Events North of Boston

In The Heights

Event Series In The Heights
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Firehouse Center for the Arts  

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA

The unbearable July heat has the denizens of NYC’s Washington Heights neighborhood in the streets shouting, “Que calor!” Several established businesses have closed. Housing costs – and racial tensions – are on the rise. And the once vibrant, now dwindling community must rally together to preserve their culture and their way of life. Lin Manuel-Miranda’s...

$35 – $40

In The Heights

Event Series In The Heights
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Firehouse Center for the Arts  

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA

The unbearable July heat has the denizens of NYC’s Washington Heights neighborhood in the streets shouting, “Que calor!” Several established businesses have closed. Housing costs – and racial tensions – are on the rise. And the once vibrant, now dwindling community must rally together to preserve their culture and their way of life. Lin Manuel-Miranda’s...

$35 – $40

NBPT Pride presents Melissa Ferrick

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Firehouse Center for the Arts  

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA

“Ferrick has never shied away from showing vulnerability or expressing her struggles but now, she has learned to harness her power, she has sharpened her skills; look out because Melissa Ferrick is back, and if you thought she was good before, take a deep breath because her new track, ‘Black Dress’ will only leave you...

$30 – $40

Our Human Journey presented by Second Act Readers Theatre

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Firehouse Center for the Arts  

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA

Our amazing Second Act Readers Theatre students perform the works of Marc Clopton. Masterfully directed by Charles Van Eman, these 8 short plays will examine how we think and feel as we travel on this journey called life.

$5

Eurydice

Event Series Eurydice
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Firehouse Center for the Arts  

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA

Eurydice reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice not through Orpheus’s infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bridge, but through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious...

$30 – $33

Eurydice

Event Series Eurydice
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Firehouse Center for the Arts  

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA

Eurydice reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice not through Orpheus’s infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bridge, but through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious...

$30 – $33

Eurydice

Event Series Eurydice
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Firehouse Center for the Arts  

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA

Eurydice reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice not through Orpheus’s infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bridge, but through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious...

$30 – $33

Eurydice

Event Series Eurydice
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Firehouse Center for the Arts  

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA

Eurydice reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice not through Orpheus’s infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bridge, but through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. With contemporary characters, ingenious...

$30 – $33

Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Firehouse Center for the Arts  

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA

Suzzy and Lucy released their last recording I Can Still Hear You in the fall of 2020. The album was largely recorded in the darkest hours of the Covid shutdown in the spring of 2020 in NYC. After starting the recording in Nashville, the mother/daughter team went back to New York City just as the...

$25 – $33

Soggy Po Boys

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Firehouse Center for the Arts  

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA

The Soggy Po Boys, native to New England, have quickly become an institution. They are spreading the good news of New Orleans music across the northeast and beyond, playing at concert halls and street corners; music festivals and burlesque festivals; bars and libraries; wherever the party requires. Part of the beauty of New Orleans music...

$12 – $15

The Adventures of Sleepyhead

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Firehouse Center for the Arts  

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA

By Gemma Soldati “Charm and loveliness from beginning to end” – Fringe Review “Had my children howling with laughter” – The Scotsman “Utterly charming” – Portsmouth Herald “A laidback natural” – Fest Mag She’s the dreamer of dreams. The walking-talking nap. A snoozer and a muser. Children and adults alike will delight in this adventure...

$10 – $15

More Real. Life. Stories.

Event Series More Real. Life. Stories.
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States
Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, United States

Firehouse Center for the Arts  

Firehouse Center for the Arts 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA

In Partnership with Silver Theater Productions Real. Life. Stories. is back! Six, ten-minute plays, about ordinary people dealing with engaging and, sometimes, extraordinary circumstances, seasoned with comedy, pathos, surprise and inspiration. Ninety minutes of good, solid entertainment, that will have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face – and a few things...

$15 – $18