Coming Soon to the Firebird Theatre Nest:
Location: The Firebird Theatre Nest @ Royersford Baptist Church
452 S Lewis Road Royersford, PA
Location: The Firebird Theatre Nest @ Royersford Baptist Church
452 S Lewis Road Royersford, PA
Firebird Theatre Announces Our Spring Play and a BRAND NEW Spring Musical Theatre Program!
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
A whimsical reinvention of Shakespeare's tragic love story, complete with rhymed couplets, creative wordplay, and fantastical machines -- similar to something Dr. Seuss might have come up with if he ever had his way with the script!
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OPEN AUDITIONS!
FOR OUR 3RD ANNUAL SPRING PLAY! The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet by Peter Bloedel AUDITIONS: For Actors Ages 10 -18 Thursday January 30th@ 7:00 pm The Firebird Nest Studio at Royersford Baptist Church 452 S. Lewis Road Royersford Rehearsals: Thursday 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm SHOW DATES: APRIL 11/12 @7:00 PM PRODUCTION STAFF: JACKSON FISHER PETER BORETSKII JANET HOEHL LIV GRATE EVIE SULLIVAN Come to auditions ready to do a cold reading from the script. No singing or dance audition. There will be some dancing in the show. The Seussification of Romeo & Juliet is presented by special arrangement with Playscripts.com. |
FOR ACTORS IN GRADES 1-6:
MAGIC TREE HOUSE:
PIRATES PAST NOON KIDS!
DIRECTOR: BRIAN LYNCH
FOR ACTORS IN GRADES 1 - 6;
Rehearsals: Saturdays 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Half day)
LOCATION: ROYERSFORD BAPTIST CHURCH (RBC)
DATES: FEBRUARY 8 - APRIL 12
AUDITIONS: Feb 8
PERFORMANCES: April 11 & 12 at Royersford Baptist Church
Tuition: $500
Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon KIDS is an adaptation of the fourth of Mary Pope Osborne's award-winning fantasy adventure books from the Magic Tree House book series.
Presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International. www.MTI.shows.com
PIRATES PAST NOON KIDS!
DIRECTOR: BRIAN LYNCH
FOR ACTORS IN GRADES 1 - 6;
Rehearsals: Saturdays 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Half day)
LOCATION: ROYERSFORD BAPTIST CHURCH (RBC)
DATES: FEBRUARY 8 - APRIL 12
AUDITIONS: Feb 8
PERFORMANCES: April 11 & 12 at Royersford Baptist Church
Tuition: $500
Magic Tree House: Pirates Past Noon KIDS is an adaptation of the fourth of Mary Pope Osborne's award-winning fantasy adventure books from the Magic Tree House book series.
Presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International. www.MTI.shows.com
AUDITIONS FOR ACTORS IN GRADES 7-12:
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Firebird theatre announces our first ever Spring Teen Musical: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE JR!
DIRECTOR: SOPHIE SULLIVAN
FOR ACTORS IN GRADES 7 - 12;
Join the crew of this hilarious farce with sentimental pirates, dim-witted young lovers and an eccentric Major-General, based on the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.
Rehearsals: Saturdays 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
and Tuesdays: 6:30 - 8:30 pm music rehearsals
LOCATION: ROYERSFORD BAPTIST CHURCH (RBC)
DATES: FEBRUARY 22 - MAY 3
Tuition: $500
FREE AUDITION WORKSHOP: Saturday Feb 8: Audition workshop with the Firebird production staff to become acquainted with how to perform in a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta! Located at our studio @RBC.
AUDITIONS: February 15 9am-3pm; CALLBACKS(if needed): Tuesday February 18 6:30pm-8:30pm.
PERFORMANCE DATES: May 2nd and May 3rd on our new stage at ROYERSFORD BAPTIST CHURCH
DIRECTOR: SOPHIE SULLIVAN
FOR ACTORS IN GRADES 7 - 12;
Join the crew of this hilarious farce with sentimental pirates, dim-witted young lovers and an eccentric Major-General, based on the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.
Rehearsals: Saturdays 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
and Tuesdays: 6:30 - 8:30 pm music rehearsals
LOCATION: ROYERSFORD BAPTIST CHURCH (RBC)
DATES: FEBRUARY 22 - MAY 3
Tuition: $500
FREE AUDITION WORKSHOP: Saturday Feb 8: Audition workshop with the Firebird production staff to become acquainted with how to perform in a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta! Located at our studio @RBC.
AUDITIONS: February 15 9am-3pm; CALLBACKS(if needed): Tuesday February 18 6:30pm-8:30pm.
PERFORMANCE DATES: May 2nd and May 3rd on our new stage at ROYERSFORD BAPTIST CHURCH
Presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International. www.MTI.shows.com
SHOW INFORMATION: The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The story concerns Frederic, who, having completed his 21st year, is released from his apprenticeship to a band of tender-hearted pirates. He meets the daughters of the incompetent Major-General Stanley, including Mabel, and the two young people fall instantly in love. Frederic soon learns, however, that he was born on 29 February, and so, technically, he has a birthday only once each leap year. His indenture specifies that he remain apprenticed to the pirates until his "twenty-first birthday", meaning that he must serve for another 63 years. Bound by his own sense of duty to honour his bond with the pirates, Frederic's only solace is that Mabel agrees to wait for him faithfully. The pirates' maid-of-all-work, Ruth, eventually reveals a fact that saves the day.
Pirates was the fifth Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration and introduced the much-parodied "Major-General's Song". The opera was performed for over a century by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Britain until the copyrights expired and by many other opera companies and repertory companies worldwide. Modernized productions include Joseph Papp's 1981 Broadway production, which ran for 787 performances, winning the Tony Award for Best Revival and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, and spawning many imitations and a 1983 film adaptation. Pirates remains popular today, taking its place along with The Mikado and H.M.S. Pinafore as one of the most frequently played Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
Pirates was the fifth Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration and introduced the much-parodied "Major-General's Song". The opera was performed for over a century by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Britain until the copyrights expired and by many other opera companies and repertory companies worldwide. Modernized productions include Joseph Papp's 1981 Broadway production, which ran for 787 performances, winning the Tony Award for Best Revival and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, and spawning many imitations and a 1983 film adaptation. Pirates remains popular today, taking its place along with The Mikado and H.M.S. Pinafore as one of the most frequently played Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
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BRAVO TO THE CAST & CREW OF OUR
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FIREBIRD THEATRE PAST PRODUCTIONS AT THE NEST:
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2024 Winter Play: Charlotte's Web
Adapted by Joseph Robinette. Based on the book by E.B. White
Location: Royersford Baptist Church
Performances:
Friday March 22, 2024 at 7:00 pm
& Saturday March 23, 2024 at 7:00 pm
The Children's Literature Association named Charlotte's Web "the best American children's book of the past two hundred years," and Joseph Robinette, working with the advice of E.B. White, has created a play that captures all of the enchanting characters: Wilbur, the irresistible young pig who desperately wants to avoid the butcher; Fern, a girl who understands what animals say to each other; Templeton, the gluttonous rat who can occasionally be talked into a good deed; the Zuckerman family; the Arables; and, most of all, the extraordinary spider, Charlotte, who proves to be “a true friend and a good writer.” Determined to save Wilbur, Charlotte begins her campaign with the "miracle" of her web in which she writes, "Some pig." It's the beginning of a victorious adventure which ultimately ends with the now-safe Wilbur doing what is most important to Charlotte. This is a beautiful, knowing play about friendship that is sure to be an evening of enchantment for audiences of all ages.
Charlotte's Web is produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois. dramaticpublishing.com.
Adapted by Joseph Robinette. Based on the book by E.B. White
Location: Royersford Baptist Church
Performances:
Friday March 22, 2024 at 7:00 pm
& Saturday March 23, 2024 at 7:00 pm
The Children's Literature Association named Charlotte's Web "the best American children's book of the past two hundred years," and Joseph Robinette, working with the advice of E.B. White, has created a play that captures all of the enchanting characters: Wilbur, the irresistible young pig who desperately wants to avoid the butcher; Fern, a girl who understands what animals say to each other; Templeton, the gluttonous rat who can occasionally be talked into a good deed; the Zuckerman family; the Arables; and, most of all, the extraordinary spider, Charlotte, who proves to be “a true friend and a good writer.” Determined to save Wilbur, Charlotte begins her campaign with the "miracle" of her web in which she writes, "Some pig." It's the beginning of a victorious adventure which ultimately ends with the now-safe Wilbur doing what is most important to Charlotte. This is a beautiful, knowing play about friendship that is sure to be an evening of enchantment for audiences of all ages.
Charlotte's Web is produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois. dramaticpublishing.com.
WINTER 2024 STAFF BENEFIT PERFORMANCE:
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised)
A Benefit for NEILSTRONG FOUNDATION
Friday Jan 5th & Saturday Jan 6th 2024 at 7:00pm
Royersford Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
452 S Lewis Rd, Royersford, PA
This production was performed by members of our artistic staff. This musical explores life through the eyes of Charlie Brown and his friends in the Peanuts gang with charm, wit, and heart. This revue of songs and vignettes is based on the beloved Charles Schulz comic strip.
Proceeds to benefit the NEILSTRONG FOUNDATION
and Firebird scholarships given
in memory of our good friend, Neil Patel.
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals
on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com.
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa.
A Benefit for NEILSTRONG FOUNDATION
Friday Jan 5th & Saturday Jan 6th 2024 at 7:00pm
Royersford Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
452 S Lewis Rd, Royersford, PA
This production was performed by members of our artistic staff. This musical explores life through the eyes of Charlie Brown and his friends in the Peanuts gang with charm, wit, and heart. This revue of songs and vignettes is based on the beloved Charles Schulz comic strip.
Proceeds to benefit the NEILSTRONG FOUNDATION
and Firebird scholarships given
in memory of our good friend, Neil Patel.
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals
on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com.
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa.
OUR 2023 FALL HOLIDAY PLAY:
ALICE IN WONDERLAND!
SHOW DATES:
Friday December 15, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Saturday December 16, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Location: Royersford Baptist Church
Firebird Theatre presents our Fall Holiday play, Alice in Wonderland, from the book "Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, dramatized by Shauna and Vern Adix. Firebird Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland. Performed by our youth cast. From the book "Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll. Here's a charming, yet faithful adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic. Alice meets a hurried White Rabbit, swims in a sea of her tears, confronts a Caterpillar, and questions a grinning Cheshire cat, all in an effort to find out what kind of place she happened in to. But she has to attend a Mad Hatter's tea party, learn to dance from a Mock Turtle, play an unusual game of croquet, and finally challenge the outcome of the Knave's trial before she wakes up and realizes she has dreamed of the world of Wonderland!
ALICE IN WONDERLAND!
SHOW DATES:
Friday December 15, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Saturday December 16, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Location: Royersford Baptist Church
Firebird Theatre presents our Fall Holiday play, Alice in Wonderland, from the book "Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, dramatized by Shauna and Vern Adix. Firebird Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland. Performed by our youth cast. From the book "Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll. Here's a charming, yet faithful adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic. Alice meets a hurried White Rabbit, swims in a sea of her tears, confronts a Caterpillar, and questions a grinning Cheshire cat, all in an effort to find out what kind of place she happened in to. But she has to attend a Mad Hatter's tea party, learn to dance from a Mock Turtle, play an unusual game of croquet, and finally challenge the outcome of the Knave's trial before she wakes up and realizes she has dreamed of the world of Wonderland!
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What is the Nest Series at Firebird Theatre?
Expand your young actor's repertoire and perform in a play with us this season! Play rehearsals take place on Thursday nights at the Firebird Theatre Nest at Royersford Baptist Church.
The Nest Series is a new Firebird Theatre program being offered in the Spring-Ford community. Located just minutes away from our other venues in Phoenixville and Audubon at the Royersford Baptist Church, we are thrilled to be able to keep our Firebird students and audiences engaged and entertained during the school year with plays and junior musicals and to sharpen their skills and provide performance opportunities all year round.
Presented in a more intimate performance space with an audience seating capacity of 100-150 guests, this venue differs from our other locations in that shows will be performed in an intimate space. Our actors will learn how to perform in various theatrical settings such as “theatre in the round” or a "thrust" stage. Audiences will experience seeing their performers up close, and also enjoy ample free parking, a handicap accessible lobby and restrooms and many other amenities for our students and guests.
The Nest Series is a new Firebird Theatre program being offered in the Spring-Ford community. Located just minutes away from our other venues in Phoenixville and Audubon at the Royersford Baptist Church, we are thrilled to be able to keep our Firebird students and audiences engaged and entertained during the school year with plays and junior musicals and to sharpen their skills and provide performance opportunities all year round.
Presented in a more intimate performance space with an audience seating capacity of 100-150 guests, this venue differs from our other locations in that shows will be performed in an intimate space. Our actors will learn how to perform in various theatrical settings such as “theatre in the round” or a "thrust" stage. Audiences will experience seeing their performers up close, and also enjoy ample free parking, a handicap accessible lobby and restrooms and many other amenities for our students and guests.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens, December 2022- PHOTO CREDIT TO MICHAEL HALL AND STEVE HOEHL
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CAST & CREW OF PETER PAN & WENDY on a successful run!
PETER PAN & WENDY by Sir James M Barrie, Adapted by Doug Rand. Show Dates: Friday March 31 @ 7:00 pm and Saturday April 22, 2023 Location: Royersford Baptist Church, Fellowship Hall |
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Peter Pan & Wendy by JM Barrie, adapted by Doug Rand April 2023. Photo credit to Janet Hoehl
FOR ACTORS AGES 7-18 : WINTER MUSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOPS!
A Saturday Program at our Royersford Location
SHOW TITLES TBA!!!
This Winter and Spring, Firebird will offer two new musical theatre programs, similar to the format of our Fall Holiday shows. Young performers will audition and perform in a junior musical, rehearsals and performances will be held at our Royersford studio. Our team of instructors will provide one on one and small group instruction to help them improve their singing, dancing and acting skills. As a group students will learn and perform titles of our favorite Broadway Junior shows.
A Fairy Tale Christmas Carol and The Gingerbread Man Play, December 2022: photo credit to Janet Hoehl
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