Two Dinner Theater Shows in One!
Don't Look in the Lake
by Jeannette Jaquish

A spooky, dangerous little gem of a story of life at camp.
Lousy food, creepy janitor, counselors that are either too cheery or too evil or both, dead possum art projects, electric fences and hoeing the tobacco fields.
And just when the week is almost over, the campfire stories start coming true.
Incredibly funny with just the amount of danger and action that kids love and the wit adults will enjoy.

Cast: Joseph Chandler, Olivia Taylor, Ann Lonsway, Ary Sakri, Polly Quinn, Kristen Merriam, and Jeannette Jaquish


Harry Potter and the Obnoxious Voice
by Jeannette Jaquish

Harry is once again locked in his room where Dobby & an inebriated Winky come to him with an unappreciated warning to save, not his life, but at least his career.
At Hogwarts things are changing in bizarre ways.
Snape is furious at Ron's spilled potion.
Dumbledore has lost his meal ticket. Hagrid doesn't think Harry's "hearing voices" thing is funny. Time is twisting and the house elves whisper about "The Master".
A very absurd spoof that all ages will enjoy.

Cast: Casey & Kristen Merriam, Autumn & Morgan McEachern, Tycho, Jeannette & Tom Jaquish, Grayson & Tanner Spaw, Tom Lonsway, Alicia Bias, and Garett Seibert.

PERFORMANCES:
Thursday, May 21, 7pm
Friday & Saturday, May 29 & 30 at 7pm
Sunday, May 31 at 3pm
Thursday, June 4 at 7pm

Tickets: $5 kids & seniors, $6 teens & adults.
Meal 30 minutes prior to show: $4 to $8 more.
Menu: BBQ sandwiches or pizza, fruit salad, corn on the cob,
choice of milk, soda, coffee, cocoa or tea, and ice cream! Meal Reservations: 750-9013


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See 11 year-old Firehouse puppeteer Mary Eber perform on
"The Captain Ducky Show", Fridays at 7pm, on Public Access cable channel 57!
Mary has performed at the Firehouse in "Kiss the Brown Bunny" as the cockroach, and in "Dino Tales" as Rex.

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Go to kbaileyphoto.net to see photos of the May 1 and 2 Firehouse production of "The Wizard of Oz".
Click on View Albums.
Photographer Kim Bailey is a professional portrait photographer. Good work, Kim, and thanks!
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Wizard of Oz
April 17, 18 & May 1 & 2, 7pm
Tickets: $8- teens & adults, $6- kids.
Firefighter Familymembers $1 off!



MORE PHOTOS
Past Oz Production: Wizard of Oz, July 25, 2008 - Dorothy (Valerie Gallagher) discovers a dead witch's shoes on her feet. The dead witch's sister The Wicked Witch of the West (Jeannette Jaquish) is furious.
The Wizard of Oz will perform in April and one weekend a month after that.


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He's Back!
The Wizard of Odd
Magician Terry Owens
Illusions
Mind Reading
Audience Participation
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April 30, 7pm
$8: teens & adults, $6: kids
6pm Dinner: Pizza, BBQ, salad, fruit salad & dessert Extra $
Reserve seats or meals: (260) 750-9013
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AUDITIONS for two very weird, very funny adventure/comedies
"Don't Look in the Lake"
and
"Harry Potter and the Obnoxious Voice"
are April 25, 2pm
at the Firehouse Theater, 1245 E. State.
Need ages 6 through adult.
Performing June 2009.
See scripts at www.theaterfunscripts.com
Then call Jeannette at 750-9013.

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Quick Stop April 28!
HooSiER COMeDY TOUR
RATED R - Too Scandalous for Children!
Friday, April 24, 8pm
Tickets: $7
Firefighter Familymembers $1 off!

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NEW ACTORS POLICY:
ACTORS COMMIT TO ATTEND SHOWS: Actors are required to see shows besides their own to sustain the theater.
Each actor must own a Season Ticket (1/2 price for 8 shows: age 5-12: $16, age 13-60: $24, age 61+: $20)
or a Semi-Season ticket (2/3 price for 4 shows: age 5-12: $11, age 13-60: $16, age 61+: $13.) These are rock bottom prices, way below other theaters in town.
Seeing other shows will improve actors' skills, and will also bring larger audiences for their performances.

Volunteer at the Firehouse to pay for the tickets.
If the theater closes, or show schedule changes, you'll get a refund.
Details at 260 750-9013.


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Season Tickets Still on Sale!
6 Shows for Half Price! -$14 - $18 - $21
4 Shows for 2/3 Price! -$11 - $14 - $16

Click here for details and How to ORDER!
~ Dr. Frankenstreudel's Lemon Fresh Laboratory of Horrors ~ Frog Prince and the Princess Brat ~ The Wizard of Oz ~ The Strange Saga of Lucky the Leprechaun ~ Dead Air on the Captain Funsy Show - an Interactive Murder Mystery ~ Alice in Wonderland ~ Peter Pan ~ Auditioning a Ghost, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle



Friday, April 10, 7pm: Popcorn Night of Horror
Hitchcock's "The Birds"
on projected big screen video. $3.50 for snacks.






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"Mark Twain in Samuel Clemens' Parlor"

by Reenactor Kurt Sutton.
Songs, Stories and Words of Wit that Samuel Clemens entertained family and friends with at home.
Tickets: $10
Group discounts available - Please call 750-8308.

Firefighter Familymembers $1 off!



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Bill Leon
FIREMAN MAGICIAN
Sunday, March 29, 5pm
Tickets: $6: adults, $5: age 2-12 & seniors
Firefighter Familymembers $1 off!
Reserve seats: (260) 750-9013



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*--HELD OVER ANOTHER WEEKEND !--*
Friday & Saturday, March 20 & 21 at 7pm

~ Firefighter Familymembers 1/2 price! ~

*--HELD OVER ANOTHER WEEKEND !--*
Friday & Saturday, March 20 & 21 at 7pm
Pre-Show Action:
Feb 27~ Magician Terry Owens
Other dates~ Go Bonkers Puppet Show

CAST
Princess Conceita ~ Grayson Spaw
Frog/Prince ~ Austin Hahn
Cupcake ~ Kiah Myers
Queen ~ Ellen Moussou
Butler ~ Tom Lonsway
Princess Divea ~ April Meuter
Princess Petula ~ Jamie Spurgeon

FAVORITE QUOTE
FROG: "Oooh, baby, you got it made. Shovel me some olives and a sip o' that lemonade.
You ever eat a fly? They're all wiggly and dry.
Oooh la la, I'm gonna wallow in this blueberry pie."






NO MORE BARE WOOD
Come to a show and see our newly painted audience platforms!
----- And our "Candy Mountain" at the snack bar.

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Need Puppeteers For Puppet Troupe:

Need ages 7 to adult. Paid position. Need people with multiple character voices, skilled at operating puppets with both hands and able to act without puppets as well, able to learn simple routines and skits quickly, self motivated and dependable.
Planning regular puppet shows. Puppeteers will earn a percentage of the profits.
Call Jeannette at 260 750-9013.




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You are invited to the
FIREHOUSE THEATER
Spring Fling
& We Made it Through the Winter Celebration!
Saturday, Feb 28, 7-9pm

Meet our newest Director, Paul Allen!
See our Spruced Up Auditorium and Rehearsal Space!
Hear our Plans: More Popular Titles ~ Expanded Creativity ~ Better Organization!

Enjoy Free Pizza & Goodies
Meet your old Theater Pals
Play Theater Games
Get your Portrait Taken in Costume
Compete in Dance Contests

$3/person ~ $10 maximum per family

Please RSVP so we know how many are coming.
Call (260) 750-9013, or email a reply.

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AUDITIONS for "Wizard of Oz"
and "The Strange Saga of Lucky the Leprechaun"
and a Professional Puppet Show Saturday & Sunday February 20 & 21, 4-5:30pm.

Feb 21, 22
AUDITIONS for "The Strange Story of Lucky the Leprechaun" and
"The Wizard of Oz" are 4pm, Saturday & Sunday, Feb. 21 & 22,
at the Firehouse Theater, 1245 E. State. Need ages 6 to 60.

PARTS:
WIZARD OF OZ: Monkey/Munchkins, Emerald Citizen/Witch's Guards, Lion, Scarecrow. Performs April 17, 18, 23, May 1 & 2, and one weekend a month after that.

LUCKY THE LEPRECHAUN: Kids age 6 to 8 to play Leprechauns and kids,
Male age 8 to 14: the Trix Rabbit.
Big Leprechaun Lucky: teen or adult - gawky awkward emotional.
Teen/Adult parts: Detective, Cop, Senators, Animal Rights Activists, Studio Camera Operators, Kidnappers, Dr. Laura advice radio host.
Call Jeannette Jaquish at 750-9013.
Performs March 17,20 & 21.

See Oz & Lucky scripts at www.theaterfunscripts.com.


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Escape the Mind
by the Escape Artist Misfit

A variety of dangerous escapes and illusions performed with dark humor.
Friday & Saturday, Feb. 20 & 21 at 7pm
Rated PG for dark imagery
Tickets: teens & adults: $5; age 5-12: $4; age 4 and under: Free.
260 750-9013

Jan 23, 24, 30, 31, Feb 6, 7, 13, 14 - Special Valentine's Day Show!
LAST WEEKEND!
Dr. Frankenstreudel's Lemon Fresh Laboratory of Horrors

Four squabbling urchins escape a mad scientist, a gender confused Frankensteinian Julia Wild, a whiny lab rat and a horde of ravenous zombies in this witty, absurd, comic adventure that is actually educational.

Audience member John Ade emailed: "My favorite line was, "If you didn't want to be rescued by my intestines, little Missy, you could have said, 'No, thankyou!' I wish I had written that!"

CAST
Dr. Frankenstreudel - Valerie Gallagher / Emily Shooop
Eyegore - Logan Gochenour
Misty the Lab Rat - Jeannette Jaquish
Alexis (the smarty) - Bailee Blinn / Kelsie Lahmon
Petunia (the punk) - Noel Weibel / Emily Dini
Ned (the little firecracker) - Grayson Spaw
Winston (the practical one) - Alec Steele / Ary Sakri
Old Lady Wellard - Emily Shooop / Valerie Gallagher
Zombies - Daulton Keller, Bailee Blinn

Performances:
Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm, Jan 23, 24, 30 & 31; Feb 6, 7, 13,
and February 14 - Buddy's Pizza - In Delicious flavors for sale - $2 a big slice! RESERVE SLICES!
PLUS sliced fruit and desserts!

Appropriate for the whole family.
Tickets:
$6 - teens & adults
$4 - kids
Play it safe and reserve a seat! Call 750-9013.

Please park on either side of the Tecumseh Library!

See more photos -- Click!

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STAGES Theatre Company will hold
OPEN AUDITIONS for the romantic "White Trash" comedy
"Faith County" by Mark Landon Smith
Auditions: Sunday, Feb. 15, 3-6pm,
at the Firehouse Theater, 1245 E. State.
Need adults: 6 females, 3 males.
Prepare a short monologue. Auditioners will also play theatre games and be interviewed by the director, Paul Allen.

Production dates: March 27 through April 4, 2009, with performances on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm.

FAITH COUNTY is the story of a wacky romance between local hairdresser Naomi Farkle and grease-monkey Luther Carson.
The show is set at the Faith County Fairgrounds in Mineola - a small town somewhere in the middle of nowhere in the South - a place where the beehive hair-do is all the rage and Saturday nights are reserved for the tractor pull.
Those attending FAITH COUNTY will witness a fierce arts and crafts competition, an "interesting" hair-do demonstration, a concession stand that offers items with the "barfiest" recipes ever, a dramatic poetry reading complete with musical accompaniment from the village idiot and the town drunk and a wedding ceremony that you won't soon forget. In short, FAITH COUNTY will be an evening of theatre that you won't soon forget!

Contact Director Paul Allen at 1 (765) 404-2201 or StagesFW@yahoo.com for info or another audition time.
Further information at www.myspace.com/stagesfw .
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Feb. 5 - OPTIONAL DINNER THEATER
Thursday Magic MaDNeSs
with The Wizard of ODD,
~*~ Terry Owens ~*~
amazing sleight of hand, mind reading and illusion!

-- Plus! A magical gift for each child age 3-12!

Thursday, Feb. 5, 7pm. Optional Dinner served from 6 to 6:30pm.
Show tickets: $5.
Optional Dinner served 6-6:30pm for $4-$7 per person. --Please call to reserve dinner seating.
Menu: Pizza, BBQ sandwiches, corn on the cob, french fries, baby carrots & ranch dressing, fruit w/ melted chocolate, ice cream, soda, coffee, milk.


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SO CUTE IN THAT PICTURE!

The media doesn't realize the creative complex shows we do. So we do not get the photo and article on our shows that the other theaters get.

Please help us by writing a short, nice letter to the editor mentioning interesting, inspiring or funny specific things you've seen in a show here.

Also, the News-Sentinel prints snapshots. If you have some digital or print photos of a show, pick the best and please send it.

How? Go to www.news-sentinel.com .
Under "features' click on "Submit Photos" and follow the instructions.

Or mail to Reader Photos, c/o Features, The News-Sentinel, 600 W. Main St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802.

List the names of people from left to right, and the show name and Firehouse Theater and your name and phone number.
Include a self-addressed stamped envelope to get them back.


A Magical New Year!
with magician Terry Owens
Friday, Jan 9 at 7pm!

The Wizard of ODD, Christmas Conjurer, Lovable Looney and Yuletide Yokel,
~*~ Terry Owens ~*~
blesses the New Year with a professional magical show of illusions,
including suspending a child from the audience
and producing a goldfish out of thin air!

-- Plus! A magical gift for each child age 12 and under!

Friday, Jan 9, 7pm.
All tickets: $5.

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Snafu in Santa's Workshop
&
What Came Knocking Christmas Eve

Performances: Friday, Dec. 26 at 7pm,
Saturday & Sunday, Dec 27 & 28 at 3pm,

Tuesday, Dec 30 at 7pm

--Free Will Donations Accepted

Snafu in Santa's Workshop - In a terrible mishap all the toys the elves have worked on for a year are destroyed. Can Quigley's new invention save the day, even after it is short circuited by hot cocoa?

What Came Knocking Christmas Eve - Is Santa real? Well, if he is, what else is also real?

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AUDITIONS for

Dr. Frankenstreudel's Lemon Fresh Laboratory of Horrors

(performing Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm, Jan 16-31)
Auditions are Dec 27 & 28 at noon,
and Dec 29 at 7pm.

This absurd comedy adventure has 4 squabbling kids escaping a mad doctor, a whiny mutant lab rat, a Frankensteinian Julia Wild, and a horde of ravenous zombies.

Need ages 6 to adult, including a burly male who will wear a housewife's dress.

To see the script go to Dr. Frankenstreudel excerpts or contact Jeannette Jaquish to request a script.

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For Firehouse Actors, Volunteers, Audience and Family Only:

New Year's Eve Sleep-over at the Firehouse

Age 4-14.
Dec 31, 6pm to Jan 1, 10am
Pre-Register Price: $25 per kid. Additional siblings: $15 .
Dec 31 Price: $30 per kid. Additional siblings: $20 IF we have openings.



Bring your own pillow, quilt, pad, toothbrush and pajamas.
We provide all-night adult supervision, snacks, toothpaste, games, activities and breakfast.
Separate sleeping areas for boys and girls, and younger and older. Each area will have supervision.

Rules:
Parents must supply medical and allergy information, and phone numbers so they can be reached at all times.
No caffeinated drinks.
No running and slamming door games.
The Firehouse and supervisors are not responsible for kids' possessions, such as cash, toys, cell phones and electronic games.
No going upstairs or downstairs without permission and supervision.
No bothering other kids or disobeying supervisors.
Parents are liable for harm or damage done by their children.
Repeated or major breaking of the rules will mean parents will be called to come get the child, with the supervisor deciding the amount of refund.
Call 750-9013 for information, and to arrange registration.



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Dec. 22, 23, 24, 26

Christmas Vacation Theater Day Camp

Kids age 5-14 will rehearse and perform a show each day:
Dec 22, 23 & 24,
Friday, Dec 26 is a Romp for Fun Day
including a hike in the Franke Park woods,
sledding if there is snow, and a lesson in video editing.
9am-4pm, includes lunch,
$25/day, plus before and after care.
Get a DVD for $5.
Sibling discounts.
Firehouse Theater, 1245 E. State.
Call to sign up: 750-9013.
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Dec 21
24-Hour Comedy Christmas Playhouse and PARTY
Actors, Writers & Directors meet Saturday at 7pm and form casts.
Overnight writers write scripts.
Sunday morning they meet and begin rehearsals
PERFORMING: Sunday, Dec 21, 7pm,
followed by the
FiREHoUSE CHRiStMAS PaRTy!
for all ages!
!~**~Tickets: Donation of any amount!
Please bring Christmas snacks to share at the party and your favorite music CDs to dance to.
Contests!
Dancing!
Theater Games!

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Dec. 6, 7, 13, 14.

Portraits with SANTA!

Paradox Photography is shooting portraits of kids and pets with Santa, also family or any other portraits using Firehouse costumes and props -- this is a chance to be very creative with your portraits!
View your photos instantly and select what you want.
Dec 6, Saturday, 2-5pm
Dec 7, Sunday, 3-6pm
Dec 13, Saturday 10am-noon
Dec 14, Sunday 4:30-7pm
Reasonable prices.
Contact Nicole Keller at 557-7969 or paradoxphoto1@yahoo.com for info.

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Dec. 12
The Amazing Comedy-Defying Improv and Ridiculous Excuse-Making of LOWeRiNG the BaR
(Rated PG-13 due to uncontrollable audience suggestions)
performing
by exclusive engagement
at the Firehouse Theater
Friday, Dec 12, 9pm
Tickets: $5
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Dec. 13 & 14

X-mas X-treme X-scapes!

Joey D. performs even more death-defying escapes from rope, locks, a big canvas bag, and his own breath.
With a Christmassy Twist!
Saturday, Dec 13, 7pm
Sunday, Dec 14, 3pm
$5 - teens & adults
$4 - kids
Free- age 4 & younger
750-9013

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Dec. 13

ONE and ONLY ONE AUDITION
for "Snafu in Santa's Workshop" and "What Came Knocking Christmas Eve"
Auditions are this Saturday, Dec. 13, 4-5:30pm.

Parts: SNAFU - Santa, Elves, Reindeer, Pajama Kids, Narrator.
KNOCKING - Santa, Vampire, Were-pig, Mother, Father, Daughter

Also singers for some spoof Christmas songs.
These are easy scripts, especially for any actor whose been in more complex Firehouse shows.

If you cannot come, call Jeannette at 750-9013 BEFORE the audition.

Everything is happening at this rehearsal!
Parts will be assigned and scripts handed out.
Schedule will be decided for rehearsal and performances.
Performances will begin the weekend AFTER Christmas, at times convenient to the cast.

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LAST PERFORMANCE: Saturday, Dec 6, 7pm!

"Hansel & Gretel and the Falling Christmas Elves"

plus a visit from Santa,
performs Nov 15 & 16, 21 & 28, 29 & 30, at 3pm, and Dec 6 (canceled due to weather) at 7pm,
at the Firehouse Theater, 1245 E. State.

--------- The dopey duo of Hansel and Gretel bungle their way into the hungry Witch's clutches and boiling pot again. When Santa's elves fall off the reindeer and into the Witch's kitchen, is rescue in sight? NOT LIKELY! After the show - Santa visits. Bring your camera!
Tickets: $3.
Call 750-9013 to reserve your favorite seat. Reservations not required.

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EXTENDED ONE MORE PERFORMANCE: Friday, Dec 5, 7pm!

"Twilight Zone's 'It's a Good Life'", and "The Lottery", by Shirley Jackson,

both modern classics of small town dysfunction, rated PG-violence,
perform Friday, Nov 28 at 7pm,
Sunday, Nov 30 at 5pm,
and Friday, Dec 5 at 7pm.
at the Firehouse Theater, 1245 E. State.
$6, $4: kids. 750-9013.

The omnipotent child in "Good Life" is played by a 6 year-old, the only child in the cast. She is tiny, with a clear voice and steady, deadly gaze.We have re-configured our audience platforms to create theater-in-the-almost-round.

We have now produced over 50 shows and over 240 performances and events in our 2 1/2 years.

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Recipe for a Nightmare

Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm
October 10, 11, 17, 18 & 24
Performing 2 skits Oct 25 from 5 to 7pm at the Grand Wayne Center during Downtown Fright Night
And back at the Firehouse, Nov 1, 7pm.

A spooky batch of absurd comedies for all ages.
Don't Look in the Lake - Lousy food, mean counselors, dissecting possums in arts and crafts; just when camp can't get any worse, the spooky stories start coming true.
Little Orphan Annie, by James Whitcomb Riley. 100 years ago, an orphan often became the servant, who took care of the family's children. How to get them to behave?
Monster Goose - Nursery Rhymes with a creepy spin. Mary had a Little Bat, Jill and Jacque went to the Loch, Weird Mother Hubbard & more...
What Came Knocking Christmas Eve If Santa is real, then what else is?
You Don't Bring Me Flowers, Anymore - Marriage counseling for the mortally challenged.

Also a PG-13 portion at the end with scenes from "Sixth Sense", "Saw", and "Misery".
Tickets: $4 - Kids, $6 teens & adults, $5 seniors.
Reserve your favorite seats at 750-9013.

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AUDITIONS:

Suspense Fiction shows: "The Lottery", by Shirley Jackson, and The Twilight Zone's "It's a Good Life", by Jerome Bixby
Auditions are

Saturday, Oct 25 at noon, and Sunday, Oct 26 at 3pm,
and Saturday and Sunday, Nov 1 & 2 at 3pm.

at the Firehouse Theater, 1245 E. State.
Need ages 5 to 75.
750-9013.

These are disturbing fiction stories that take place within a town. In "The Lottery", the townspeople gather for a curious, dreaded annual event.
In "It's a Good Life", a child with omnipotent powers controls a town. Everyone has to think happy thoughts all the time.

These are not little kiddie shows but they do need child actors. Ask to see a script if you have concerns. There is no sex or bad words, but there is danger and violence - mostly mentioned, one time enacted.
There are no parts with a lot of lines, and some have hardly any, but strong acting is required. Only serious, responsible actors will only be considered. No silliness onstage will be allowed. These plays will transfix our audiences.

The audience platforms are to be re-arranged to create a theater-in-the-round, bringing the audience into the story.

Need all ages. Plays have danger and violence.

Rehearsals are Nov. 4, 6, 11, 13, 6-8pm, and Nov 8, noon-3 pm. Performances are 7pm, Nov 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, and 5pm Nov 30.

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AUDITIONS

for “Hansel & Gretel and the Falling Christmas Elves”
are Nov 1 & 2 at 1pm, at the Firehouse Theater, 1245 E. State.
Need ages 5 to 15.
Rehearsals are Nov 3, 5, 10 & 12, 6-7:30 pm.
Performances are Nov 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 at 3pm.
For information call 750-9013 or go to www.firehouse-fw.com.

See script at http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/theaterscripts/simp1-hanselchristmas.html

CAST:
Hansel & Gretel
Father and Stepmother
Witch
7 Elves
Dog Fairy
Frog Fairy

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A Tribute to Harry Houdini - Halloween Night!

performed by Magician Joey D.
with a retelling of incidents in his life and similar illusions and escapes. Halloween Night, Friday, Oct. 31, 8pm
Tickets: $5 kids; $6 teens & adults.
Reserve your favorite seats at 750-9013.
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"Magic with a Twist of Comedy"

with magicians Bill Hegbli and Terry Owens,
performs November 8th at 7 and 9 pm,
at the Firehouse Theater, 1245 E State.
Tickets: $5 -children, $7 -teens & adults.
Magic info at 413-7314. Reservations at 750-9013.
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Additional Info:
For the first time ever, two of Indiana's top magicians are coming together to bring you an evening of magic that will entertain and astound the whole family. Performing for the first time at the Firehouse Theater will be Bill Hegbli known for his "Magic with a Twist of Comedy" and one of the Firehouse Theater's favorite magicians, the "Wizard of Odd" Terry Michael Owens who leaves his audiences amazed and laughing. So start off the holiday season with a touch of magic.
For more information call Terry at 413-7314 or the Firehouse at 750-9013 or go to www.firehouse-fw.com.

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Our ongoing

Wizard of Oz

Performs Friday & Saturday, Oct 3 & 4 at 7pm and Sunday, Oct 5 at 3pm

With expanded flying monkey antics and Toto played by a real dog.

The Wizard of Oz story was adapted for stage by Jeannette Jaquish, melding the original book by Frank L. Baum, the MGM movie and her imagination.

Adaptations include a Munchkin reenactment of the History of Oz, the Witch singing “Monkey Brats” to the tune of “Little Girls” from “Annie”,
A new occupation for the Professor/Wizard in the Kansas scenes, Dorothy’s gang climbing the “mountain to The Witch’s castle” through the audience,
and a flashback explaining why two powerful witches were killed by such trivial forces as a falling house and splashed water, and a lot of surprises, humor, and absurdity.

Starring:
Valerie Gallagher as Dorothy
Logan Gocheneur as The Scarecrow
Chelsi Kerns as the Lion
John Sandfort as the Tin Man
Jeannette Jaquish as the Witch
Alec Steele as the Wizard of Oz

Cost: $6-teens & adults, $5-kids
Reserve your favorite seats at 750-9013.

Alice in Wonderland

~ The Classic - Absurdly Tweaked ~
performs
Fridays and Saturdays, Sept 12, 13, 19, 20 & 27 at 7pm
and Sunday, Sept 28 at 3pm
Tickets: $6 - teens & adults, $4 - kids, $5 - seniors

Reservations: 750-9013.
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Additional information

Lewis Carroll's groundbreaking children's classic, "The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland" has been enhanced with even more absurd humor in the adaptation by Jeannette Jaquish, who has written 15 other original plays or stage adaptations of classics. See them at www.theaterfunscripts.com .

In the Firehouse Theater production, the cast of mostly children create the effects of Alice growing and shrinking (4 different techniques) besides having 3 different sizes of actress play the part.

The Firehouse Theater is known for it's daring, raucous productions, often using young children in difficult parts, that often interact with the audience, and use every part of the auditorium as settings.

Scenes alternate from onstage, to before a closed curtain allowing set changes behind. Scenes: Alice and her Tutor, Down the Rabbit Hole, Hallway of Doors, The Rabbit's House, The Caterpillar, The Duchess's House, The Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter's Tea Party, Croquet with the Queen, The Mock Turtle, and the Trial of Who Stole The Tarts.

Jeannette Jaquish has added more humor and absurdity, and lines for minor characters such as the Mole, Horsefly, and Jury Creatures. Jaquish also demonstrates the maturation of Alice from a whiny sulky student in the first scene, to an inquiring and take-charge young lady in the last scene, in which she suggests a better course of study to her tutor.

Jeannette Jaquish's scripts have been performed all over the world including, Canada, Australia, Norway, England, Latin America, Japan and the Far East. She sells and gives them from her website www.theaterfunscripts.com .

The Firehouse Theater was created in Enginehouse #10 in May 2006, struggling always, nearly closing many times, but keeping on. At present a volunteer board takes care of upkeep of the building and publicity duties to free up the creative works.

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AUDITIONS

Recipe for a Nightmare
A spooky batch of absurd comedies for all ages.
Don't Look in the Lake - Comedy about a terrible summer camp and a scary story that comes true. Age 8 to adult.
Little Orphan Annie, by James Whitcomb Riley. Scary folktale of what happens to bad little children. Need 6 kids age 6 to 11, one girl age 12 -17, 4 adults or teens.
Monster Goose - Nursery Rhymes with a creepy spin. Mary had a Little Bat, Jill and Jacque went to the Loch, Weird Mother Hubbard & more... For ages 5 to 9. Narrator recites poems, and little kids act them out.
What Came Knocking Christmas Eve - Comedy about a family visited by supernatural beings. Need a girl age 8-12, child age 7 to 12, and 4 teen/adults.
You Don't Bring Me Flowers, Anymore - Marriage counseling for the mortally challenged. Need 5 teens/adults.
Actors can also sing "Witches, Goblins, Ghosts and Ghoulies" and the "Terribly Truthful Snackbar Song". For all ages.

Auditions are Sept 13 & 14, Saturday and Sunday at 3pm, at the Firehouse Theater. You must bring all of your schedule conflict information - we must know when you are available to perform and rehearse or we cannot cast you. Every actor and minor actor's parents must sign a behavior pledge before they are cast. We require a $20 deposit promising to finish the show and behave. You get it back at the cast party unless you misbehaved and money was docked -- that money goes to buy food for the cast party. That $20 deposit is required at the first rehearsal or a note saying when it will be deposited.

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"Magic, Laughter and Amazement"

featuring magician Joey D. and Evolution Improv
performs:
August 30 at 7pm,
and Aug 31 at 3pm.

Tickets: $7- age 11 and older; $4 age 5-10 and seniors; Free - age 4 & under.
750-9013

Monty Python's Flying Circus
performs Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm
August 15 &16, 22 & 23.

Crunchy Frog, Pet Shop, Spanish Inquisition, New Brain from Curry's, Lifeboat, Blood Donor and many more of your favorites. Plus a new script: New Puppy!

Warning: Act 2 is rated PG. So you have the option of leaving at intermission. Each act is about 1 hour.

Tickets: Free Will Donation

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Alice in Wonderland

is in rehearsal and will perform September 12, 13, 19, 20, 27 & 28!

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Ongoing Auditions:

Need a boy or girl age 11 to young adult to play the Scarecrow in the ongoing Wizard of Oz show. Must dance and sing.

Need a Father William - adult male of portly stature for Alice in Wonderland.

Call Jeannette at 750-9013.

Auditions for "Alice in Wonderland"
August 9 & 10 at 1pm.

Need actors age 5 & up.
Speaking lines for age 7 and up.
See the script at www.theaterfunscripts.com/alice.html

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24 Hour Comedy Playhouse

– Open to anyone with theater experience
Friday, August 1, 7pm –Directors, Playwrights, Actors & Crew meet and form casts. Overnight playwrights write scripts. The next morning, they all meet and actors and directors start rehearsing. 24 hours after we began…
August 2, 7pm – Performance!
Tickets: Free or donation.
Call now to register to perform: 750-9013.

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Saturday, July 26, 7pm
A Night of Magic and Laughter
with Magician Joey D.
and Evolution Improv
Joey D. will perform sleight of hand, escapes, illusions and mentalism.
Evolution Improv takes audience suggestions and creates on-the -pot comedy.
Tickets: $7
$5~age 10 & under
Free~age 4 & under
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OPEN HOUSE - Invitation to the local theater producing community!

Come see the wonderful Firehouse building and envision what productions you could do here.

We have 73 seats on 5 tiered rows, a 28x10 foot stage with curtain, two dressing rooms with closets or shelves and clothing rack, two restrooms, kitchenette, upstairs rehearsal space and costume and props rooms, permission to park nearby.

Come brainstorm ideas with other experienced actors, techies and directors. With a few producers, everyone could make a profit and the Firehouse Theater could survive and become a fixture in the local arts community.

Open House:
Saturday, July 26, 5-6:15pm

Call Jeannette at 750-9013 for more information.

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AUDITIONS
for "Monty Python"

are 3pm, July 26 & 27, and 7pm July 28, at the Firehouse Theater, 1245 E. State.
We have many absurd Monty Python skit scripts. Actors can be in a few or many depending on their available time.
Need teens & adults. 750-9013.
Actors must leave a $20 deposit promise to finish the show which they get back at the cast party, buy two $5 tickets to other shows, and will be expected to do one chore at performances.
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THEATER CAMP

RESERVE A SPOT IN THEATER CAMP BY CALLING JEANNETTE
AT 750-9013. You can pay the first day of camp.

Theater & Video Camp
July 21 – Aug 1, Mon-Fri, Noon-4:30pm.
Learn the basics, then get creative plus learn many skills from press releases to photography, to blocking out action and painting scenery and sewing costumes. Plus video production!
Performances to fit actors’ schedules.
Ages 5 ˝ to 12. $160 – lunch included.

Wizard of Oz
EXTENDED ANOTHER PERFORMANCE:
FRIDAY, JULY 25, 7PM!
for Donations!

Fort Wayne Newspapers Three Rivers Festival Shows:

Wizard of Oz

– July 12 & 13 @3pm, July 16, 19 & 25 @7pm

Wizard of Oz
EXTENDED ANOTHER PERFORMANCE:
FRIDAY, JULY 25, 7PM!
for Donations!

With expanded flying monkey antics and Toto played by a real dog.

The Wizard of Oz story was adapted for stage by Jeannette Jaquish, melding the original book by Frank L. Baum, the MGM movie and her imagination.

Adaptations include a Munchkin reenactment of the History of Oz, the Witch singing “Monkey Brats” to the tune of “Little Girls” from “Annie”,
A new occupation for the Professor/Wizard in the Kansas scenes, Dorothy’s gang climbing the “mountain to The Witch’s castle” through the audience,
and a flashback explaining why two powerful witches were killed by such trivial forces as a falling house and splashed water, and a lot of surprises, humor, and absurdity.

Starring:
Valerie Gallagher as Dorothy
Jeannette Jaquish as the Witch
Alec Steele as the Wizard of Oz
Tim Adams as The Scarecrow
Collin Barnes & Chelsi Kerns as the Lion
John Sandfort as the Tin Man

Cost: $7-teens & adults, $5-kids; $2 off with TRF button




CORRECTION: Instead of "Dead Air - Live", we are performing this show instead (for donations instead of $7.)

"The Strange Saga of Lucky the Leprechaun"
&
"You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore"

“The Strange Saga of Lucky the Leprechaun”, written by local author and Firehouse director, Jeannette Jaquish, is an extrapolation of what would happen if Lucky, the Lucky Charms mascot started to grow, and how General Mills would try to ease (or pop him into a pillow case and drag) him out. Further complicating a simple downsizing story, are a spate of breakfast attacks around town, and the revelation of why the Trix Rabbit doesn’t try harder to get Trix cereal. Contractual Obligation? or Eating Disorder?

During a call to Dr. Laura, Lucky is kidnapped to the Lucky Charms Marshmallow Mines where he discovers why leprechauns, seemingly never write him fan mail.

Congressional hearings reveal the cruel testing lab origins of the Trix Rabbit and the Animal Liberation Front’s anti-human bias (no news there).

In the final climactic scene the villain is revealed but if the law cannot touch him (or her?) where will justice come from?

Jeannette Jaquish created the Firehouse Theater from Enginehouse #10 at 1245 E. State. Since June 2006, they have produced over 40 shows or events and 193 performances. Always struggling to pay the bills, never soliciting grants, the Firehouse has nearly closed many times, but always survived.

– July 12, 15 & 18 @7pm, July 20 @ 3pm.
Tickets: Free will donation.

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LAST WEEKEND

(The last weekend of this play, Amber Kramar had a personal situation and let us know she could not perform. Then Adam Transvaeta, the zombie in "Flowers" went out of town without telling me - I only found out when I called his friends because I suspected he'd flake out on me -- but I was able to replace him with Tyler Fry. So July 6 we played the video of "Sorry" and performed "Flowers". We just asked donations but I think many donated first and were disappointed with the slighty blurry, hard to hear video - I did ask repeatedly for them to move closer to the projector but no one did. One lady wrote to complain, mostly because she said I said, "I'm so glad to see all of you, except you," and pointed at her 7 year old grandson, except I am sure I pointed at someone I knew and would get the joke. She signed her letter with her name, Janice Beard, but no address or phone. I called very Beard in the phone book and left a message or talked with each. One lady answered and hung up on me when I said who I was so I figure that was her and she didn't want to talk to me, and I did not pursue the conversation. As it was donation I do not know how much she paid. I don't know if I should send money and an apology or explanation to the address of the person who hung up on me.)
June 28 & 29, July 5 & 6
Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm

"Sorry, Wrong Number", by Lucille Fletcher
& "You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore", by Jeannette Jaquish

"Sorry, Wrong Number" had its origins as a radio play of the same title written by Lucille Fletcher and was first broadcast on the program "Suspense" on the CBS radio network, May 25, 1943. Agnes Moorehead starred as the protagonist Leona on that first broadcast—one that was so popular that the program was re-broadcast annually for ten years.

In 1947, author Lucille Fletcher was approached by Hal Wallis—at that time an independent producer with a working relationship with Paramount—to develop a screenplay based on the radio play. Film production, which began in early January 1948, lasted eight weeks. The completed film was premiered in New York in September 1948.

Leona Stevenson is a wealthy New York invalid confined to her room with only the telephone to connect her to the outside world when her husband Henry and her maid are away. One day, she tries repeatedly to contact her husband at his office, but always gets a busy signal. She contacts the operator to try to get connected. Leona then finds herself connected to a seemingly unrelated phone conversation between two men who are planning to murder a woman that night. When she tries to follow up with the operator and then the police, nobody takes her seriously.

"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" is a session of marriage counseling but neither the wife nor the therapist realize that the husband's recent bad behavior is because he has become a zombie.


Tickets: Free or donation.

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No one signed up for this camp:

Nutty Nursery Rhymes Evening Camp

for ages 3 ˝ to 5.
Wednesdays, 6:30 to 7:30pm, June 25-July 30 (except on Wed. June 16, use 3 free tickets to see the production of Wizard of Oz at the Firehouse during 3 Rivers Festival)
Perform August 2 & 3, 3pm.
Ages 3 ˝ to 5 $60.



June 7&8– Auditions:
June 7, Saturday, noon & June 8, Sunday 5:30 pm – Openings in Wizard of Oz. Check back for a characters list.
June 7, Saturday 2pm, & June 8, Sunday 6:30pm –Mystery Troupe for teens & adults. Bring your calendar so we can register your schedule conflicts.
Both shows play 4 times during Three Rivers Festival; schedule below.

"Al Capone & Me"

by local award-winning author, Ruth Tyndall Baker,

Starring Amber Cramar as Millie,
Tyler Fry as Max,
Brian Anglin as Herbie,
and Scott Kiser as Al Capone.

Performances: May 24, 25, 31, June 1, 7 & 8, Saturdays at 7pm & Sundays at 3pm.

Millie learns to handle even Al Capone amid the roaring twenties’ hope and despair, G-men and gangsters, radio, talkies and print.
This love story about the economic and family struggles of Millie and Max is presented as a 1920’s film while the concurrent story of Al Capone interweaves the societal fabric of the 20’s.


TIME: 1929 - 1931
PLACE: The mid-west city of Fort Wayne in between Chicago and Rome City, a little town on a lake in northern Indiana.

Tickets: $10 /$6
Firehouse Actors & Volunteers & their Families Price: $6: adults, $4: age 8-13.
Tell the ticket seller your name, character or crew position and show. Or print off the discount ticket at the bottom of this webpage.
*Dinner Theater May 31 & June 7 an hour earlier for extra cost. Call to reserve meals - 750-9013.

Sponsored by COMCAST

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The Spoiled Baloney Man, by J. Jaquish

That cycle of life and death really stinks!

+ Magic
& Improvysteria - creating comedy from audience suggestions!

Show dates and magicians:
May 3, Saturday, 7pm - Terry Owens
May 4, Sunday, 3pm - Chuck Bertsch
May 10, Saturday, 7pm - Terry Owens
May 11, Sunday, 3pm - Chuck Bertsch
May 17, Saturday, 7pm - Joey D
May 18, Sunday, 3pm - Joey D


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All are invited to the

Firehouse Theater's Two-Years-Old Birthday Party

Friday, May 16, 7-9pm
Presenting video clips from past shows, theater games, mixed up character/actor re-enactments, ice cream & cake.
Free; donations accepted.

The Wizard of Oz
by Frank L Baum

With expanded flying monkey antics and Toto played by a real dog.

The Wizard of Oz story was adapted for stage by Jeannette Jaquish, melding the original book by Frank L. Baum, the MGM movie and her imagination.

Adaptations include a Munchkin reenactment of the History of Oz,
the Witch singing “Monkey Brats” to the tune of “Little Girls” from “Annie”,
A new occupation for the Professor/Wizard in the Kansas scenes,
Dorothy’s gang climbing the “mountain to The Witch’s castle” through the audience,
and a flashback explaining why two powerful witches were killed by such trivial forces as a falling house and splashed water,
and a lot more humor.

Starring:
Valerie Gallagher as Dorothy
Amber Cramar and Jeannette Jaquish as the Witch
Alec Steele as the Wizard of Oz
Tim Adams as The Scarecrow

HELD OVER AN EXTRA WEEKEND due to nearly sell-out crowds!
Reserve seats to be safe!
Performances: March 28, 30, April 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 20, and 25
(and Saturday, the 26th at noon)
Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm, Sundays at 3pm,

DINNER THEATER at these shows: April 18, 25, 26:
Arrive 1 hour to 45 minutes early if you want the optional meal, for $5 to $10 extra. (Please call ahead to select from the menu.)

Show Tickets: $6, $5 age 13 and under.


AUDITIONS

for independent paid

Mystery Troupe actors

are April 19 & 20 at noon, and April 21 at 7:30pm,
at the Firehouse Theater, 1245 E. State.

Must be responsible, energetic, cooperative and skilled at comedy & ad libbing. 750-9013.

Please pass this on to others who fit the requirements. This will be a mostly mature cast only using children to fill parts that require a child.

Firehouse Director Jeannette Jaquish will supply scripts for free and the troupe will perform dinner theater at the Firehouse and divide the ticket sales. The troupe will have free rein to perform other scripts they can find or create or perform other places. They will elect their own director and run their rehearsals and select and take care of costumes and props from the building. The Firehouse can purchase other things they need within reason.

Once created, this group should run itself.
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Mar 1 - 15

“Edgar Allan Poe & Other Dark Authors”

performs Saturday, Mar. 1 at 7pm
Sunday Mar 2 at 3pm,
March 7, 8, 14 & 15 at 7pm
and 3pm, Sunday Mar. 9.
Plays are “The Tell-Tale Heart”, by Poe,
“Lost Hearts”, by M.R. James,
and “The Monkey’s Paw”, by W.W. Jacobs. $6, $5 under age 13. 750-9013.

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Mar 15 - 17

'“The Strange Saga of Lucky the Leprechaun” and other St. Patrick's Shenanigans'

Performs:
Saturday, March 15 at 3pm,
Sunday, Mar 16 at 3 & 5pm,
and Monday, St. Patrick's Day, Mar 17 at 7pm.
Skits, jokes, puppets,audience participation contests and Irish menu.
Price: $3, or $2 if you wear green!

Background Information:
“The Strange Saga of Lucky the Leprechaun”, written by local author and Firehouse director, Jeannette Jaquish, is an extrapolation of what would happen if Lucky, the Lucky Charms mascot started to grow, and how General Mills would try to ease (or pop him into a pillow case and drag) him out. Further complicating a simple downsizing story, are a spate of breakfast attacks around town, and the revelation of why the Trix Rabbit doesn’t try harder to get Trix cereal. Contractual Obligation? or Eating Disorder?
During a call to Dr. Laura, Lucky is kidnapped to the Lucky Charms Marshmallow Mines where he discovers why leprechauns, seemingly never write him fan mail.
Congressional hearings reveal the cruel testing lab origins of the Trix Rabbit and the Animal Liberation Front’s anti-human bias (no news there).
In the final climactic scene the villain is revealed but if the law cannot touch him (or her?) where will justice come from?

Jeannette Jaquish created the Firehouse Theater from Enginehouse #10 at 1245 E. State. Since June 2006, they have produced over 33 shows or events and 160 performances. Always struggling to pay the bills, never soliciting grants, the Firehouse has nearly closed many times, but always survived.

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AUDITIONS - WIZARD OF OZ

Saturday & Sunday, Feb 23 & 24 at 4:30pm

Need enthusiastic actors age 5 1/2 through adult. Roles:
Dorothy, Auntie Em, Uncle Henry, Elmira Gully/Witch, Glenda, Professor / Wizard, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, flying monkeys, Munchkins, Emerald City citizens, Witch's guards.

$20 behavior deposit required ( get it back at the cast party minus bad behavior deductions)
$20 fee for 2 future show tickets and 1 DVD
(If you can't afford this, request to be excused or to work it off)
See the script at www.theaterfunscripts.com
Call Jeannette at 750-9013 for info.

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Feb 29

Improvysteria, creating on-the-spot comedy, and The Magic and Escapes of Joey D

This night of audience participation comedy and magic performs Friday, Feb 29, 7pm. $4

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"Dr. Frankenstreudel's Lemon Fresh Laboratory of Horrors"

The adventures of 4 squabbling urchins escaping a mad scientist who wants their body parts to make the perfect creature, a gender confused Frankensteinian Julia Child, a sickly lab creature and a horde of ravenous zombies, performs Feb 2, 3, 9, 10, 14-Valentine's Day Show and chocolate fest, and Feb 16 and 17.
Saturdays at 7pm, and Sundays at 3pm

TICKETS:
Teens & Adults: $7, Children - $5, Seniors - $6.
The Valentine's show has an optional meal and chocolate wallow at 6:30 for an additional $4 to $10 - reservations are appreciated. 750-9013.

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Jan 26, Saturday at 7pm

Go Bonkers Comedy & Magic Conte$t

***6 prizes - Audience Choice Winners: $30, $25, $15, $10, $10 and $10 to amateur acts.
To perform a magic or comedy act, stunt, song or dance, call 750-9013.

Actors were: Rebeckah Green, Caitlyn Jennison, Morgan Cooley, Emily Watson, Dennis Salley, Valerie Gallagher, Tim Adams, Ashley Miller, Sophia & Drennan Phillips, Scott Kiser, Rigel, Tycho & Zephyr, Tom and Jeannette Jaquish. --------------------

"The Frog Prince and the Princess Brat"

The hilarious tale of a broken promise and unexpected friendship between the spoiled Princess Conceita and the obnoxious Frog. Three days of froggy antics make life exciting for the imperious Queen, surly Butler and snooty Visiting Princesses.
Performances: Jan 4, 11, 12 & 18 at 7pm and Jan 6, 12, 13 & 20 at 3pm, at the Firehouse Theater, 1245 E. State.
Magician Charles Bertsch performs before the show, Jan 12.
Fairy Tale Teen Improv performs before the show Jan 4, 6, 11, 13.
Magician Terry Owens performs before the show, Jan 18
Magic Show before the show Jan 20
TICKETS:
Teens & Adults: $7, Children - $5, Seniors - $6. 750-9013.
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PERFORMANCES (6 shows)

Friday, Jan 4, perform at 7pm
Sunday, Jan 6, 3pm
Friday, Jan 11, 7pm
Saturday, Jan 12 (2 shows) - 3pm & 7pm
Sunday, Jan 13, 3pm
Friday, Jan 18, 7pm
Sunday, Jan 20, 3pm

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Jan 19, Saturday, 7-8:30pm

Puppets & Stuff Games Night

with a puppet show and theater games for all ages. $5 person. 750-9013.
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Ongoing Saturday Classes - Began Nov 2007, ended Dec 14, 2007

Beginners Acting, Tech and Improv (age 6-adult): Saturdays 11am - Noon. $5.
Learn the basic of reading a script, stage movement, expression, coordinating movement with other actors, blocking. Lots of acting and improv games to expand your creativity, comic timing and team skills.

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"Amazing" Magic Shows

Nov 23, 24, Dec 1 & 8, 7pm.

Top magicians from the region perform dazzling tricks onstage at the Firehouse! Reserve your front row seats now!
Performances:
November 23 & 24, 7pm, with Dick Stoner, Jim Reams, Gene Craft and Tim Mabis.
Dec 1 & 8, 7pm, with Terry Owens, Jim Reams, Tim Mabis, and Magical F/X (The magic of Mike D and Launda Lee).
All shows at the Firehouse Theater, 1245 E. State.
$8 - teens & adults, $5 - kids & seniors.
Reservations optional: 750-9013
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Sundays, Nov 18 & 25, 7pm
Saturday, Nov 24, 3pm
Friday, Nov 30, 7pm

Quirky Play Festival

A selection of our original quirky, comic plays:
The Old Man's Ghost, A Girly-Girl's Life, Harry Potter and the Obnoxious Voice, and You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore. $5.
Zombie therapy, girly plots, crabby old ghosts, magical angst - These are very funny creative works with mostly young actors.
Opening at 6:30 pm with a simple dinner menu and chocolate dipped fruit for reasonable price.
Call Jeannette at 750-9013 for details, or discount tickets.


August 31, Sept 3 (Labor Day), Sept 7, 9, 16, 21 & 23 -- Fridays at 7pm and Sundays and Labor Day at 3pm.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll
adapted for stage by Jeannette Jaquish
This staging of the classic story begins with Alice's fall down the rabbit hole and confusion in the Hallway of Doors where she first encounters the size-changing characteristics of anything she eats in Wonderland.
Her pursuit of the White Rabbit leads her into many adventures: dodging flying kitchen implements in the Duchess's House, the rude but apt Advice from Caterpillar, absurd riddles and a raucous table dance in The Mad Hatter's Tea Party, struggling with flamingoes and hedgehogs in A Strange Croquet Game with the Imperious Red Queen, a visit with the tragic Mock Turtle and the noble Gryphon and saving the framed Knave from a kangaroo court in the Trial of Who Stole The Tarts.
Full of surprises and humor, this staging of Alice in Wonderland is unique and memorable.

Tickets: $6 - teens and adults, $4 - children, $5 - seniors age 60 +.
We will likely sell out, so make your reservations by calling 750-9013. Give your last name, number of seats and desired row (we have 5) and your phone number. You can pay for them when you arrive, however, we will only save your seats until 5 minutes before show time.

Please park at the Tecumseh Library a short walk to the east, unless it is Sunday -- then we have permission to park at the Rib Room.

Other Shows:

BANDS PERFORMING:
Saturdays:

Sept 8: Normandy, Agatha, Varmanca-transvaeta, and Saints Never Surrender, Post Hard Core Persuasion ("Glam - Goth" music) - 438-7169- 7pm, $5

Sept 15: Downstait, Teaysvein, Migraines, Bitter Sympathy - 418-8867 - 7pm, $5

Sept 29: Sounding the Seven Trumpets, More To Be Announced, - 574-551-8705 - 7pm - midnight, $5
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Senseless Acts of Comedy Open Mic Contest (PG-13) - Sept 22, 7pm.

Hosted by L.A. Comic Mike McCulley plus entertainment by two other pro comics.
Open mic contest for stand-up, sketch, improv or "other" acts. Keep content within a PG-13 rating.
Audience picks winners - Prizes: $50, $30, $20.
Competition slots are limited - call to register: 750-9013.
Tickets: $5 per person - entrants get a refund after performing.

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24-hour Haunted Playhouse
Begin: 7pm, October 19
Perform: 7pm, October 20.

A show of Halloween-themed short plays created within 24 hours.
Actors, directors and writers meet at 7pm, Friday October 19. Overnight, writers produce scripts, and in the morning actors and directors recieve those scripts and start rehearsing, culminating in a performance that evening, Saturday, October 20, at 7pm.

24 hour playhouses have been tried all over the country - ours will have a Halloween - horror twist.

Contact Jeannette by email or at 750-9013 to sign up to be an actor, director, techie or writer.
Tickets will be $6 for teens & adults, $4 for children, and $5 for seniors. Content might be rated inappropriate for children.

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“Puppets for Lunch” Troupe is forming at the Firehouse Live Theater, 1245 E. State.
Need puppeteers and actors of all ages with performing skill. Share the profits. Call 750-9013.
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Please park at the library a short walk to the east. Please do not park at the Rib Room or on the street -- we need to get along with our neighbors. Thanks!
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Call 750-9013 for information or to reserve a seat.
You need not give a credit card number or come early to buy tickets, just call and we will write your name on papers and tape them to seats. At 5 minutes before showtime, we remove the papers and anyone can take them.

000000000000000000000-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00000000000000000 AUDITIONS:
September 8, 9, Saturday & Sunday, noon to 1pm
Please call 750-9013 if you cannot make this audition time.

“Auditioning a Ghost, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle”
adapted for stage by Jeannette Jaquish.
See Excerpts.

Parts for:
Montgomery Hobbes (father, one of the newly rich, trying to slide into respectable society. An American.)
Gwendolyn Hobbes (wife, yearning for a ghost to haunt their castle into respectability. Born in England, met her husband while visiting U.S.)
Natalie Hobbes (daughter, 6-12, trying to act English, but slips out when with her father)
Watkins, The Butler (long-suffering and mis-used)
Jackie or Jack Brockett (talent scout, male or female, younger cousin to Gwendolyn)
Tarantella (gypsy scam artist)

Ghosts:
-Dark Invisible (just a voice)
-Old Crone
-Terrible Twins
-Cavalier
-Decaying Corpse
-Ghastly Child
-Weeping Woman


Cook, Sally McDivot (female. Can play Tarantella.)
Gardener, Mr. Gatehill (male or female)
Lily Stewart (lady friend of Gwendolyn and mother of Chelsea)
Rosemary Finster (lady friend of Gwendolyn and mother of Jamie)
Jamie (boy or girl, about Natalie’s age)
Chelsea (girl, about Natalie’s age)
Detective (can also play Brockett and Dark Invisible)
Constable

Will perform Fridays and Sundays at 7pm in October. Call 750-9013 for details.
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The Mystery Troupe needs a few more actors age 6 and older with some acting experience. Call Jeannette at 750-9013.


GOT A SHOW? Act? Band? Competition? Conference? Wedding? Event?
The Firehouse Theater has left Saturdays open for experimental comedy shows and bands. If you've got something that people will pay to come to, call Jeannette at 750-9013. Other days available too.
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Friday, Nov 2, 7pm
Wizard of Oz - as performed at the Firehouse - on big screen video!
$2. Pizza and snacks for sale.

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Saturday, Nov. 3, 7 pm
"Project Improv Panic Theater & Chocolate Night"
Creating comedy from audience suggestions - with a Halloween theme. - $5.


"“Auditioning a Ghost” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


ONE PERFORMANCE LEFT!!! TUESDAY (THE NIGHT BEFORE HALLOWEEN) OCT. 30, 7pm
Spoiled little Natalie inherited a castle, but now, to impress her friends, she wants a ghost to haunt the place, and gets more than she expected.
Audiences love this show!
"Auditioning a Ghost" is witty, suspenseful and funny. Spoiled little Natalie whines to her indulgent father that she wants a ghost like her friends. Sneaky house servants, a long-suffering stiff upper-lipped butler, pretentious tea party friends, a big talking talent scout and a horde of aggressive ghosts keep the plot twists rolling.

Show performs October 6, 12, 18, 21 & 30 at 7pm, and Oct 7 & 14 at 3pm, at the Firehouse Live Theater, 1245 E. State.
ONE PERFORMANCE LEFT OCT 30, 7pm-- RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED!
Tickets: $6 - teens & adults, $4 - children, and $5 - seniors.
Call 750-9013.

Please park at the Tecumseh Library a short walk to the east, unless it is Sunday -- then we have permission to park at the Rib Room.

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IF YOU MISSED THE 24-HOUR HAUNTED PLAYHOUSE SHOW, YOU MISSED AN AMAZING EVENT!

The cast met 7pm, Friday Oct 20, then 8 scripts by 8 authors (from age 12 to adult) were created overnight, rehearsed all over the building the next day, and performed at 7pm, Saturday, Oct 21 to standing ovations.
SCRIPTS:

The Thenanistra Sisters, by Morghan Covington, 13
The Old Man's Ghost, by Courtney Jodway, 13
Trick or Treat, by Brad Musick
He's Not Heavy, He's My Doppleganger, by Tom Jaquish
You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore, by Jeannette Jaquish
Once there was a Haunted Firehouse, by Paul Kiser, 12
Samara, by Patricia, Natalie & Veronica Bone, Ary Sakri, Tycho, Zephyr & Rigel Jaquish
The Insufficiently Haunted Theater, by Scott Kiser

This show proved that the Firehouse giving opportunity to creativity and self-direction method works! 24-hour Haunted Playhouse
Begin Production: 7pm, October 19
Perform: 7pm, October 20. A show of Halloween-themed short plays written and rehearsed within 24 hours.
Experienced actors, directors and writers meet at 7pm, Friday October 19. Overnight, writers produce scripts, and in the morning actors and directors recieve those scripts and start rehearsing, culminating in a performance that evening, Saturday, October 20, at 7pm.

24-hour playhouses have been tried all over the country - ours will have a Halloween - horror twist.

Experienced actors, directors, techies and writers should contact Jeannette Jaquish by email or at 750-9013 to sign up. Participants need to be at least 8 years old, and understand that this is a long grueling job that takes place in one day. Actors will rehearse their play at least 10 times. Actors must be experienced in the basics of acting: the understanding that the cast depends on each other and that you do not quit, blocking movement onstage, projecting the voice, facing the audience, dealing with the unexpected onstage, and taking direction and cooperating.
Writers may decide to limit the number of children in their script, but otherwise do not request a type or age of actors but have to write for the cast they get. They may swap with another writer as the event begins. Audience Tickets: $6 for teens & adults, $4 for children, and $5 for seniors. Content might be rated inappropriate for children. If some plays are not appropriate for children they will perform last so children may leave earlier.
Who has signed up.
"A Girly-Girl’s Life" and "Harry Potter and the Obnoxious Voice"
Two witty original youth comedies perform Friday, Sept. 28, 7 pm, and Saturday, Sept 29, 3pm, at the Firehouse Live Theater, 1245 E. State. $4 – teens & adults, $3 – children & seniors.

Notes: "A Girly-Girl's Life" - While watching "Girls -- The Musical" the Girly-Girls encounter evil villain Moriarty and the battle begins, with pauses for shoe-shopping and a manicure. This show was created by a troupe of children aged 7 to 12 who ran their own rehearsals and created each scene by the improvise-until-it-looks-good method. The director is a small 9 year old girl named Sophia Phillips who ruled by strength of personality. It is a well done, funny, and very creative little adventure with sophisticated, absurd humor.

"Harry Potter and the Obnoxious Voice" - Winky and Dobbie pop in to warn Harry not to go back to Hogwarts or he might die from ridicule. Ron has the fury of Snape to deal with and Dumbledore has lost his meal ticket, as well as his mind (but that was obvious by the second book). Harry is hearing a mysterious voice and time is tangling. Dobbie knows why but he must not tell for fear of "The Master". Don't miss this spoof of the Potter series translation to film.


Friday, Sept. 21, 9:30 pm

"Improvatron 20/20"
Adult improv performers create hilarious comedy scenes from audience suggestions. Rated-R. $5.

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Senseless Acts of Comedy Open Mic Contest (PG-13) - Sept 22, 7pm.
Hosted by L.A. Comic Mike McCulley plus entertainment by two other pro comics.
Open mic contest for stand-up, sketch, improv and "other" comedy acts. Contestants must keep content within a PG-13 rating. Plus audience participation contests.
Audience picks winners - Prizes: $50, $30, $20.
Competition slots are limited - call to register: 750-9013.
Tickets: $5 per person including contestants.

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August 31, Sept 3 (Labor Day), Sept 7, 9, 16, 21 & 23 -- Fridays at 7pm and Sundays and Labor Day at 3pm.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll
adapted for stage by Jeannette Jaquish
This staging of the classic story begins with Alice's fall down the rabbit hole and confusion in the Hallway of Doors where she first encounters the size-changing characteristics of anything she eats in Wonderland.
Her pursuit of the White Rabbit leads her into many adventures: dodging flying kitchen implements in the Duchess's House, the rude but apt Advice from Caterpillar, absurd riddles and a raucous table dance in The Mad Hatter's Tea Party, struggling with flamingoes and hedgehogs in A Strange Croquet Game with the Imperious Red Queen, a visit with the tragic Mock Turtle and the noble Gryphon and saving the framed Knave from a kangaroo court in the Trial of Who Stole The Tarts.
Full of surprises and humor, this staging of Alice in Wonderland is unique and memorable.

Save the Firehouse Theater Project

May 11, 2007 UPdate
- Today we hold our 1 year old birthday - actually in effect tomorrow, but scheduled today so we'd have time to finish cleaning tomorrow in case we had to be out. However, we have taken nearly all our money to pay for another week. If camp registrations continue in, we can trust in that and go ahead and pay the rent from personal money.
Audiences for our last show "Senseless Acts of Comedy" were very small, very disappointing. Three bands played and our half of their ticket sales was more than the play brought in. Before "Senseless.." Alice in Wonderland was our best show yet but also got small audiences which maybe could be blamed on the terribly cold weather and deep snow at the time, but its last weekend was decent weather and audiences were medium sized.
What do people want in this town?
Still many things are looking up for the theater: -- We have a new streetlamp shining brightly onto the building so finally it can be seen!
-- Kim McCutchan is helping me run the camp and is directing Stars & Stripes Forever and she is very experienced and easy to get along with.
--Bands are scheduling and that is easy money and brings teens and young adults in to discover the Firehouse.
--The Improv Group has finally formed. We have about 10 members and they are eager to go.
--The Firehouse Asylum Nightmare Tour will be up soon with little expense and should be nothing like anything ever seen in this town. If we can only get the word out.
--Two good shows that lost money and a hesitancy to start another show because we might be closing has left us scraping to pay the rent to continue. The landlords are flexible but they need to be paid. You can help us by buying tickets for needy families and signing up for Theater Camp which should be great.

Wizard of Oz is SOLD OUT Saturday, Aug 4! Call to reserve seats for Aug 5, 3pm & 7pm.

July 15 at 3 pm, July 27 & 28 and August 4 at 7pm, and Aug 5 at 3 & 7 pm.
"The Wizard of Oz" classic story of Dorothy in the Land of Oz with expanded scenes with the flying monkeys and the witch, performs at the Firehouse Live Theater, 1245 E. State, July 15 at 3 pm, July 27 & 28 and August 4 at 7pm, and Aug 5 at 3 & 7pm. July 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, & 21
"Stars & Stripes Forever Musical Revue" performs at the Firehouse Live Theater, 1245 E. State, Fridays and Saturdays at 7 pm, July 6, 7 (also at 3 pm on July 7), 13, 14, 20, & 21.

A 3 Rivers Festival affiliated event.

------------------------------------------------------- In between here was Oz camp. ---------------------- May 18, 19, 25, 26, 7-9:00 pm

Firehouse Asylum for the Comically Disturbed

Who are the lunatics in this quirky therapeutic chaos? Go from room to room visiting bizarre, funny, interactive play-acted situations plus a maze.
$2.50- person., Fridays and Saturdays, 7-9:00 pm, May 18, 19, 25 & 26, Firehouse Theater 1245 E. State.
Info: 750-9013 or www.firehouse-fw.com.

April 23, 2007 UPdate - for an expanded version, click on the link a the top of the page.
The Firehouse Theater is going on a month by month rental. Another director, Kim McCutchan is co-directing the summer camp with Jeannette, and directing the Stars & Stripes Musical Revue. Bands are scheduling nights and the East State Street Merchants Association improvements have begun. It looks as if we will have a streetlight right in front of the building so we won't be in such a dark hole.

Today I talked with Sam from the Rib Room and he was agreeable to the idea of doing dinner theater with them. I have a small Mystery Theater Troupe that would love to do shows for dinner theater, but that I'll need help to costume and crew it.

Bands have discovered the Firehouse and are happy to split the ticket sales to have an all-ages venue for their performances. (And I love not having to produce the show, just unlock the door) So far all have been exceptionally polite and considerate. We have two scheduled in the next 2 weeks.

SENSELESS ACTS OF COMEDY

April 20 to May 6
Fridays at 7pm, Sundays at 3pm
"The Strange Saga of Lucky the Leprechaun">
by Jeannette Jaquish
and Other Senseless Acts of Comedy
Lucky the Leprechaun's growth spurt ends his career as Lucky Charms' mascot sending him into a spiral of depression and cereal binging. The Trix Rabbit cannot deny his secret longing or curb his compulsion. In the secret Leprechaun Slave Marshmallow Mines the seeds of conspiracy are revealed. What a Congressional Hearing cannot discern, Public Access TV lays bare.
plus Land Shark - Sweet Talker, Inland Stalker.
Kiss the Brown Bunny - Watch out for those free offers.
and Vandals in the 5th century A.D. - Kids today are totally undisciplined.

This show has comic violence appropriate for most kids.
Tickets: $4 - children, $6 - teens & adults, $5 - seniors age 60+

FREE TICKETS ~ DONATE ~ FREE TICKETS~

Donated Free Tickets are available to those who need them.
Please call Jeannette at 750-9013.
And PLEASE help the Firehouse by buying tickets for needy kids and famiies to see the shows!

ROCK AND ROLL at the Firehouse

April 28, Saturday, 6:30pm: Heavy Metal Bands Onstage:
Under the Wake
Shunned
Act of War
and Verge of Submission.
$5 per person. All ages welcome.

May 5, Saturday, 7pm: An Eclectic Mix of Bands:
The Accidents (punk rock)
Synchronicity (progressive rock)
Northpointe (emo/punk rock)
Swagger (acoustic folk)
Verge of Submission (progressive metal)
$5 per person. All ages welcome.



Posted March 2007:
This was the notice for the Save the Firehouse Meeting. 6 people came: Bob Baker, Mark and Collin Barnes, Scott Kiser, Ashley Miller and Keith Diller.
I, Jeannette Jaquish, the current leaseholder will explain all the expenses, laws, features and potential profits of the building. I will outline a few ideas of my own showing how this could be a true "community theater" in which multiple producers or troupes share the stage, overlapping the rehearsals of one with the performances of another, resulting in bills paid and a profit for all. If you have ideas, this is the time to describe them.
Financial INFO and Proposed Show Slot Costs to Pay the Bills

The fact is, we have 69 seats and need only sell about 120 $5 seats a week to pay the bills. With only 3 shows a week selling 50 seats each, that is $100 profit. More shows or sell more seats or charge more = more profit. The potential has always been there, but that many quality shows with sufficient publicity is beyond me to do. The Firehouse needs multiple producers - multiple troupes with full crews.

We should be doing mysteries, dinner theater, a comedy show, late night shows, puppet shows, matinees, contests, home school events and home school productions, political debates, video productions, and summer camps in addition to the regular theatrical shows. More people putting out more events cuts the costs for everyone.

I, myself would like to direct and produce fewer shows, and have more time to write shows, which is what I am best at. But where are those producer/directors who can competently create a show, and pay their share of the bills?

Most importantly, we need someone else to sign the lease, because I will not take on that commitment again. It could be an individual, a business or an organization. And of course, whoever signs the lease will be in charge, not me. It is also possible that the landlords will be willing to do a month to month arrangement, just to keep the money flowing.

So, if you want to be a part of the Firehouse in any way, please come. I'll give a tour of the building, feed you refreshments, and give you all the data. If you can't come but have ideas, please call me at 750-9013 -- I'll write them down and add them to our list of ideas to discuss.

It ain't over til it's over.

March 24 - April 8, Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm, and Sundays at 3pm. $6 - teens & adults, $4 - children, $5 - seniors.

FAIRY TALES ON THE MARS FRONTIER and IF SHAKESPEARE WROTE THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY

Fairy Tales on the Mars Frontier
by Jeannette Jaquish

Fairy Tales on the Mars Frontier: Fairy tales evolve as future settler parents on Mars teach their children how to survive on the Red Planet.

During Intermission, make FLUBBER!

If Shakespeare Wrote the Theory of Relativity: A fantasy of the development of the special theory of relativity in the characters and style of the Bard.

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March 12, 2007
"Alice in Wonderland" was our most charming and imaginative show. We spent 6 weeks on the script and rehearsals - 6 weeks with no shows and no income -- expecting full houses of people who would see what we could do and come back as return customers. Unfortunately, the weather turned so cold that audiences were small averaging middle 20s in the first weeks. Only our last weekend had crowds that would have paid the bills on a normal weekend without the extra heating expenses, and loss of income.
In short, our best show lost the most money of all. It is very sad but we have the pleasure of having performed all those great scenes and made such great friends among the cast, and knowing how great we were.

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January 2, 2007
"A Christmas Carol", by Charles Dickens brought in the largest crowds the Firehouse has ever seen, ranging from 20 to 63. The old record was 43. However, before we were putting out a show every weekend. The three weeks we took off before Christmas Carol was a first.

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-------------------------- THE COLUMBIA CITY VILLAGE IDIOTS CONNE ARTISTS FESTIVAL
-- IDIOTS WITH CAMCORDERS --Rated R
Humane Alternative Therapy or Cultural Collateral Damage? You Decide!

Performing Sept 1-17, Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm and Sundays at 3:00pm
Kids: $5, Teens and Adults: $7, Seniors: $6
No reservations required, but call 750-9013 for info.
Brought to you by the Rating R for "Risque", "Rowdy" and "Rude".

Oct 7, 8, 13-15, 20-22
Auditioning a Ghost, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Written by a young Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and titled "Selecting a Ghost", this is the tale of a romantic mother and daughter, so in love with the idea of a haunting to impress their disdainful aristocratic “friends" that they hire a gypsy to procure a ghost to haunt their castle, with devastating results.
-- “Dropping something in their cocoa is sounding better and better.” -- The Butler
Further information: “Auditioning a Ghost” was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1883, very early in his career, with the title “Selecting a Ghost”. It is the tale of a man so charmed with the idea of haunted castles that he spends his 20 years of savings as an accountant to buy a medieval manor. It has all the features he dreamed of, slits in the tower to shoot arrows through, apparatus to pour molten lead on attackers, and a moat (uncovered sewer), however he is disappointed to find it contains no ghost.
His wife tires of his sighing and suggests he hire her rakish cousin who is dabbling for the moment as an agent. The cousin finds him a medium to summon the spirits and, as could be expected, the experience is more than he bargained for.
Jeannette Jaquish has adapted the story for stage and altered the cast to include a father indulging his wife and daughter’s yearning for a ghost, devious house servants, disturbing child ghosts, as well as the original gaggle of spirits eager to fill the vacancy.
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Oct. 27-29, Nov 3-5 & 10-12
RECIPE FOR A NIGHTMARE
Hosted by Gus the Ghoul, this show includes "Santa and the Werewolf", "Monster Goose", "Dr. Frankenstein Tries Again", “Little Orphan Annie” by Indianan James Whitcomb Riley, the Mexican folktale “La Llorona” to the tune of “My Sharona”, and other mildly disturbing twisted comic tales and dance.
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THE HAUNTED FIREHOUSE #10 ZOMBIE DANCE JAM
Costume and Skill Contests, Side Activities and Dancing to Alice Cooper, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Rocky Horror, and other Halloween Rock & Roll. Entrance fee: $1.
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HISTORY

May 12 - Lease signed on Firehouse - One Year

May 12 - Got letter from State Building Commissioner that our variance was granted to use a siren and strobe fire alarm system instead of a sprinkler system.

May 12 - Upholstery Party - One person showed up to help, Jeff Kachmar. This low turnout is reason to worry. If we get a low turnout of volunteers for platform building we will have to pay the contractor supervisor for more hours and we don't have that in the budget. I am hoping to finish that job in 2 days, with $800 paid to the contractor.

May 6 - Auditions for Frankenstreudel, Frog Prince, and Spoiled Baloney Man at the Tecumseh Library. Got a small turnout of good actors. A bit worrisome but the notice did go out only 3 days before. Will need another audition for Frankenstreudel.

April 1 - Good Turnout at Organizing Meeting and Auditions
We had 41 actors, 7 directors and 9 playwrights come as well as people who just want to be in the audience. Channel 15 sent a news crew and played a short story at about 11:30pm that night.
Of the actors:
15 were age 12 or younger,
11 were age 13 to 20,
15 were 21 and older.

I already had a dozen actors on my list.
This is a nice sized pool of actors to work with. Most seemed very talented and expressive. However, I passed out over 1000 flyers in the neighborhood and with stories in both newspapers and a notice in Whatzup? I expected more. Isn't it amazing how many people don't want to be on stage? Hopefully, they'll want to watch a good play at a good price.
It has taken me a bit of time to go through the actors forms and recover from the week of preparation. A letter to all with a planned show schedule will come out soon.
If your friend missed the meeting, have them contact me!

WE PASSED THE MARCH 30 ZONING HEARING
-- We requested to use off-site parking, because our own 6 spaces are not enough. We got permission, but if our customers violate our promise that they will park where they should, we lose the privilege at our one year evaluation. So PLEASE park where designated: in the lot between Pio Market and Candlelight, and at Waves when it is closed. THANK YOU!
Now, if we pass the May 3, State Building Commission hearing asking to use our fire alarm system instead of sprinklers, the Ft. Wayne Firehouse Theater will come to life, maybe early June 2006.

See the Mar. 30, Journal Gazette article!
And the Friday, March 10, 2006 News-Sentinel article.
And also the March 26, 2006 Journal Gazette article.

IMPORTANT DATES:
May 3: Results of State Building Commissioner Hearing: Can our fire alarm system take the place of a sprinkler? If so, and nothing else insurmountable comes up, we are in business.
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fIREHOUSE fUTURE
Director Jeannette Jaquish says:

August 30, 2008

We have a Scarecrow! A talented young man named Logan. However, Wizard of Oz performances have been pushed to first weekend of October because the Alice & Oz reheasal schedule for both was impossible. This means no big moneymaking show next weekend to pay the rent. Oh, well.

August 23, 2008
The theater has never been cleaner, and I am down to an average of 9 hours a day working (no pay) on Firehouse stuff, because we have volunteers doing snackbar, put stuff away, housecleaning and volunteer assigning. We still need more posters and publicity gotten out. Monty PYthon has done $131 & $69 in its first weekend, and $161 yesterday. We need $500 a week to pay expenses. I still need a Scarecrow for Wizard of Oz to perform Sept 5, 6, 7, or we will not be able to pay the rent. Even with it we might not be able to pay the rent. And I am not using my own money ever again. I want more time off as well.

July 20, 2008
Our Three Rivers Festival shows have giant audiences!
Two "Wizard of Oz" shows brought in over $300 each; the 2nd we had to turn away 4 people because we were full. Our 2nd TRF show "Lucky the Leprechaun" and "You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore" even got $237 for a half full donations show -- not bad!

Three Rivers Festival brought us good audiences last year. Evidently people read their events listing more than they read the newspaper entertainment listing that nearly always has our shows.

Will these audiences continue? We are having an open house for the producing theater community July 22 & 26. I hope actors, directors and techies will come and form troupes and do shows here. I am exhausted even with the additional volunteers and director.

July 3, 2008: Our first weekend of Sorry, Wrong Number and You Don't Bring Me Flowers had a good show with small audiences again. It was donations so anyone could afford it. 5 members of an actor's family at Sunday's show plus a volunteer's family who shouldn't have paid but did. $85 & $38 for the weekend. We need $500 a weekend.

There are many actors in town. Please come forth and discover the Firehouse and do shows here! Form your own troupe!

June 13, 2008: I paid all the June 12 rent with my family's money.
All the Firehouse earned in the past month went to paying April's rent late, a week at a time (along with $700 of my family's money), so we had $400 when rent was due again and I needed that for utilities and insurance.
Al Capone & Me was a great show. The audience was mostly the public (usually we have mostly family of actors in the audience). They laughed and enjoyed the show and complimented us afterwards. Unfortunately, there weren't enough of them.
I've corrected every problem I can see. Our shows have been works to be proud of lately. Creative, bold, well acted, clear voices, good costumes, and the audiences enjoy them. We are listed in the newspapers and thousands see our sign every day. I will no longer blame myself. This town will not give us a chance.
And I cannot get ongoing volunteer help besides Hope Gallagher who has shown up for many shows to run the ticket table and brings homemade baked goods to sell. Thank-you Hope.
If you want to be in a show or see a show at the Firehouse, do it now.

June, 6, 2008:
Al Capone & Me is a wonderful show. Unfortunately, audiences have been small and it has not covered expenses. For May's rent I paid $700 of my own money. What we have earned from Al Capone & Me hasn't even covered printing, utilities and other expenses. Rent of $1400 is due June 12, so we have one more weekend of performances to earn it. There is a big electric bill due the 16th. Why won't people come see our shows?

May 7, 2008:
I will use my family's money to pay for listing 3 shows in the Three Rivers Festival Affiliated Events Listing. We got large crowds from that last year, showing that our real problem is people do not know we exist or do not think of us when they are looking for something to do.
We have $350 in the bank and one more weekend of Spoiled Baloney to earn $1600 rent due May 12, $185 in electric bill and whatever other utility bills come forth. Spoiled Baloney last weekend got two small audiences, less than $50 for the weekend. The last weekend of Wizard of Oz got two medium audiences, about $350 for the weekend. We need over $600 per weekend to pay the bills. Last month I emptied the snack bar and season ticket fund to pay the rent and paid it one weekend late to use that income. The month before I used $1,000 of my family's money to pay the rent.
If people came to see our very entertaining shows we'd be fine.
What do I do when rent is due and I don't have the money?
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April 28, 2008:
We have three directors besides myself working on Spoiled Baloney, Al Capone & Me, and The Mystery Troupe, but I still need help with the crews to run the buildings and supply the shows.

April 3, 2008:
And just as suddenly, things are looking up.
Wizard of Oz had a great first weekend, earning over $200 each of 2 shows, and a good improv show in between.
Brian Stoner a Comcast producer, created a great 30 second spot using footage from our shows and his own camera work on Oz. He got us a sponsorship swap with Comcast and the spot begins April 4.
The spot has clips including leprechauns beating Lucky the Leprechaun, the Frog peeing on the visiting princesses, Marley terrifying Scrooge, Dr. Frankenstreudel and Eyegore chasing Alexis, and Malfoy zapping Dumbledore with Avada Kedavra. Watch for it on Comcast Cable.

March 2008
"Edgar Allan Poe and Other Dark Authors" had its first weekend - very creatively macabre. First show was rough, second was much better. Few were in the audience.
We are not close to having the rent.
We need three nearly sold out shows this weekend to pay the rent, due the 12th.
Performances have been looking good, and upcoming shows are sure to please, but as usual, I am working myself ragged doing most everything. We do have a second director, Brian Stoner who is a Comcast commercial producer, a 14 year old boy, Daultin Keller who has loves power tools and keeps the stage in shape, and a few adult volunteers, but the Firehouse needs a permanent stage, costume, housekeeping and publicity crew -- especially publicity. Our shows are good but not enough people come to see them. Weekly I hear, "Oh, I didn't know you existed."

I need people who come here often enough to learn how to do things, who can be handed an assignment and figure out how to do it.

If we were filling the house at performances we could pay. For that I need a publicity crew who get the posters out all over the city.

I don't know how much longer I can carry on.

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These were removed from the website June 2009 as the theater transitions to Paul Allen and Stages Theatre Company taking it over.
DISCOUNT TICKETS
Ask Jeannette about doing a joint fundraiser for your cause, or getting discount tickets for your classroom or organization or business. Sell tickets for profit!

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THEATER WORK IS FUN!
We always need volunteers! Please call Jeannette at 750-9013!

Independent Troupes Earn $
Apply to join the Mystery Theater Troupe,
the Home School Troupe,
The After School Troupe,
and the Puppet Troupe,
all independent troupes which can earn money. Call Jeannette at 750-9013.
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*** IMPROV SHOWS :
Open to new members:
Adult Improv Group - Call Andrew Baltes at 1-765-532-9153
Teen Improv Group - Call Scott Kiser at 385-4167
Beginners & Kids Improv - Call Jeannette at 750-9013

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Share the Stage at the Firehouse Theater and make a profit!
Rent the Firehouse for your Wedding or Event!
Share the Stage INFO

FIREHOUSE THEATER HISTORY
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Nov 3. Auditions for A Christmas Carol are announced. We have been closed for 4 months. Here is the summary of that:
Fond Memories From Jeannette Jaquish, former Exec. Director:

To All,
For three years I ran the Firehouse Theater in Enginehouse #10. We put on creative, ridiculous, expressive, exciting shows, full of the unexpected and with lots of humor. We were not "just a children's theater". I hope you got to see a show.
It was a lot of work and we paid our bills with ticket sales, not grants, and with very very few donations. Other theaters in town will tell you they get less than half their income from ticket sales; most of their budget is from grants and donations. But we survived 3 years on money we earned, a few, very few, donations, and my family's money when that wouldn't pay the bills.

The Firehouse had a good three years and I am proud of most of the shows we put on. It started out rough, trying to do too much at once, rehearsing shows while building platforms, raising lights and curtain, that sort of optimistic gung-ho insanity. Our first show was in June of 2006. In 2007 we did 20 different shows and in 2008, 28 different shows. Three years and over 73 different shows, over 265 performances. I and the volunteers and actors have a lot to be proud of.

We did classics: Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, A Christmas Carol, Frog Prince, Hansel & Gretel" -- all with a Firehouse twist.


We adapted for stage: Twilight Zone's "It's a Good Life" (with the omnipotent child played by a 5 year old girl), "Sorry, Wrong Number", "Lost Hearts" by M.R. James, "The Lottery" (with buckets of fake rocks), "The Monkey's Paw", "Auditioning a Ghost" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Monster Goose", "Little Orphant Annie" by James Whitcomb Riley...

Other authors' plays: "All Capone & Me" by Ruth T. Baker, "A Girly-Girl's Life" by a passel of very creative girls, and boys in dresses, with 9 year old director Sophia Phillips. And dozens of new scripts in our three 24-hour playhouses including "Mall Santa" and "New Puppy" by Brian Stoner, "Time Warp at the Science Fair" by Tom Jaquish, "The Old Man's Ghost" by Caitlyn Jennison, and "The Insufficiently Haunted Theater" by Scott Kiser.

And we created dozens of original works and spoofs including: "Harry Potter and the Obnoxious Voice", "Don't Look in the Lake", "Replacing Rudolph", "Snafu in Santa's Workshop", "If Shakespeare Wrote the Theory of Relativity", "The Strange Saga of Lucky the Leprechaun", and an absurd fun house "Asylum for the Comically Disturbed".


Improv groups, magicians, video & theater camps -- we did a lot of experimenting.

I've left out a lot. You can see more at our Past Shows link.

It was hard work for my few helpers and me. Usually my only evening home was Sunday. Other days I worked from early morning, stopped to make dinner, and then went off to rehearsal or performance. I did not have enough skilled volunteers, so I had to do most of the labor myself. It was hard to get my actors to fulfill their commitments to come to rehearsals, learn lines, speak up.

Actors' families came to see them perform, but rare was the actor I ever saw come see a show, though they would come back repeatedly to be in shows.

I gave up and closed in June of 2009.

I passed on the theater's lights, platforms, seats, furniture and stuff on to Paul Allen, an experienced director recently come from Lafayette and Indianapolis. His volunteers improved the stage framing, improved the "grid" and painted the platforms black, and ran his own productions in the building from June 19, to September 28, 2009.
He asked me not to mention his new theater name or contact information on my website. He wanted a "fresh, new start" in his words. After three months he "closed" and the landlord wants me to get my platforms, lights, etc. out of the building or else restart. It would be sad if that wonderful building was not to be a theater.

As of this writing, September 29, I am willing to begin productions if I can gather a full slate of dedicated people to share the work. Call me if you are interested.

Otherwise, I will haul my stuff out and do something with it, and continue enjoying spending time with my family and starting a video production company with my sons.


Jeannette Jaquish
260 750-9013


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STAGES Theatre Company presents
the musical "A Day in the Life of... A Child's View of the World"


Director - Paul Allen
Music Director - Jay Heare
Costumer - Jeannette Jaquish

This delightful comedy has exquisitely harmonized music and lot of humorous situations.

PERFORMANCES: Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30pm: July 17 - August 1, 2009
Special performance Sunday, July 19 at 6:30pm.
at the Old Firehouse #10, 1245 East State Blvd., Ft. Wayne, IN.
Tickets: $8 before July 17, $10.00 after that.
Three Rivers Festival shows (July 17, 18 & 19) are $4 off with a TRF button.
Sorry, you cannot add the TRF button discount to the advance ticket discount!
Discounts for groups of ten or more.

The show is suitable for the entire family.
See details and casting at:
www.myspace.stagesfw
Or call Director Paul Allen at (260) 750-8308.

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Stages Theatre Company
announces
AUDITIONS for "NOAH'S ARK"

Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28th from 4:00-6:00pm
at The Firehouse Theater, 1245 East State Blvd.
Needed: Two adult males, two adult females, three males ages 16 to 21, three females ages 16 to 21, and eight children.
No experience is necessary. You don't need to prepare anything.
Show dates will be August 21 through 29, 2009.
Call Director Paul Allen at 750-8308 for further information.

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V.M.

rated R
The theatrical explorations will alternate with live acoustic guitar and vocal music performed by local musical artist Jill Mozena.
Fridays & Saturdays 8:15pm
June 19-27
Tickets: $10
Details at http://www.myspace.com/stagesFW

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YOUTH SUMMER THEATER CAMPS by
STAGES Theatre Company

Teaching sophisticated theater skills in a fun way.
See details at: Stages Theater Company Summer Camp
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STAGES Theatre Company presents
AN ECLECTIC COLLECTION OF ONE ACTS
directed by Paul Allen and Brian Stoner

including "The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden" by Thornton Wilder,
"Tender Offer" by Wendy Wasserstein,
"No Skronking" by Shel Silverstein
and "The Case of the Crushed Petunias" by Tennessee Williams.

PERFORMANCES: May 8 - 23, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 6:00pm.
Tickets: $15.00
Group rates are available for groups over ten people.
Call (260) 750-8308 for information/reservations.
More information at MySpace.com/stagesFW
See details for May 30 auditions for an adult show, and a young actors workshop June 22 -28.

UPCOMING AUDITIONS for
STAGES Theatre Company

May 30 : The V. Monologues (adult show)
See details at: MySpace.com/stagesFW


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Meet our newest Director, Paul Allen!
See our Spruced Up Auditorium and Rehearsal Space!
Hear our Plans: More Popular Titles ~ Expanded Creativity ~ Better Organization!

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STAGES Theatre Company will hold
OPEN AUDITIONS for the romantic "White Trash" comedy
"Faith County" by Mark Landon Smith
Auditions: Sunday, Feb. 15, 3-6pm,
at the Firehouse Theater, 1245 E. State.
Need adults: 6 females, 3 males.
Prepare a short monologue. Auditioners will also play theatre games and be interviewed by the director, Paul Allen.

Production dates: March 27 through April 4, 2009, with performances on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm.

FAITH COUNTY is the story of a wacky romance between local hairdresser Naomi Farkle and grease-monkey Luther Carson.
The show is set at the Faith County Fairgrounds in Mineola - a small town somewhere in the middle of nowhere in the South - a place where the beehive hair-do is all the rage and Saturday nights are reserved for the tractor pull.
Those attending FAITH COUNTY will witness a fierce arts and crafts competition, an "interesting" hair-do demonstration, a concession stand that offers items with the "barfiest" recipes ever, a dramatic poetry reading complete with musical accompaniment from the village idiot and the town drunk and a wedding ceremony that you won't soon forget. In short, FAITH COUNTY will be an evening of theatre that you won't soon forget!

Contact Director Paul Allen at 1 (765) 404-2201 or StagesFW@yahoo.com for info or another audition time.
Further information at www.myspace.com/stagesfw .
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Email: firehousetheaterfw@yahoo.com