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SUMMARY:Christmas with the King!
DESCRIPTION:$25 Members \n$30 Non-Members \nPurchase Tickets\n\nGet ready to rock around the Christmas tree as New England’s #1 award-winning and internationally known ELVIS PRESLEY Tribute Artist\, RICK ANTHONY\, backed by his KING-SIZED show band\, “The King’s Court” will take the stage live and in person presented by Th Firehouse Center For the Arts in Newburyport\, MA. This show is a unique production in the New England Area. None other like it! Experience the magic of Elvis Presley’s timeless hits and festive holiday classics. Don’t miss this unforgettable evening of music\, laughter and holiday cheer. Get your blue suede shoes ready and celebrate Christmas with the King – Holiday Tribute Spectacular! \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/christmas-with-the-king/2024-11-29/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Joppa Dance Company presents The Port Express!
DESCRIPTION:$13 Students \n$15 Adults \n  \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \n  \nJoppa Dance Company presents\, The Port Express!\, another exciting holiday production\, this time adapted from the Christmas favorite\, The Polar Express. Shows are Friday\, December 6th 7:30pm\, Saturday\, December 7th 2:00pm & 7:30pm\, and Sunday\, December 8th 2:00pm. On Christmas Eve three sisters realize they have lost the magic bell. Fearful that it will curse their Christmas celebration\, they find themselves on the train to the North Pole for Santa’s help. The journey takes them through magical places including an enchanted forrest and a land of sweets. Joppa Jr. 2\, Joppa Jr.\, Joppa 2\, Joppa T2\, and Joppa Teen bring the story to life with jazz\, ballet\, and contemporary dance pieces. More information about Joppa Dance Co. is at https://www.danceplacenbpt.com/joppa-dance-company.\nRunning time\, approximately 1 hour.\n \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/joppa-dance-company-presents-the-port-express/2024-12-06/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Christmas Carol Panto!
DESCRIPTION:$18/ Students – Seniors – Members \n$20/ Adults \n  \nBah\, humbug! Theater in the Open celebrates the holiday season with this Dickens classic\, presented in true TITO panto style. So bring your whole family and your figgy pudding be prepared for anything to happen! \nPurchase Tickets\n\n 
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/a-christmas-carol-panto/2024-12-13/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Sinatra Christmas
DESCRIPTION:$32 / Members \n$35 / Non-Members \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \n“A Sinatra Christmas” is coming to The Firehouse Center with all your holiday favorites like “Jingle Bells” & “White Christmas”\, mixed with Frank’s iconic beloved songs including “My Way” & “New York\, New York”\, performed by Rich DiMare and The Ron Poster Trio. \n  \nRich DiMare is an American singer who specializes in the Frank Sinatra songbook and has 20 years experience providing entertainment across the country. Rich spent 15 years live on-air at Boston’s highest rated morning show\, KISS 108’s Matty in the Morning\, and as a host on Boston’s Fox25 TV. Because of this experience in media and music\, Rich is a seasoned showman. \nRon Poster is a Boston based pianist and keyboard artist who specializes in Popular & Classic American music as a soloist and with small groups. He’s been the organist for the Boston Bruins at TD Garden since 2001 and also toured in the 90’s and early 2000’s with the band Missing Persons. \nRich and Ron’s understanding of the Sinatra songbook\, coupled with their interactions on stage makes this “Ol’ Blue Eyes” experience something Rat Pack lovers won’t forget! \n  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/a-sinatra-christmas-2/2024-12-17/1/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family,Music
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SUMMARY:Christmas Family Sing-A-Long
DESCRIPTION:$7/ Children & Students \n$10/ Adults \n  \nThe Firehouse Center for the Arts presents the return of our Family Christmas Sing-A-Long! Bring the young ones\, the young at heart\, and the entire family for a morning of your favorite Christmas carols\, songs\, and classics. Enjoy a reading of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and a special guest appearance by the jolly man himself for photos! \n  \nPurchase Tickets\n\n 
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/christmas-family-sing-a-long/
LOCATION:MA
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Tom Rush
DESCRIPTION:$50 / All Tickets \n*Membership Comps are NOT applicable to this event \n  \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \nTom Rush is a gifted musician and performer\, whose shows offer a musical celebration…a journey into the tradition and spectrum of what music has been\, can be\, and will become. His distinctive guitar style\, wry humor and warm\, expressive voice have made him both a legend and a lure to audiences around the world. His shows are filled with the rib-aching laughter of terrific story-telling\, the sweet melancholy of ballads and the passion of gritty blues \nRush’s impact on the American music scene has been profound. He helped shape the folk revival in the ’60s and the renaissance of the ’80s and ’90s\, his music having left its stamp on generations of artists. James Taylor told Rolling Stone\, “Tom was not only one of my early heroes\, but also one of my main influences.” Country music star Garth Brooks has credited Rush with being one of his top five musical influences. Rush has long championed emerging artists. His early recordings introduced the world to the work of Joni Mitchell\, Jackson Browne and James Taylor\, and in more recent years his Club 47 concerts have brought artists such as Nanci Griffith and Shawn Colvin to wider audiences when they were just beginning to build their own reputations. \nTom Rush began his musical career in the early ’60s playing the Boston-area clubs while a Harvard student. The Club 47 was the flagship of the coffee house fleet\, and he was soon holding down a weekly spot there\, learning from the legendary artists who came to play\, honing his skills and growing into his talent. He had released two albums by the time he graduated. \nRush displayed then\, as he does today\, an uncanny knack for finding wonderful songs\, and writing his own – many of which have become classics re-interpreted by new generations.\n(It is testimony to the universality of his appeal that his songs have been folk hits\, country hits\, heavy metal and rap hits.) Signed by Elektra in 1965\, Rush made three albums for them\, culminating in The Circle Game\, which\, according to Rolling Stone\, ushered in the singer/songwriter era. \nIn the early ’70s\, folk turned to folk-rock\, and Rush\, ever adaptable\, saw more room to stretch out. Recording now for Columbia\, he toured tirelessly with a five man band\, playing concerts across the country. Endless promotional tours\, interviews\, television appearances\, and recording sessions added up to five very successful but exhausting years\, after which Tom decided to take a break and “recharge” his creative side at his New Hampshire farm. \nRush returned with a splash in 1981\, selling out Boston’s prestigious Symphony Hall in advance. Time off had not only rekindled Rush’s love of music\, it had re-ignited music audiences’ love of Rush. \nHe instinctively knew that his listeners were interested in both the old and the new\, and set out to create a musical forum like the Club 47 of the early sixties to allow artists and newcomers to share the same stage. In 1982\, he tried it out at Symphony Hall. The show was such a hit it became an annual event\, growing to fill two\, then three nights\, and the Club 47 series was born. Crafting concerts that combined well known artists such as Bonnie Raitt or Emmylou Harris with (then) unknowns like Alison Krauss or Mark O’ Connor\, Rush took the show on the road. From the ’80s to the present day\, Club 47 events have filled the nation’s finest halls to rave reviews\, and have been broadcast as national specials on PBS and NPR. \nIn 1999\, Columbia/Legacy released a Tom Rush retrospective album that covers his recorded musical history from 1962 to the present\, including tracks recorded for Columbia\, Elektra\, Prestige and his independent years. Entitled “The Very Best of Tom Rush: No Regrets”\, the 17-track compilation includes as a bonus a brand new Tom Rush composition\, “River Song\,” which features vocal contributions from Grammy winners Shawn Colvin and Marc Cohn. \nA live CD\, “Trolling for Owls” released in 2003 and published by Tom’s NIGHTLIGHT RECORDINGS\, captures Tom’s complete performance and includes\, for the first time\, some of the spoken stories that have endeared him to audiences. \n“How I Play (some of) My Favorite Songs”\, a DVD released in 2005 by Homespun Tapes. It shows how he plays ten of the memorable songs and guitar arrangements that have long made him one of America’s most beloved performers. \nIn 2009\, Tom recorded his first studio CD in 35 years. Recorded in Nashville\, “What I Know” was produced by Tom’s long-time friend Jim Rooney and includes original Tom Rush material\, as well as harmonies by Emmylou Harris\, Bonnie Bramlett and Nanci Griffith. \nToday\, Tom Rush lives in New Hampshire when he’s not touring. His voice has grown even richer and more melodic with training\, and his music\, like a fine wine\, has matured and ripened in the blending of traditional and modern influences. He’s doing what he loves\, and what audiences love him for: writing and playing …passionately\, tenderly…knitting together the musical traditions and talents of our times  \n  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/tom-rush-25/2025-01-03/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Hayley Reardon
DESCRIPTION:The Firehouse Center for the Arts Presents Hayley Reardon\n$18\n*This event qualifies for all p/p member discounts \nThe first in our Singer/Songwriter Series\, Hayley returns to the Arakelian Stage for an intimate evening of music. \nPurchase Tickets\n\nHayley Reardon is a critically acclaimed folk-pop singer and songwriter\, and a storyteller in the truest sense of the word. Raised in a coastal Massachusetts town north of Boston\, Reardon dove head first into music at the young age of 15\, and has dedicated nearly half of her life to writing\, recording and performing music around the world. The artist’s songs have been featured on multiple Spotify editorial playlists and Apple Music playlists\, with over 7 million streams on Apple Music alone. She has shared the stage with renowned artists including Lori McKenna\, Rodney Crowell and Anaïs Mitchell\, among others.  \nReardon’s creative journey thus far has been distinctly international. Carrying her songs and stories all over the globe\, she has performed hundreds upon hundreds of shows in over 13 countries – gathering experiences\, inspiration and soulful connections. Reardon’s travels include a six-month artist-in-residency stay in Dachau\, Germany in 2021. Her ever-deepening music carries a lyrical and melodic weight beyond her years\, being described as “brilliantly moving folk/pop with a lyrical depth and soul” (Performer Magazine) and “a melancholy little masterpiece” (American Songwriter Magazine). No Depression writes “Reardon is truly a treasure.”  \nThe past year has been one of artistic abundance and growth for Reardon. Her EP\, Changes\, which was recorded in Barcelona with renowned Spanish guitarist Pau Figueres as producer and collaborator\, released in July 2023. The title track features an original bilingual duet with Catalan sensation Judit Neddermann\, with whom Reardon formed a deep musical bond during her time in Spain and who appears on the EP courtesy of Universal Music Spain. Along with her own releases\, Reardon co-wrote and sings on Seth Glier’s haunting new single My Body Remembers. She was also nominated as 2023 Vocalist of the Year by the Boston Music Awards.  \nAt the start of 2024\, Reardon released her first live concert album\, “Live at Starseed Studios”. The project features 13 tracks from Reardon’s songbook with special acoustic arrangements by Pau Figueres on flamenco guitar and Arnau Figueres on bass. Reardon also recently returned to Spain to record new music with the Figueres brothers at The Sound of Wood studio near Barcelona. According to Reardon\, her upcoming seven-song project\, to be released in August 2024\, takes a more organic approach with vocals and instrumentation tracked live with a five-piece band. Her extensive travels\, recent move back to the States\, and regrounding in a place close to her roots has given the songwriter much to contemplate. In “The Way I Am”\, an upcoming single from the project\, Reardon reflects\, “I needed all this space just to feel the ache that has always been under everything.” These new songs explore uncharted emotional depths for an artist who is already known for her capacity to access tenderness. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/hayley-reardon/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family,Music
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SUMMARY:New Works Festival - Shorts
DESCRIPTION:$15 / General Admission \n  \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \nThe Firehouse Center for the Arts presents this first day of our 2025 New Works Festival featuring the Honnegger Prize winning short\, Ellen Talks About the Bird* by Donna Sorbello. The performance will be supported by 7 shorts including: Home Invasion by Candace Perry\, Meteor by Tori Stubbs\, What Is Due by Deirdre Girard\, and A Woman in Need by Martha Patterson\, Grammy G by Christopher Lockheart\, Pass the Salt by Leslie Powell\, and To Our Beloved Shareholders by Gregory Hischak. \n  \nEllen Talks About the Bird* \nby Donna Sorbello \nTwo sisters\, seemingly mundane lives\, of coupons and coffee but also a heart filled with a secret. \nDonna Sorbello’s theatre works have been produced at the New Market International Festival\, Canada\, Lincoln Center Library Theatre\, Odyssey Festival at Asolo Theatre\, Boston Theatre Marathon\, International Festival for Peace and Justice\, Studio 620\, Gloucester First Night\, Open Voices\, BPT (staged readings) Turtle Lane Theatre\, Priscilla Beach Theatre and Tampa Bay Festival\, with online fundraisers for Theatre Alliance and Wellfleet Harbor Theatre. A past winner of the Robert J Pickering award\, she has been a finalist for the Eugene O’Neill Center\, New Dramatists\, WCVB Prime Time Drama Contest\, and the Kennedy Center College competition. Her historical novel for middle-school girls\, Daughter of Liberty\, Latticework Press\,(Barnes and Noble\, Amazon) combines American Revolutionary history with magical realism.She has many published articles and interviews. As past Director of Emerging Playwrights\, a grant-funded program for City High School students at Wheelock Theatre\, she helped foster and bring to production the work of young playwrights. She has taught Playwriting for the past twelve years. She is a graduate of Emerson College\, and Boston University\, studying under Derek Walcott and Kate Snodgrass. \n  \nHome Invasion \nby Candace Perry \nAn uninvited guest shows up at the home of Martha and Paul\, and they must figure out how to manage this unwelcome intruder. \nCandace Perry is a writer\, teacher\, and social justice activist who strives to change the world\, one play at a time. Over 40 of her short plays have been produced in the US and Ireland; her four full length plays have had readings\, workshops and productions in New York and at Cape theaters; and a dozen of her short plays have been produced online. She lives in Wellfleet with her husband\, Charles Thibodeau. More info at www.candaceperryplaywright.info. \n  \nMeteor \nby Tori Stubbs \nTwo strangers meet on a roof hours before the end of the world.  \nTori Stubbs is a Massachusetts native and a New Hampshire resident. When she isn’t working or chasing around her two rambunctious kids\, she loves to write. Her short stories have been published in magazines such as Daily Science Fiction and The Story Shack as well as an anthology\, Enter the Rebirth. She is fairly new to playwriting but has “caught the bug” and has finished writing more than 30 short plays since her start in August of 2023. \n  \nWhat Is Due \nby Deirdre Girard \nSuzanne is about to lose everything\, but she’s come up with a series of solutions that grow more and more surprising…. \nDeirdre Girard\, who tells women’s stories\, received her Playwriting MFA at Boston University. She has had dozens of award winning one-act plays produced both nationally and internationally; her full-length productions include The Christina Experiment at The Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Reconsidering Hanna(h) at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and Short and Scary at the Lynn Arts Center. Short and Scary II will be produced at the Actors Studio of Newburyport in October 2025. Her work has been published by Applause Books\, Smith & Kraus\, Next Stage Press and Heuer Publishing. Deirdre was named a 2012/13 and returning 2013/14 Playwriting Fellow at New Repertory Theater\, and was selected for both the Company One Play Labs and Central Square Theater’s TWSS play development programs. Her one-act play In the Buff was commissioned by Peabody Essex Museum in Salem\, MA and subsequently won QC Theatre’s Susan Glaspell National Playwriting Award. Most recently\, Women at the Center\, her collection of short plays featuring female protagonists was published\, her short play Fungus was filmed for the Recover-Me Festival in LA\, she was selected for Barrington Stages 2023 10 x 10 festival and The 2023 Boston Theater Marathon\, had a monologue from her full-length play In This House selected for The Best Female Monologues of 2022 anthology by Smith & Kraus\, had her play Soulmate selected by Smith & Kraus for their Best 10-minute plays of 2023 anthology\, had an evening of her short plays produced at The Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport\, MA in February of 2024\, and had two NY productions with outstanding reviews of her short play A Year to Grieve. She is a playwriting instructor/mentor for several organizations including Gloucester Stage\, Boston University’s Massachusetts Young Playwrights Project\, and Northeastern University’s Silver Masque Theatre as well as a member of the Boston Playwright’s Theatre Advisory Council and a founding member of the Newburyport Arts Collective. \n  \nA Woman in Need \nby Martha Patterson \nOn the patio of a New Orleans bar\, a detective investigating a crime meets his Maker. \nMartha Patterson’s 27-story collection “Small Acts of Magic” was published by Finishing Line Press in 2021. Her work has also been published in more than 20 anthologies and journals\, and her plays have been produced in 21 states and eight countries. She lives in Boston\, Massachusetts\, and loves being surrounded by her books\, radio\, and laptop. \n  \nGrammy G \nby Christopher Lockheart \nWe all have a need to hear our mother say\, “I love you.” So who cares if she raps it? \nChristopher Lockheardt of Groton\, MA\, has had 45 of his short plays produced over 260 times by 95 different theaters in the United States\, Canada\, Ireland\, Hong Kong\, Egypt\, and Australia. His work has been included in ten short play anthologies\, including four of Smith & Kraus’s Best Ten-Minute Plays of the Year collections. \n  \nPass the Salt \nby Leslie Powell \nTwo “mature” sisters revert to their younger selves over a saltshaker. \nLeslie Powell (she/her/hers) writes plays\, fiction\, nonfiction\, essays\, and poetry. “Baby Ghost” as creative non-fiction published through Cool Bean Lit can be found here: CoolBeansLit.com/issue2 Her plays have been read and produced throughout the U.S. and in Toronto\, Canada. Most recently “Baby Ghost” appeared as a staged reading at the Scottsdale Desert Stage theatre\, January 2024 in Scottsdale\, Arizona. “Baby Ghost” was developed and presented under the title “The Way Life Should be” at the Actors Studio of Newburyport\, Massachusetts and the Firehouse Center For the Arts\, also in Newburyport. “Heart-Land: a Lesbian Drama” was selected for National Pride Month in 2022 and presented as a staged-reading for Aria Production in San Antonio\, Texas\, Her first poem “Stuffed” was published in KYSO zine and selected for ‘Best On The Net’ in the print version. Her fiction “Benediction for a Murderer” has appeared in Zoetrope online and her essay “Son of Man” appeared in Pandora magazine. \n  \nTo Our Beloved Shareholders \nby Gregory Hischak \nThe torch of corporate-speak has been passed to a new generation. \nGregory Hischak is a writer and performer living in Yarmouth Port\, MA. \n  \nFull Length and One Act New Works will be presented in April 2025 \n  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/new-works-festival-day-2/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:New Works Festival - Shorts
DESCRIPTION:$15 / General Admission \n  \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \nThe Firehouse Center for the Arts presents this second day of our 2025 New Works Festival featuring the Honnegger Prize winning short\, Ellen Talks About the Bird* by Donna Sorbello. The performance will be supported by 7 shorts including: Home Invasion by Candace Perry\, Meteor by Tori Stubbs\, What Is Due by Deirdre Girard\, and A Woman in Need by Martha Patterson\, Grammy G by Christopher Lockheart\, Pass the Salt by Leslie Powell\, and To Our Beloved Shareholders by Gregory Hischak. \n  \nEllen Talks About the Bird* \nby Donna Sorbello \nTwo sisters\, seemingly mundane lives\, of coupons and coffee but also a heart filled with a secret. \nDonna Sorbello’s theatre works have been produced at the New Market International Festival\, Canada\, Lincoln Center Library Theatre\, Odyssey Festival at Asolo Theatre\, Boston Theatre Marathon\, International Festival for Peace and Justice\, Studio 620\, Gloucester First Night\, Open Voices\, BPT (staged readings) Turtle Lane Theatre\, Priscilla Beach Theatre and Tampa Bay Festival\, with online fundraisers for Theatre Alliance and Wellfleet Harbor Theatre. A past winner of the Robert J Pickering award\, she has been a finalist for the Eugene O’Neill Center\, New Dramatists\, WCVB Prime Time Drama Contest\, and the Kennedy Center College competition. Her historical novel for middle-school girls\, Daughter of Liberty\, Latticework Press\,(Barnes and Noble\, Amazon) combines American Revolutionary history with magical realism.She has many published articles and interviews. As past Director of Emerging Playwrights\, a grant-funded program for City High School students at Wheelock Theatre\, she helped foster and bring to production the work of young playwrights. She has taught Playwriting for the past twelve years. She is a graduate of Emerson College\, and Boston University\, studying under Derek Walcott and Kate Snodgrass. \n  \nHome Invasion \nby Candace Perry \nAn uninvited guest shows up at the home of Martha and Paul\, and they must figure out how to manage this unwelcome intruder. \nCandace Perry is a writer\, teacher\, and social justice activist who strives to change the world\, one play at a time. Over 40 of her short plays have been produced in the US and Ireland; her four full length plays have had readings\, workshops and productions in New York and at Cape theaters; and a dozen of her short plays have been produced online. She lives in Wellfleet with her husband\, Charles Thibodeau. More info at www.candaceperryplaywright.info. \n  \nMeteor \nby Tori Stubbs \nTwo strangers meet on a roof hours before the end of the world.  \nTori Stubbs is a Massachusetts native and a New Hampshire resident. When she isn’t working or chasing around her two rambunctious kids\, she loves to write. Her short stories have been published in magazines such as Daily Science Fiction and The Story Shack as well as an anthology\, Enter the Rebirth. She is fairly new to playwriting but has “caught the bug” and has finished writing more than 30 short plays since her start in August of 2023. \n  \nWhat Is Due \nby Deirdre Girard \nSuzanne is about to lose everything\, but she’s come up with a series of solutions that grow more and more surprising…. \nDeirdre Girard\, who tells women’s stories\, received her Playwriting MFA at Boston University. She has had dozens of award winning one-act plays produced both nationally and internationally; her full-length productions include The Christina Experiment at The Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Reconsidering Hanna(h) at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and Short and Scary at the Lynn Arts Center. Short and Scary II will be produced at the Actors Studio of Newburyport in October 2025. Her work has been published by Applause Books\, Smith & Kraus\, Next Stage Press and Heuer Publishing. Deirdre was named a 2012/13 and returning 2013/14 Playwriting Fellow at New Repertory Theater\, and was selected for both the Company One Play Labs and Central Square Theater’s TWSS play development programs. Her one-act play In the Buff was commissioned by Peabody Essex Museum in Salem\, MA and subsequently won QC Theatre’s Susan Glaspell National Playwriting Award. Most recently\, Women at the Center\, her collection of short plays featuring female protagonists was published\, her short play Fungus was filmed for the Recover-Me Festival in LA\, she was selected for Barrington Stages 2023 10 x 10 festival and The 2023 Boston Theater Marathon\, had a monologue from her full-length play In This House selected for The Best Female Monologues of 2022 anthology by Smith & Kraus\, had her play Soulmate selected by Smith & Kraus for their Best 10-minute plays of 2023 anthology\, had an evening of her short plays produced at The Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport\, MA in February of 2024\, and had two NY productions with outstanding reviews of her short play A Year to Grieve. She is a playwriting instructor/mentor for several organizations including Gloucester Stage\, Boston University’s Massachusetts Young Playwrights Project\, and Northeastern University’s Silver Masque Theatre as well as a member of the Boston Playwright’s Theatre Advisory Council and a founding member of the Newburyport Arts Collective. \n  \nA Woman in Need \nby Martha Patterson \nOn the patio of a New Orleans bar\, a detective investigating a crime meets his Maker. \nMartha Patterson’s 27-story collection “Small Acts of Magic” was published by Finishing Line Press in 2021. Her work has also been published in more than 20 anthologies and journals\, and her plays have been produced in 21 states and eight countries. She lives in Boston\, Massachusetts\, and loves being surrounded by her books\, radio\, and laptop. \n  \nGrammy G \nby Christopher Lockheart \nWe all have a need to hear our mother say\, “I love you.” So who cares if she raps it? \nChristopher Lockheardt of Groton\, MA\, has had 45 of his short plays produced over 260 times by 95 different theaters in the United States\, Canada\, Ireland\, Hong Kong\, Egypt\, and Australia. His work has been included in ten short play anthologies\, including four of Smith & Kraus’s Best Ten-Minute Plays of the Year collections. \n  \nPass the Salt \nby Leslie Powell \nTwo “mature” sisters revert to their younger selves over a saltshaker. \nLeslie Powell (she/her/hers) writes plays\, fiction\, nonfiction\, essays\, and poetry. “Baby Ghost” as creative non-fiction published through Cool Bean Lit can be found here: CoolBeansLit.com/issue2 Her plays have been read and produced throughout the U.S. and in Toronto\, Canada. Most recently “Baby Ghost” appeared as a staged reading at the Scottsdale Desert Stage theatre\, January 2024 in Scottsdale\, Arizona. “Baby Ghost” was developed and presented under the title “The Way Life Should be” at the Actors Studio of Newburyport\, Massachusetts and the Firehouse Center For the Arts\, also in Newburyport. “Heart-Land: a Lesbian Drama” was selected for National Pride Month in 2022 and presented as a staged-reading for Aria Production in San Antonio\, Texas\, Her first poem “Stuffed” was published in KYSO zine and selected for ‘Best On The Net’ in the print version. Her fiction “Benediction for a Murderer” has appeared in Zoetrope online and her essay “Son of Man” appeared in Pandora magazine. \n  \nTo Our Beloved Shareholders \nby Gregory Hischak \nThe torch of corporate-speak has been passed to a new generation. \nGregory Hischak is a writer and performer living in Yarmouth Port\, MA. \n  \nFull Length and One Act New Works will be presented in April 2025 \n  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/new-works-festival-day-3/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:Pettengill House Benefit Concert feat. Sonya Rae Taylor
DESCRIPTION:An unforgettable night of music\, with fine desserts and beverages included! \n$75 / General Admission* \n  \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \nWelcome Receptions 6:30-7:30 \nConcert 7:30-9:30 \n  \nA special evening to benefit The Pettengill House\, Inc.\, featuring a welcome reception with complimentary fine desserts and beverages\, followed by an unforgettable performance by Sonya Rae Taylor. \n  \nAll proceeds will support The Pettengill House\, Inc.\, the area’s lead provider of community-based social services since 1994\, serving thousands of at-risk adults\, children\, and families in need. Learn more at pettengillhouse.org \n  \nAbout Sonya Rae Taylor: \nKnown for her soaring vocals\, searing guitar playing and deep song-craft\, Sonya Rae has logged many miles in her career. From backing top soul and blues artists as a sideman in Austin\, TX to penning songs for country acts as a signed staff writer in Nashville and now fronting her own much anticipated project\, Sonya Rae commands an all-too-rare blend of masterful songwriting\, guitar playing and singing. \nInstragram \nFacebook \nWebsite \n  \nThank you to our Community Champion Sponsors:  \nInstitution for Savings \nNewburyport Bank Charitable Foundation \nUnited Family Medical Center \n  \n  \n  \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \n*This event is not eligible for Firehouse Membership discounts*
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/pgh-benefit-2025/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
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SUMMARY:Steve Forbert
DESCRIPTION:The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents the first in our 2025 Folk/Americana Series\,  Steve Forbert! \nPurchase Tickets\n\n$30 / Non-Members \n$27 / Members \n*Firehouse p/p event \n  \nSteve Forbert is a true American treasure\, a fact underscored by his 21st album\, Daylight Savings Time. Like all his albums of original songs\, it’s suffused with what venerated rock journalist Robert Christgau discerned as his “omnivorously observant” songwriting\, marked by Steve’s gift for finding the deeper meaning and magic within the spectrum of everyday moments\, as well as his abundant melodic and poetic enchantment. \nAs Forbert approaches the milestone of his 70th birthday\, Daylight Savings Time contemplates and celebrates the proverbial ‘extra hour of daylight’ that comes with the time change. “Yeah to chirping crickets and to daylight savings time!” he sings on the album’s first single “Sound Existence\,” “The best ain’t yet to come\, but you could still get by just fine.” \nSteve arrived in New York City from his Meridian\, Mississippi hometown in 1976. He slotted seamlessly into the “new folk” revival in such Manhattan clubs as Folk City\, The Bitter End\, and Kenny’s Castaways while taking the stage at CBGB\, ground zero of the burgeoning new wave/punk movement. He also busked on the streets of Greenwich Village and in the elegant confines of Grand Central Station. \nHe quickly won a major label deal with Nemperor/CBS Records and released his heralded debut\, Alive on Arrival\, in 1978. His next album\, Jackrabbit Slim\, released in 1979\, brought wider renown to Forbert with its #11 pop chart hit “Romeo’s Tune.” It provided the stature for his troubadour existence\, which has kept him active ever since as “a striking performer\, very much worth seeing and hearing\,” according to the New York Times.  \n  \nMembers Early Access – Wednesday\, December 11 \nPublic Ticket Access – Friday\, December 13 \n  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/forbert-2025/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:The Eras Night: A Musical Journey
DESCRIPTION:Wedding and Event Professionals Sarah Lord and Callie Eiserman present: The Eras Night: A Musical Journey \nIntroducing the Glass Artists\, a sought-after Boston string quartet whose innovative arrangements breathe new life into Swift’s most beloved hits. This isn’t just a concert—it’s a musical transformation that bridges generations and genres.Each performance promises a unique journey through Taylor Swift’s musical eras\, reimagined through the delicate and powerful sounds of classical strings. The Glass Artists will navigate through Swift’s storytelling\, from the country-tinged beginnings to the pop anthems and indie folk explorations. \nCalling All Swifties!\nGather your squad\, dress in your favorite era-inspired outfit\, and prepare for an unforgettable musical experience. Whether you’re a die-hard fan or a classical music enthusiast\, “The Eras Night” offers something magical for everyone. \nPurchase Tickets\n\n 
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/eras-night-2/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T183000
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SUMMARY:Era's After School Program Performance
DESCRIPTION:The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents the culmination of our After school Era’s Program! \n$5 / All Tickets \n  \nPurchase Tickets\n\nSupport our education program and watch the efforts of these wonderful students as they sing\, dance\, and celebrate the music of Taylor Swift! \n 
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/eras-kids/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Youth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250131T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250131T210000
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SUMMARY:Comedy Night Featuring Steve Sweeney
DESCRIPTION:$25 / All Tickets \nComedy is back at the Firehouse with a fun filled night featuring comedian Steve Sweeney. Born in Charlestown\, Steve Sweeney is a legendary Boston comedian known as a master of dialects and character voices. With his famous Boston accent and great insight into human nature\, Steve is so thoroughly Bostonian that he merits his own stop on the MBTA Green Line.He has been featured on major television shows including David Letterman\, Evening at the Improv\, Comics Come Home\, and Comedy Central\, and starred in his own Boston-based sitcom\, Park Street Under. \n  \nOpening Acts include: JJ Jones\, Zach Valencia \n  \n*p/p Firehouse Event – All membership benefits are available! \n  \nPurchase Tickets\n\n 
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/comedy-january/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:Renee and the Renegades
DESCRIPTION:Renee and the Renegades returns to the stage for a country spectacular! Joined by Slack and KT’s Project\, this is bound to be a fantastic night \n$20 / All Tickets \nPurchase Tickets\n\n“Renee Leavitt is the real deal\,” said legendary rock n’ roller\, Gary U.S. Bonds. Renee started singing at the age of three and entered her first contest at the age of eight\, finishing in 2nd place overall. Leavitt is building upon her fan base through her songwriting abilities\, catchy tunes\, pure voice\, poised stage presence and her “girl next door\,” blue eyed\, strawberry blonde\, country look. \nTo date\, this country sensation has 31 original songs. Her band\, Renee and the Renegades\, has what fans and their manager call a ‘unique’ sound. There is no one in country music that can scratch an itch for one of their original scores. Her Karen Carpenter like voice mixes Zydeco\, Irish Folk\, Pop\, Rock\, and Vintage Country. Some have characterized it as: Americana. \nRenee has been played on several radio stations in New England and Ireland\, including WKLB Country 102.5\, The Bull 101.7\, WOKQ 97.5\, the River 92.5\, North Shore 104.9\, WRKO 680\, WMEX 1510 and Ireland’s own KFM Radio. Leavitt will soon be heard on PBS\, singing the theme song “Friends For Life” for a Children’s Animated Series\, called Charlie Horse. \nRenee has even performed on stage with the likes of Gary U.S. Bonds on the Gary Leavitt and Friends show and Southside Johnny at Boarding House Park in Lowell MA. \n  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/renee25/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Slide; A Quest for Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:The Firehouse Center for the Arts is proud to present: SLIDE; A Quest for Mental Health \n$25 / All Tickets \n  \nSlide; A kaleidoscopic journey through mental health is a concept album….a fictionalized account of the author’s personal journey told through a multimedia platform of music\, dance\, vocalization\, videography\, visual art and figure skating. It weaves the tapestry of experience and explores the struggles of living with\, coping with\, and healing our relationship with our own mental health. \nWritten and performed by (Caren Lyn Manuel) Tackett (of Broadway’s Hair\, Rent\, High Fidelity\, The Times They Are A Changing\, & Brooklyn)\, Slides artfully and open-mindedly explores a subject that is often not a part of the cultural conversation; the misdiagnosis\, mistreatment\, and misplacement of those diagnosed with mental illness in our society.  \n  \nPurchase Tickets\n\n 
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/slides/2025-02-07/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:Jimmy Tingle - Humor and Hope for Humanity
DESCRIPTION:The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents… \nJimmy Tingle – Humor and Hope for Humanity \n$35-45 \nPurchase Tickets\n\nJimmy Tingle has worked as a humorist and commentator for 60 Minutes II and MSNBC and has appeared on The Tonight Show\, CNN\, Conan O’Brien\, Fresh Air with Terry Gross\, Comedy Central and in his own HBO half-hour comedy special. He recently made a cameo appearance with Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep on HBO. \nHis newest one person show Humor and Hope for Humanity made its New York City debut at The SOHO PLAYHOUSE in May of 2024 to stellar reviews. His latest film project is a self-produced comedy documentary released in 2024 JIMMY TINGLE: The “Radical” Middle- Why Would a Comedian Run for Office?  \nHe is the founder of Humor for Humanity a new social enterprise which raises spirits\, funds and awareness for nonprofits and social causes through his work as a comedian\, emcee\, and auctioneer. Since the pandemic\, Humor for Humanity\, through live and online fundraisers has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for nonprofit organizations and needy individuals. \nAfter earning a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government (where he was the graduate school commencement speaker for his class in 2010)\, he ran for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts on the Democratic ticket in 2018. As a first-time candidate for public office\, he received 41% of the vote in the Massachusetts Democratic primary. \nTingle has the rare distinction of being a three-time Boston Magazine’s “Best of Boston” winner. He’s won twice in the “stand-up comedy” category and once for “best alternative theater” as the producing artistic director of Jimmy Tingle’s OFF-BROADWAY Theater in Somerville\, MA. \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/jimmy-tingle/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:Matilda Jr.
DESCRIPTION:The Firehouse Center for the Arts Presents Matilda Jr.! \nBook by Dennis Kelly \nMusic and Lyrics by Tim Minchin \nPurchase Tickets\n\nRebellion is nigh in Matilda JR.\, a gleefully witty ode to the the anarchy of childhood and the power of imagination! This story of a girl who dreams of a better life and the children she inspires will have audiences rooting for the “revolting children” who are out to teach the grown-ups a lesson. \nMatilda has astonishing wit\, intelligence… and special powers! She’s unloved by her cruel parents but impresses her schoolteacher\, the highly loveable Miss Honey. Matilda’s school life isn’t completely smooth sailing\, however – the school’s mean headmistress\, Miss Trunchbull\, hates children and just loves thinking up new punishments for those who don’t abide by her rules. But Matilda has courage and cleverness in equal amounts\, and could be the school pupils’ saving grace! \nPacked with high-energy dance numbers and catchy songs\, Matilda JR. is a joyous girl power romp. Children and adults alike will be thrilled and delighted by the story of the special little girl with an extraordinary imagination. \n  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/matilda25/2025-02-20/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family,Theater,Youth
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SUMMARY:PeeWee Players & Star Tots Vacation Performance
DESCRIPTION:The Firehouse Center for the Arts Presents… \nPeeWee Players & StarTots in their closing performance!\nJoin this incredible group of young performs as they showcase all the fun they learned during their vacation program! \n$5 / General Admission \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/peeweetots25/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T200000
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SUMMARY:Newburyport's Road to Revolution Part 1: Roots of Rebellion
DESCRIPTION:Newburyport’s Road to Revolution Part 1: Roots of Rebellion\nJoin historian and author Alexander Cain for a captivating lecture exploring the roots of the American Revolution in Essex County. \nJoin the Museum of Old Newbury and the Custom House Maritime Museum for the kick-off event to a year-long exploration of Newburyport’s role in the American Revolution. \nJoin historian and author Alexander Cain for a captivating lecture exploring the roots of the American Revolution\, focusing on Newburyport\, the Merrimack Valley\, and Essex County. \nExplore the 17th and 18th-century concept of “English liberties” that shaped the colonists’ understanding of civil rights. Discover how these ideals collided with the growing power of the British Crown\, leading to escalating tensions between colonists and the mother country. \nTrace the colonial buildup to war\, examining key events of 1774 and 1775 and emphasizing events in Newburyport and the Merrimack Valley. Explore the local impact of the dramatic events of April 19\, 1775\, when the first shots of the American Revolution rang out in Lexington and Concord. Learn about the role of local militias\, including the “Minute Men” of the Merrimack Valley\, the “Independent Companies” of Newburyport and Haverhill and how the conflict unfolded in Essex County. Meet colonial militiamen\, British soldiers\, and more for a fun\, first-person take on the brewing conflict. \nA lively Q&A session with follow the lecture\, so bring your burning questions about everything from the Minute Men and the Massachusetts militia system to the British army. Join us as we travel together down Newburyport’s Road to Revolution! \nFunded\, in part\, by the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \n 
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/nbpt-lecture-1/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Speakers
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SUMMARY:Second Act Readers Theater - Friendship
DESCRIPTION:The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents… \nFriendship: The chocolate chip on the cookie of life \na Second Act Readers Theater program \n  \nPurchase Tickets\n\nA Specialty of Sorts\nWritten by Charles Hertz \nStarring: Bette Lischke as Janey\, and Barbara Lasovick as Emmaline \nEmmaline is eeking spiritual help to reach a loved one who has passed – but it’s not exactly the kind of loved one Jane is used to reaching out to. \n  \nBob in 4B\nWritten by Bruce Deveau \nStarring: Lenora Salvucci as Gladys\, and Ann Dooley as Karen \nBob in 4B has had a fatal accident – or was it something more nefarious? Gladys and Karen try to solve the mystery\, but something keeps getting in their way. \n  \nThe Wedding Suit\nWritten by Charles Hertz \nStarring: Jeffrey Cousminer as Joe\, and Brian Charewicz as George \nJoe needs a new suit for a wedding he’s attending. His tailor of many years pokes a little fun at him but ultimately provides some perspective on life as we age. \n  \nVines\, Heat\, Simmer Ash Plume\nWritten by Charles Hertz \nStarring: Andy Griffith as Patron\, and Ann Dooley as Artist \nLooking to re-tool a life he views as squandered\, a man seeks out his former teacher – who has undergone a reinvention of her own. \n  \nRolling\nWritten by Marc Clopton \nTwo strangers meet on a park bench in Southern California. They are both dealing with health issues. One is dire\, the other’s is\, well\, kinda goofy. With seemingly nothing in common\, they find a kind of solace. \n  \nMajor Turbulence\nWritten by Lawrence Hennessey \nStarring: Candie Benjamin as Attendant\, and Ruth Allen as Captain Ross \nThe passengers of State of Main Airlines flight to Bar Harbor are in for a surprise: their pilot isn’t who they expect. Are they worried? Well\, a bit. Do they get unruly? You betcha. Can the flight attendant save the day? Maybe… \n  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/sart-325/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:James & the Giant Peach - TYA
DESCRIPTION:The Firehouse Center for the Arts Presents… \nJames & the Giant Peach\nBook by Timothy Allen McDonald \nMusic & Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul \n  \n$15 / Adults \n$10 / Kids \nPurchase Tickets\n\nWhen James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree\, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach… and launches a journey of enormous proportions. Suddenly\, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic peach – among human-sized insects with equally oversized personalities – but\, after it falls from the tree and rolls into the ocean\, the group faces hunger\, sharks and plenty of disagreements. Thanks to James’ quick wit and creative thinking\, the residents learn to live and work together as a family. The dangerous voyage is a success\, but the adventure takes a whole new twist once they land on the Empire State Building.
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/peach-25/2025-03-08/1/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family,Theater
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250314T213000
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SUMMARY:Traditional Irish Session
DESCRIPTION:The Firehouse Center for the Arts Presents: A Trad Session Featuring the cast of ONCE\, the Musical\n$25 / All Tickets \n*This event is eligible for all (p/p) member benefits \nJoin us for a very special evening to kick-off St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Relive the magic of our 2022 production of Once as we welcome the cast back with their very own interpretations of all the Irish Trads – performed live. From your favorite drinking songs to moving ballads\, this group effortlessly spins your favorite Irish tunes with breathtaking energy. \n  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/trad/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250316T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250316T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203848
CREATED:20241216T170054Z
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SUMMARY:Bailey's Mistake
DESCRIPTION:The Firehouse Center for the Arts Presents: Bailey’s Mistake! \n$25 / All Tickets \n  \nFormed along Maine’s rocky coastline\, Bailey’s Mistake is a neo traditional\, Celtic-inspired folk band playing ancient songs of the sea\, Newfoundland\, the auld sod\, as well as New England. Powered by guitar\, bagpipes\, tin whistle\, bass and drums\, their highly danceable music invites merry hearts to sing along and feel the power of ancient music as it translates into the 21st century. \n \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/baileys-mistake/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203848
CREATED:20241216T170033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T161532Z
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SUMMARY:Máiréad Nesbitt & the Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio
DESCRIPTION:The Firehouse Center for the Arts Presents… \nMáiréad Nesbitt & the Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio\n$50 / All Tickets \nPurchase Tickets\n\nA Grammy® and Emmy® nominated artist and composer\, Máiréad Nesbitt has enchanted millions around the world as the featured Celtic violinist and founding member of the globetrotting music phenomenon Celtic Woman. Loyal fans of all ages\, across geographical and cultural boundaries far beyond the musical heritage of Ireland\, have adored her beguiling stage presence and versatile instrumental talents. She is the featured violin soloist on eleven Celtic Woman albums that all reached the number one slot on the Billboard World Music Chart.  \nSee Máiréad as featured soloist with Lindsey Sterling in Disney’s newest Epcot show Harmonious Live on Disney+ for the 50th Anniversary hosted by Idina Menzel.  \nHailed as “A demon of a fiddle player” by the NY Times\, Máiréad has emerged as one of Ireland’s most in-demand musicians. Her multitude of awards include Irish Music Magazine’s Best Traditional and Multi-Instrumentalist Artist awards. Máiréad’s solo albums\, Raining Up and Hibernia\, have charted on four different Billboard charts. The album Devil’s Bit Sessions features three generations of her family and was recorded in the three-hundred-year-old Nesbitt family home in County Tipperary\, Ireland. Máiréad has performed at both the White House and the Pentagon for four U.S. presidents. Additionally\, among the hundreds of famous venues where she has performed are Carnegie Hall\, Radio City Music Hall\, Red Rocks Colorado and Hyde Park in London. \n \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/mairead-nesbitt/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203848
CREATED:20250218T171827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T172027Z
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SUMMARY:Arctic Adventure - Winter Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Lowell’s Boat Shop Presents… \nArctic Adventure\n$15 / Non-Members \n$8 / Lowell’s Boat Shop Members \nPurchase Tickets\n\nSchooner Bowdoin and her crew\, Amesbury’s own Graham McKay among them\, were assigned the hopeful goal to take students to the Arctic Circle by June 20\, 2024 with planned stops in places such as Newfoundland and Greenland. Graham had a camera and drone on hand\, and brought back stories of cold and tricky passages to remote villages\, 24-hour daylight\, and the challenges of navigating iceberg-laden water on an historic boat built specifically for the task. Did they make it to the arctic circle in time?  \nGraham McKay is the Executive Director of Lowell’s Boat Shop in Amesbury\, Massachusetts\, where he is also their master boatbuilder. His experience on the water includes captaining tall ships\, commercial fishing\, and maritime archaeology. He’s a fun storyteller who knows how to spin a yarn\, and he’s excited to share his beautiful video and photography he captured while crewing to the Arctic on such a beloved and historic boat.  \nFounded in 1793\, Lowell’s Boat Shop is more than the birthplace of the iconic fishing dory—we are a living connection to our past and a safe harbor where curious minds and intrepid adventurers connect with each other and our collective history through woodworking classes\, apprenticeships\, youth programs\, rowing our fleet of boats on the Merrimack River\, and fun social events throughout the year. \nLowell’s Boat Shop \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \n 
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/lowell-boat-shop/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Speakers
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250321T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250321T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203848
CREATED:20250120T130014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250206T165435Z
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SUMMARY:Cimarron 615
DESCRIPTION:The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents… \nCimarron 615\n  \n$55 / All Tickets \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \nThe quartet — just releasing its second\, self-titled album — is a hall of fame-caliber assemblage\, with credits that look like a who’s-who of Americana\, country and rock history. “We’ve all been around a long time and done a lot of work — and a lot of it together\,” notes drummer Rick Lonow. “There’s history here.” \nWhere the four musicians intersect is via the famed country-rock band Poco. Lonow and Jack Sundrud were its longtime rhythm section until the band ceased when co-founder Rusty Young died in 2021. Michael Webb played in the band for eight years\, while Ronnie Guilbeau co-wrote Poco’s 1989 Top 20 single “Call It Love” with Lonow. Webb and Sundrud co-produced Poco’s All Fired Up album in 2013\, and Lonow\, Webb and Sundrud played on Young’s 2017 solo album\, Waitin’ For the Sun. \nThen there are the individual credits\, which include many path-crossings with each other over the years. Lonow’s discography includes albums for Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash\, Loretta Lynn\, Nanci Griffith\, “Cowboy” Jack Clement\, Ryan Bingham and many more\, has toured with the Bellamy Brothers\, and was part of the all-star Burrito Deluxe. Webb played on iconic albums by Chris Stapleton\, John Prine\, Mark Germino and others\, as well as hitting the road with John Fogerty and Hank Williams\, Jr.; he was also part of the all-star Brooklyn Cowboys. Sundrud played with Dickie Betts\, Vince Gill\, and Nicolette Larson\, and formed the group Great Plains. And Guilbeau — who\, like Sundrud\, worked in the California country-rock scene before moving to Nashville — was part of the bands Palomino Road and GYG. \nCimarron 615 came to be after Young’s death\, when Blue Elan Records chief Kirk Pasich organized a tribute concert and album and brought Sundrud\, Webb and Lonow together in Los Angeles as part of a house band for several projects – and heard the potential for more. Guilbeau rounded out the line-up in 2023. \n \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/cimarron-615/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250322T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250322T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203848
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SUMMARY:Comedy Night - Featuring Kenny Rogerson
DESCRIPTION:The Firehouse Center for the Arts presents… \nComedy Night – Featuring Kenny Rogerson \n$25 / All Tickets \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \n \nKenny Rogerson\n \n \nKenny Rogerson is one of the top comedians in the region and among the best comics nation wide making regular stops to perform in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Rogerson has made appearances on the late night talk shows as well as having been seen on Comedy Central\, Showtime\, Evening at the Improv\, Fox\, MTV and has made film appearances in “Fever Pitch” and “There’s Something About Mary.” and has also performed at the prestigious Comics Come Home. Rogerson has appeared as “Kevin the Biker Fireman” on the FX hit show “Rescue Me” and as “Pat the Cop” on ABC’s “It’s All Relative.”\n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \nJoe Espi\n  \nJoe Espi is a regular at Boston’s top clubs such s Kowloon and Giggles\, as well as performing at Foxwoods\, Catch a Rising Star\, the Borgata in Atlantic City and other top level rooms. Espi has also been featured on Chronicle and  NESN’s New England Traveler.  \n  \n  \n  \n\n \nAnthony Eugenio\n  \nAnthony Eugenio\, who is a regular at Nick’s Comedy Stop has been featured at Charles Playhouse\, Comix Roadhouse\, The Tupelo Music Hall\, Wicked Funny Comedy\, Steve Sweeney’s Comedy Den and more. \n  \n  \n  \nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/rogerson-comedy/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250328T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203848
CREATED:20250213T161509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T135840Z
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SUMMARY:Real. Life. Stories. 3.0
DESCRIPTION:The Firehouse Center for the Arts and Silver Theater Productions presents… \n  \nReal. Life. Stories. 3.0\n$20/ All Tickets \n  \nPurchase Tickets\n\nReal. Life. Stories. 3.0 is six\, ten-minute plays\, about ordinary people navigating engaging and\, sometimes\, extraordinary circumstances. The plays are seasoned with comedy\, pathos\, surprise and inspiration. \n  \nThe themes are universal. The actors are seniors\, but their stories apply to all ages. They confront unexpected surprises\, precarious social situations\, life management\, newfound relationships\, and even life-and-death battles. \n  \nThe First Day\nWritten by Kathleen Miller \nDirected by David Houlden \nFeaturing Susan VanDrie\, Margaret Mcquillan\, and Arthur Knight \nNurse Katie confronts a surprise on her first day at work. It involves a catheter\, the “perpetually cranky” Mr. Jones\, and a particularly delicate body part. \nA Serendipitous Faux Pas\nWritten by Cynthia Arsenault \nDirected by Sally Nutt \nFeaturing Kristen Ledson and Mike Pingree \nNewcomers to a prestigious condo community find themselves in a precarious situation after inadvertently opening their neighbor's Amazon delivery – and the fun begins! \nThe Conversation Bench\nWritten by Deirdre Girard \nDirected by Barbara Keiter \nFeaturing Adair Rowland and Melody Fried \nAlexa is fed-up with her job. Maybe Martha can help. Or maybe the two are in a battle for life or death. \n  \nEddy and Edna\nWritten by Donald Loftus \nDirected by Stefan Tsiplakis \nFeaturing Maureen Daley\, Peter Nawrocki\, and Adam Bere \nEddy\, loving husband and good father\, confronts harsh realities – or are they? \n  \nAlone At Last\nWritten by Leslie Powell \nDirected by David McCaleb \nFeaturing Pat Tosches and Patrick Cheney \nJean and Ed are cuddled up outside their Airstream trailer\, watching the sky. Romance is in the air. Then Mark enters their life. \n  \nFlying Lessons\nWritten by Steve Faria \nDirected by Amy LeJeune \nFeaturing Gretchen Stone\, Jeffrey Cousminer\, and Madeline Sherwood \nDonna\, recently widowed\, is on her second date with Kurt\, who takes her flying. She soon discovers that she can take control of her own life and fears. \n  \nAbigail & Beatrice\nWritten by Tim Diering & Sandy Farrier \nDirected by Sandy Farrier \nFeaturing Deborah Baker and Elizabeth Carroll \n  \n 
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/real-life-stories-3-0/2025-03-28/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250403T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250403T180000
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SUMMARY:Emerald City Afterschool Program Performance
DESCRIPTION:The Firehouse Presents… \nEmerald City Program\n  \n$5 / General Admission \n  \nPurchase Tickets\n\n  \nJoin the students of the Emerald City Program as they sing and dance their way through the music of Wicked and the Wizard of Oz! 
URL:https://firehouse.org/event/emerald25/
LOCATION:Firehouse Center for the Arts\, Market Square\, Newburyport\, MA\, 01950\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family,Youth
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