The Firehouse Theater is closed.
I'm sorry. I tried every way I could to keep it open.

We did not get enough ticket sales to pay the bills. December show lost money. January shows covered utilities but not enough for February's rent. I had to use my family's money to pay the back rent, and that is what I swore not to do anymore.

I asked and asked for people to come to shows, to pledge to come to future shows, to rent space in the building, to do shows here. I got very little response. I think I've been on the brink of closing so many times but pulled through, that people didn't believe me now, they think I was just complaining before. There was also a person who ran up a huge theater debt to me last year and that didn't help my finances, in fact, it explains a lot.

As of yesterday, Saturday, Feb. 6, we have removed the costumes, props, most of the furniture, the lights, grid, curtains, and stage carpet and are starting to dismantle the proscenium. A theater group willing to put all that back together could still waltz in here, pay the rent and have it all, but on Tuesday, Habitat for Humanity will take away the platforms and lumber and this will go back to being an empty building.

I would like to thank the parents and actors who worked on shows and came to see those shows. I would like to especially thank the few people who came to other shows and helped me ongoing. I will thank them personally.

I will write up details and add to the History of the Firehouse and Past Shows page, which has a link above, in two weeks, maybe. Right now I have plenty of work dismantling the platforms and proscenium and getting the rest of the stuff out. And I still need to paint and clean. I'd appreciate help with that.

Thank you Rachel and my family for helping me haul out all those costumes, props and furniture, load after load. And thank you Al for helping get the lights down and for catching me when my ladder tipped off the platform.

If you are feeling sad, so am I. Go look at the History page or check out the photos. And come back in a few weeks and I'll put up more photos that I never had time to do before. And I'll have time to make dvd's of most of the 75 past shows we did here, so if you were in a cast, hopefully I'll be sending a dvd notice to you soon. And I'll be going back into video production.

Thanks,
-- Jeannette Jaquish

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Past Firehouse Theater Productions

2006
End of June (2 shows): Open House: Spoiled Baloney Man, Flight of the Vultures, Calvin & Hobbes and more
July 7 - 23 (9 shows) Dr. Frankenstreudel's Lemon Fresh Laboratory of Horrors
July 28 - Aug 6 (6 shows) Sci-Fi Blast-Off Theater
Aug 11 - 27 (9 shows) Monty Python's Flying Circus
Sept 1 - 17 (9 shows) The Frog Prince and the Princess Brat; and Hansel & Gretel
Village Idiots - Conne Artists Festival (3 shows)
Oct 7 - 22 (9 shows) Auditioning a Ghost, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Oct 27- Nov 12 (5 shows) Recipe for a Nightmare
Dec 9-31 (10 shows) A Christmas Carol, by Dickens

2007
Feb 17 - Mar 11 (8 shows) Alice in Wonderland

Mar 17 (1 show) St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun Laugh-In
Mar 24 - April 7 (5 shows) Fairy Tales on the Mars Frontier, & If Shakespeare Wrote the Theory of Relativity
Date Unknown (4 events) Asylum for the Comically Disturbed - Funhouse Tours
April 20-May 6 (6) Senseless Acts of Comedy - The Strange Saga of Lucky the Leprechaun, Vandals, Land Shark
June 1-17 (6) Hansel & Gretel and The Youth Improv
June 2007 Theater Camp (3 weeks) created "Wizard of Oz" show
July 6-21 (6) Stars & Stripes Forever Musical Revue
July 8 -Aug 5 (7 shows) Wizard of Oz
Aug 31 - Sept 23 (7 shows) Alice in Wonderland
Sept. 21, 9:30 pm - "Improvatron 20/20" (4 shows including other dates)
Sept 22 - Senseless Acts of Comedy Open Mic Contest
Sept 28, 29 - (2 shows) "A Girly-Girl’s Life" and "Harry Potter and the Obnoxious Voice"
Oct 6 - 30 (7 shows) Auditioning a Ghost, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Oct 20 24-hour Haunted Playhouse (1 show)
Nov 3 - Project Improv Panic Night (including another show = 2 shows)
Nov 10 - Beginners Acting and Improv Classes begun Saturdays
Nov 18 - 30 (4 shows) "Quirky Plays Festival"
Nov 23 - Dec 8 (4 shows) "Amazing Magic" with regional magicians
Dec 14 - 30 (5 shows) "A Christmas Carol"

2008
Jan 4-20 (8 shows) "The Frog Prince and the Princess Brat"
Jan 19 - Puppets & Stuff Games Night
Jan 26 - Go Bonkers Comedy & Magic Conte$t
Feb 2-22 (8 shows)- Dr. Frankenstreudel's Lemon Fresh Laboratory of Horrors
Feb 29 - Improvysteria & Magic and Escapes of Joey D.
Mar 1-15 (6 shows) Edgar Allan Poe and Other Dark Authors (in progress)
March 23 Easter Egg Hunt with Bobo the Bunny (Collin Barnes) and Leprechaun Helpers (Natalie & Veronica Bone & Zephyr Jaquish)
March 28 - April 25 (10 shows) Wizard of Oz
March 29 - Improvysteria & The Magic of Joey D
April 19 - Improvysteria & the Magic of Joey D
May 3-18 Spoiled Baloney Man + Magic & Improv (6 shows)
May 24-June 8 (6 shows) Al Capone & Me
June 28-July 6 (4 shows) Sorry, Wrong Number & You Don't Bring Me Flowers
July 12, 15, 18, 20 The Strange Saga of Lucky the Leprechaun & You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore - Three Rivers Festival

July 12, 13, 16, 19 The Wizard of Oz - Three Rivers Festival
July 31 - 24-Hour Comedy Playhouse: The New Puppy, The Friends You Make at Camp, An Interesting Development when the Hadron Super Collider is Turned on For the First Time, Identity Theft, Poison Soup, Party Like a Pirate.
August 15, 16, 22, 23 - Monty Python
Aug 30, 31 - A Night of Magic and Amazement with Joey D
Alice in Wonderland - Sept 12, 13, 19, 20, 27, 28
Wizard of Oz - Oct 3, 4, 5
Recipe for a Nightmare - Oct 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 at the Grand Wayne Center, Nov 1
Tribute to Houdini - Oct 31
Nov. (2 shows) - Magic with a Twist of Comedy: Terry Owens, Bill Hegbli, hosted by Dick Stoner
Twilight Zone's "It's a Good Life", and "The Lottery", by Shirley Jackson - Nov 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 30, Dec 5.
Hansel & Gretel and the Falling Christmas Elves - Nov 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 3.
24 hour Christmas Playhouse - Dec.
X-mas X-treme X-scapes with Joey D - Dec.
"Snafu in Santa's Workshop" & "Mall Santa" plus camp videos: "Firehouse ABC's", "Santa's Flying Forces", "Replacing Rudolph" - Dec 26, 27, 28 & 30.

2009

Jan 9 - Magical New Year w/Terry Owens
Jan 23 - Feb 14 (8 shows) - Dr. Frankenstreudel's Lemon Fresh Laboratory of Horrors
Feb 27-Mar 21 (8 shows) The Frog Prince and the Princess Brat
March 27, 28, April 3 & 4 (4 shows) F.C. a production by an independent troupe
Mar 29 - The Amazing Billini - Fireman Magician
April 5 - Mark Twain in Samuel Clemens' Parlor with re-enactor Kurt Sutton
April 17, 18, May 1&2 - Wizard of Oz
April 28 Hoosier Comedy Tour
April 30 Magician Terry Owens - The Wizard of Odd
May 8-23 (8 shows) E.C.o O.A. a production by an independent troupe.
May 21-June 4 (5 shows) Harry Potter and the Obnoxious Voice, and Don't Look in the Lake
June 5 & 6 - The Wizard of Oz
June 20 - Fractured Fairy Tales (camp show) featuring video "Once Upon a Plague", and live performances of Little Miss Muffet, Mary had a Vampire Bat, Dino-Sort-Ofs, and Kiss the Brown Bunny

June 19, 20, 26, 27 - V.M. a production by an independent troupe
July 20 - (2 shows) The Wizard of Odd - Magician Terry Owens MbrJuly (4 shows) C.B. A comedy musical by an independent troupe.

July 23, 2009 - Jeannette Jaquish ends her lease, and Enginehouse #10 at 1245 E. State is taken over by another director.

The other director leaves Sept. 28, 2009.
Jeannette Jaquish takes the Firehouse back Nov. 10.
Dec. 12, 13, 18, 20, 23, 30, Jan 1 & 2 (8 shows) A Christmas Carol
Jan 9 & 10: Snafu in Santa's Workshop
Jan 16 & 17: 24-Hour Twist Ending Playhouse: New scripts created: When Santa's Away, Haunted by Plant Biology, What's $2.50 - Just give me the ticket!, Collecting All the Species, A Warm January Afternoon, Under Wraps.
Jan 23, 24, 30 & 31: The Spoiled Baloney Man and Magic by Mary - Benefit for Red Cross Haitian Earthquake Fund TOTAL so far: 78 shows or events, and 305 performances in 40 months
(Does not count band shows.)

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Our Beginnings:
May 2006
ENGINEHOUSE #10 TRANSITIONS TO A COMMUNITY THEATER

This building's many attributes make it a great theatre. Because two firetrucks were parked in it, it has a large central room, 37' by 35', with a ceiling 14' high. The acoustics are wonderful and no microphones are needed.
Immediately backstage is a row of built-in closets, used by the firemen as lockers. These are perfect for storing props and costumes. Right next to that walk-on area are two bedroom-size rooms that have become the mens and ladies dressing rooms. And in between the actors and audience areas are two clean, large and very nice restrooms.

The building has a small kitchenette in the hose tower, a tall tower where the firemen hung the hoses to drip dry. Standing next to the window, one can gaze upwards the height of the tower, lit at night by soft colored lights. This is now the Hose Tower Cafe and Snackbar.

We have built platforms for the stage and have five rows of tiered audience seating.

There is a large attic for storing costumes, props and furniture and a large rehearsal space the same size as the stage. And a basement for painting, cutting and construction. It is wonderful.
--Written by Jeannette Jaquish, June 2006, at the launching of this website ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~

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Email: firehousetheaterfw@yahoo.com

The Firehouse Theater is closed. I'm sorry. I tried every way I could to keep it open.

Past Firehouse Theater Productions

The Firehouse Theater is closed.
I'm sorry. I tried every way I could to keep it open.