Share the Stage

at the Firehouse Theater

Make a profit by selling half the seats for your production.
Rent the stage or building for low cost.
Call Jeannette Jaquish at 750-9013.

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Firehouse Theater Seeks New Operators

The Firehouse Theater at 1245 E. State seeks a responsible individual or group to take possession of platforms, costumes and equipment to continue theater operations. To apply, you must produce at least one show at the Firehouse and prove that you have the skills, resources and manpower to carry on this difficult project. Please contact Jeannette Jaquish to apply.
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Independent Troupes, Events, Meetings, Weddings - Share the Firehouse Stage

Plays that use rehearsal space pay $200 per show and keep the rest. That means after selling 34 $6 tickets, the rest is your profit. Sell up to 73 seats, or charge more per ticket to earn more.

Use of the building for weddings, meetings or non-ticket events depends on the hours needed. For example, on a Friday or Saturday night = $200 for 2 hours and $10 for each additional.
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To All Those Interested in Community Theater,

The Firehouse Theater at 1245 E. State can be a continuing profitable success if multiple producers are filling its stage slots.

Past shows: Wizard of Oz, Stars & Stripes, A Christmas Carol and Alice in Wonderland had sold out or nearly sold out crowds. If we could put out such shows every weekend we'd be rolling in the dough. But quality shows take weeks of preparation, and the Firehouse needs more producers.

If you haven’t seen the building you should call me for a look. Its layout is near perfect for a theater. The stage room has great acoustics, backstage has 12 prop costume and prop closets, two nice restrooms, a comfortable upstairs rehearsal space same size as the stage, a large costume room and storage. The 1926 firehouse architecture is charming. East State Street is upgrading with paving, streetlights and trees.

We built a 2 foot high stage and tiered audience seating in 9 inch steps, and upholstered the seats ourselves. There is a 78 seat capacity and 73 fit in comfortably.

A tremendous amount of work has gone into this building since its days as Enginehouse #10. Two firemen bought the building and remodeled it. And now Jeannette Jaquish, using her family's money, built platforms, erected curtains and a lighting grid, and got variances for parking and sprinklers, added exit signs and paid to have the doors swing out. We ran at a loss for many months building up community awareness and putting out all those shows.

An internet search shows many classy “firehouse theaters” across the U.S. With just a few more producers, Fort Wayne's Firehouse Theater can become a thriving success story.

Email: firehousetheaterfw@yahoo.com