a job as a social worker and translator in 2011. “I moved to Telluride when I was 24 to work as a victim’s advocate for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault,” she says. “I fell in love with Telluride. That’s really where my dream started to be born of doing music.”
In 2013, she found kindred spirits at Planet Bluegrass’ The Song School, a songwriting retreat in Lyons, Colorado, where other participants encouraged her talent, and just as importantly, showed her that being a touring musician could be a viable financial option. Before temporarily moving away from Telluride, Robinson went into town and sat on the empty stage where the city’s annual bluegrass festival is staged, promising herself that she’d be singing on it someday.
Bolstered by the positive response of her 2016 debut album, Magnolia Queen, Robinson and her husband packed everything into an RV and hit the road, with Robinson booking her own shows along the way. That same year, her songwriting landed her among the Kerrville New Folk Winners at the esteemed Texas festival. The winners embarked on an eight-city tour of Texas that fall, introducing Robinson to an audience that remains invested in her career.
“That was my first time touring,” she says. “It was so much more fun than I thought it would be. I’m a homebody and I was anxious about it because I hadn’t done it. I thought it would run me ragged. What I didn’t account for was how much energy I would get from it and how great it would feel to get in touring shape and be singing every night and have my stories be super on-point and loving the experience of finding an audience.”
Robinson received significant acclaim for her 2019 album, Traveling Mercies. And her long-held dream came true later that year when she sang on the Telluride Bluegrass Festival stage as the winner of the Telluride Troubadour Contest. A poignant standalone single in 2020, titled “The Time for Flowers,” prompted a private Instagram message from Oh Boy Records’ Jody Whelan, letting her know how meaningful the song was to his family. They struck up a fast friendship, then decided to partner for a release of American Siren.
“It is bigger and riskier and more expansive than my last collection,” Robinson says. “It feels like I wrote some songs that I’m going to grow into as I continue to perform them. I actually cried after I finished every one of them. I was so relieved that I was able to write them. I carved out a little more of my own experiences into these songs. They’re excavating some deeper stuff than I’ve touched on before. I think they will have a healing quality for people who listen.”
For her fans and for herself, this revealing collection proves that heeding the call to make music was the right decision. “Ever since this dream was born, I don’t think it’s ever left my mind,” Robinson says. “I’ve worked toward it every day, even when I felt like I was stumbling in the dark. Now I can look back and see how beautifully it all knits together.”
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Andrea von Kampen
2024-03-26 19:00
with special guest The Sea The Sea
Non-Member: $18
Member: $15
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Deemed “a fine singer with guitar work reminiscent of the cult hero Nick Drake” by the New York Times, singer-songwriter, Andrea von Kampen is known for her captivating melodies and introspective storytelling. After releasing a handful of EPs, von Kampen released her independent debut album Old Country in 2019 and her sophomore album That Spell with Fantasy Records in 2021.
In 2022, von Kampen made her acting debut in the independent film, “A Chance Encounter,” distributed by Samuel Goldwyn. Along with starring in the film, she wrote and recorded the film soundtrack which was released by Fantasy Records.
Sharing the stage with an impressive array of artists, including The Tallest Man on Earth, Trampled by Turtles, Watchhouse, Punch Brothers, The Wood Brothers, Bonny Light Horseman, Darlingside, Lief Vollebekk, Dead Horses, and many others, von Kampen has established herself on the road. She has played renowned music festivals such as The Newport Folk Festival and the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival.
von Kampen has spent the past year working on a new record and getting back to the independent approach to music that she previously yearned for. Her third full-length record was recorded in the winter of 2023 by Ben Brodin (Conor Oberst, Justin Townes Earle, First Aid Kit) and arranged by her brother, David von Kampen. This new album, Sister Moon focuses on themes of climate change, the connectedness of nature, and the stories of Richard Powers.
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The Sea The Sea is a Nashville based indie folk-pop duo featuring what Bob Boilen (NPR’s All Songs Considered) calls “excellent harmonies” & Huffington Post calls, “Two of the loveliest male-female voices you might ever hear this or any other year.” The group’s 2020 release, Stumbling Home, dubbed “otherworldly” by Rolling Stone marks the duo’s third full-length album, and the duo’s first primary recording / engineering credits on one of their albums, as well as that of co-producers—teaming up with recent Grammy and Tony award winner Todd Sickafoose (Hadestown, Anais Mitchell, Ani DiFranco, Andrew Bird). Previous releases from The Sea The Sea—Love We Are We Love (2014), In the Altogether (2016 / EP), and From The Light (2018)—have been praised by outlets including NPR, American Songwriter, and No Depression, and the animated video for their song “Waiting” sparked viral interest from Buzzfeed and Pitchfork, as well as inclusion at the international TED 2015 conference. The band has garnered features across all music platforms including Apple Music “Best of the Week” and “A-List Singer/Songwriter,” gathering 20+ million streams on Spotify to-date. Live performance broadcast appearances of The Sea The Sea include Mountain Stage, whose host Larry Groce calls them “ready to take their place among the best young male/female duos now performing,” Audiotree, and Paste Music / Daytrotter—recently describing the band as “defined by their infallible vocal harmonies and their unconventional song arrangements. The Sea The Sea is a pop band only in their melodic infectiousness—otherwise they are at their best when subverting conventions.
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Eric Hutchinson
2024-03-27 19:00
“Sounds Like This” 15th Anniversary Tour
Non-Member: $50
Member: $45
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Singer/songwriter Eric Hutchinson is feeling nostalgic as he prepares to spend 2023, and into 2024, celebrating the 15th anniversary of his debut album, Sounds Like This. “It’s a special record for me – one that changed my life, my career, and introduced my music to a new audience I could only have dreamt of,” the Takoma Park, MD native reflects. To commemorate the anniversary, Eric has announced that he will be playing shows all year long, performing the album in its entirety. He’s also revealed that Sounds Like This will finally be available on vinyl for the first time ever. Furthering the deep-dive into his past, Eric also released a new single, “Sad Songs”, a forgotten pop tune he wrote and performed regularly on tour in 2008 but never got the chance to record until now.
“I’m thrilled to spend 2023 reflecting on how my life and the world has changed in 15 years,” Eric says. “I hope people will join me on the trip down memory lane. Maybe bring a long-lost college friend to one of my concerts, or give Sounds Like This a re-listen for the first time in forever and remember what life was like back in 2008 – when Barack Obama was elected president, BlackBerrys were all the rage, and watching Netflix meant getting little red DVD packages in the mail.”
Sounds Like This ended up being a chart-topping album released by Warner Bros. Records, but it almost never happened. Just before Eric recorded those songs, he says he was a frustrated kid who was seriously considering quitting music. “I had spent several years toiling away on the road, playing tragically low-attended shows, and recording several failed albums that were not ready for prime time,” Eric remembers. But as discouraged as he was at the time, Eric says he hated the idea of telling his friends and family that he had quit music. “I decided to dig down deep and make one last-ditch attempt to record a professional debut that lived up to the legacies of my musical heroes like Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Paul Simon, and Michael Jackson,” Eric recalls. “I went for broke, literally, to capture the music that I was hearing in my head – the songs that represented me at that time. I could never have imagined where those songs would take me.”
Today, Eric is a seasoned musician and touring artist who’s released eight albums, performed in all 50 states and experimented with diverse kinds of musical genres like pop, folk, reggae, alternative rock, and jazz. Still, more often than not, Eric says if people are familiar with his music, they know the songs from Sounds Like This. “I love getting to hear stories from so many people who remember growing up with the music,” Eric says. “I’ll meet people and they’ll tell me about watching the music video for “Rock & Roll” on VH1 while getting ready for school, or listening to “Food Chain” on a burned mix CD that an older sister made to celebrate getting her driver’s license, or singing “Ok, It’s Alright With Me” in their college a capella group. I’m proud of this album I made many years ago, but I’m even more gratified by the part my music got to play in so many other people’s lives. I’m hoping I get to celebrate Sounds Like This with all those people on this tour.”
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Will Dailey
2024-03-28 19:00
w/ special guest Reese Fulmer
$18/Members
$20/Non-Members
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Described by New York Post’s music critic, Dan Aquilante, as the “real deal”, lauded songwriter and performer, Will Dailey has shared the stage and studio with the likes of Eddie Vedder, Willie Nelson, Brandi Carlile, G Love, Steve Earle, Grace Potter, Martin Sexton, Tanya Donelly, and the Wallflowers. He has charted in the top 20 on the national Billboard Heat Seekers chart twice, reaching #1 with his last album Golden Walker on the Northeast charts.
He is an advisor for Theo Epstein’s Foundation to be Named Later, on the Board of Director for the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame hosted at Boston’s Boch Center, and has been an advisory board member for Farm Aid. As an 8-time Boston Music Award Winner, he continued his work as a Boston Music Ambassador through the pandemic by raising $32,000+ for non-salary employees of venues in Boston, other artists and the City of Chelsea through online performances. He is currently working on his first full album since 2019, while finishing his second season of the iHeart/Double Elvis produced podcast Sound of Our Town, a music travel podcast where he brings the listeners on a tour of American cities and their musical scene and history.
Always carving his own path, Dailey spent 2023 touring with a new song called “Cover of Clouds” that can ONLY be heard on a disc-man and headphones that travel with him at his merch table during shows. The first of its kind concept is called the $10 Song Project and celebrates the art of listening to music. A journal is provided to listeners to share their experience to the song that isn’t available anywhere else.

REESE FULMER

Born and raised in Gloucester MA before cutting his teeth as the house manager at the iconic Saratoga Springs listening room Caffe Lena, Reese Fulmer has emerged a “songwriter with a poet’s sensibility rich with great storytelling, imagery and a healthy dose of irony.” In less than three years of performing, he has begun touring the Northeast, leading an award-winning Americana band, and appearing at prestigious festivals like Mile of Music in Appleton WI. Nominated for 2024 Songwriter of the Year in the Capital Region NY, “Fulmer is a songwriter whose lyrics expose parts of myself to me that I often cannot put language to, and for that, I’m both grateful and mystified.” (Laura DaPolito, Nippertown)

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SCENES - A BILLY JOEL EXPERIENCE
2024-03-29 20:00, 2024-03-30 20:00
Non-Member: $25
Member: $22
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Formerly known as Cold Spring Harbor, Scenes – A Billy Joel experience, has been performing throughout New England and beyond since 2013. Their mission from the beginning was never to play impersonator, but instead celebrate and recreate the music of Billy Joel to the highest and most authentic standard, bringing people the $400 Billy Joel concert experience, for a reasonable price that all fans can afford! Their 10+ year journey has led them to some amazing venues and events, most notably Touch of Texas in Binghamton, NY, and the Newburyport Yankee Homecoming celebration playing to more than 3500 people. From specific piano sounds that Billy uses himself, to the Billy Joel classic Ray Ban sunglasses, this show is not to be missed!

April Fools Comedy Show
2024-04-01 19:00
$15/All Tickets
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When You Laugh, You Walk With The Gods!
Perspective.
Humor gives us perspective.
And, perspective can give us balance.
Come to the Firehouse for an evening of of divine silliness and merriment with some of your favorite local comedians on April Fools Day. The cheapest and most fun therapy in Newburyport! Hosted by award winning comedian Kathy Isbell, come in and welcome the spring with laughter!
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Spring Comedy Night
2024-04-05 20:00
$20/All Tickets
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Take a load off and join us for a night of laughs as Comedy Night returns to the Firehouse featuring some of the best comedic talent in the region! Hosted by Mike Smith with headliner Mike Koutrobis along with Kyle Crawford and Jen Howell.
MIKE KOUTROBIS is a regular headliner at top New England clubs such as the Comedy Connection, Nick’s, Giggles, Comix at Foxwoods, as well as the Borgata in Atlantic City and the Funny bone in Richmond, VA. Koutrobis is a past winner of New Hampshire’s Funniest Comedian, he was a finalist at the Last Comix Standing contest at Foxwoods, and a semi finalist in the national Magners Comedy Festival.

KYLE CRAWFORD has appeared some of the top clubs in the country and with some of the nations most well-known performers. He has been seen on Comcast Comedy Spotlight and was the first runner up at the MCAM television Last Comic Standing competition. He has performed in Las Vegas, Catch a Rising Star, Comix at Foxwoods, the Comedy Connection, Laugh Boston and more.

JEN HOWELL is a rising star on the Boston Comedy Scene and has already been featured at such prestigious venues as Lowell Memorial Auditorium, The Center for the Arts Natick, The Cape Cod resort, Tupelo Music Hall, and more. Howell is a regular working with Steve Sweeney, Lenny Clarke and the top names in New England Comedy.

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Roomful of Blues
2024-04-06 20:00
$32/Non-Member
$28/Member
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Even though Roomful of Blues’ lineup has changed over the years, the band has always been one of the tightest, most joyful blues ensembles in the world. Currently an eight-piece unit led by guitarist Chris Vachon, the band has never sounded fresher or stronger. Singer Phil Pemberton brings his sweet and soulful vocals and adds another bright new dimension to the jazzy, jump-blues musical roots. Their winning combination of jump, swing, blues, R&B and soul remains their calling card, as does their ability to fill the dance floor. Along with bassist John Turner, trumpeter Carl Gerhard, drummer Mike Coffey, keyboardist Rusty Scott, baritone and tenor saxophonist Alek Razdan, tenor and alto saxophonist Rich Lataille, Roomful keeps on rockin’ into 2024.
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Joppa Dance Co. Presents "Ever Since"
2024-04-07 13:00, 2024-04-07 15:30
$15/All Seats
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Joppa Dance Company presents, Ever Since, a contemporary dance performance featuring new work by directors, Fontaine Dubus, Jen Steeves, Erin Staffiere, and by Rebecca Maikels. The performance also features new student choreography. Joppa Dance Company is a non-competitive youth dance troupe that performs throughout the year. Joppa is made up of Joppa Junior- grades 4-6, Joppa 2- grades 7 & 8, Joppa T2- grades 9 & 10, and Joppa Teen- grades 11&12. Joppa also participates in showcases with Performing Arts Educators in New York and overseas. The Teen/T2 group will be in performing in Rome this summer!
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More Real. Life. Stories.
2024-04-11 20:00, 2024-04-12 20:00, 2024-04-13 14:00, 2024-04-13 20:00
In Partnership with Silver Theater Productions
$18/Non-Members
$15/Members
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Real. Life. Stories. is back! Six, ten-minute plays, about ordinary people dealing with engaging and, sometimes, extraordinary circumstances, seasoned with comedy, pathos, surprise and inspiration. Ninety minutes of good, solid entertainment, that will have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face – and a few things to think about.
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The Adventures of Sleepyhead
2024-04-20 11:00
By Gemma Soldati
Non-Members: $15 for adults/$10 for children
Members: $13 for Adults/$8 for Children
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“Charm and loveliness from beginning to end” – Fringe Review
“Had my children howling with laughter” – The Scotsman
“Utterly charming” – Portsmouth Herald
“A laidback natural” – Fest Mag
She’s the dreamer of dreams. The walking-talking nap. A snoozer and a muser.
Children and adults alike will delight in this adventure to the heart of dreamland as Sleepyhead fends off the Zzz…
We are all a little Sleepyhead, waking to the world with wonder and hope. From the brain of award winning clown, Gemma Soldati, this otherworldly, interactive hour explores the source of imagination and the tick-tock of our internal clock. The Adventures of Sleepyhead promises better dreams and a good night sleep or your money back.
FOR DREAMERS OF ALL AGES!
As seen on NHPBS.
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Soggy Po Boys
2024-04-20 20:00
$15/Non-Members
$12/Members
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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
Nick Mainella- Tenor Sax
Josh Gagnon – Trombone
Mike Effenberger- Piano
Scott Kiefner- Upright Bass
Brian Waterhouse – Drums/Percussion
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Earth Port Film Festival
2024-04-21 17:30
ADULTS: $15 in Advance/$17 at Door
STUDENTS: $10 in Advance/$12 at Door
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It’s the 10th Anniversary of the Earth Port Film Festival! The 2024 Festival continues to feature short films that tell engaging and inspiring stories of people in communities around the world impacted by and taking action to address the environmental challenges facing the Earth today.
This year’s 10 film selections include documentary, fantasy, and animation genres with stories from the US, New Zealand, Germany and the UK. Topics include farming on land and sea, zero waste living, reciprocity with the land, electric planes, activist puppeteering and more. The films
range in length from 1 to18 minutes Details about the films are available at www.earthportfilm.org.
A pre-show reception with light refreshments begins at 5:30 PM and film screenings begin at 6. The Earth Port Film Festival is produced by Greater Newburyport Community Media Hub (NCMHub) and Transition Newburyport. Partial funding for this program is provided by the City of
Newburyport Resiliency Committee and a grant from the Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Action Grant.
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Climate Resiliency Screening
2024-04-28 18:00
Presented by NDFF
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$20/Adults
$18/Students & Seniors
As we celebrate our 20th year, the Newburyport Documentary Film Festival is pleased to partner with the City of Newburyport Resiliency Committee to present an evening of films that address the climate crisis as it affects our community. This timely program about one of our biggest collective challenges will take place Sunday, April 28 at the Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport. Reception begins at 6 PM. Film screnning at 7 PM. Tickets $18-20. Chowder from New England Fishmongers will be for sale during the reception.
“Last Man Fishing” (dir. JD Schuyler) is a cinematic look at a vastly changing seafood system through the lens of small-boat fishers and experts. Narrated by best-selling author Mark Bittman and starring “Captain Tim” Rider, proprietor of Kittery’s New England Fishmongers, the film explores the struggle for the survival of independent, sustainability-oriented fishermen in the face of the industrial-scale destruction of ocean habitats by corporate seafood interests. View The Trailer Here
Inspired by the Massachusetts Oyster Project, “The Oyster Revival: Restoring Our Waters” (dir. Allison Keir) is a short film about the miraculous power of oysters to clean and restore our polluted urban and coastal marine habitats.
Funding for this program is provided by the City of Newburyport Resiliency Committee through a grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Action program.
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