Welcome to Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton, CA

Welcome to the new Firehouse Arts Center. Firehouse Arts Center is dedicated to inspiring passion through the arts.

In Jason Robert Brown's captivating musical, rising novelist Jamie Wellerstein (David Judson*) and struggling actress Cathy Hyatt (Joy Sherratt*) share a thought-provoking look at their five-year relationship told from their individual perspectives: Jamie tells the story from the first meeting to the final breakup while Cathy remembers back from the breakup to the first date.  Traditionally they do not interact with each other during the show except for a wedding song at the midpoint of the play as their timelines intersect, but Director Scott Maraj has re-envisioned this production to include each of them in the other's story as a physical 'memory' which appears from time to time as they recall the events of their lives. THE LAST FIVE YEARS is a 'must see' for anyone who has ever been in love.

THE SPECIAL CONSENSUS formed in 1975 and released their first album in 1979 when the band began touring nationally.  Subsequent international tours to the UK, Canada and South America and performances on the Grand Ole Opry are some of the additional highlights of this traditional, yet modern, bluegrass band.  Their fifteenth band recording "35" was released in 2010 by Compass Records in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the formation of the band.  A review of the album by Mark S. Tucker describes the band as “a superb bluegrass outfit in a classic vein but with more than enough modern sensibilities to attract every ear in this now pleasantly fractionating genre. The vocals are spotless, the playing as shiny as a newly minted penny, and music like this is the reason people come to love bluegrass.”

Opening for The Special Consensus are THEM BOYS. Four Bay Area teenagers with dazzling multi-instrumental skills, stirring vocals and absolute musical fearlessness. You don't want to miss them!

Comic Andrew Norelli headlines the first in a series of comedy shows at the Firehouse Arts Center.  Comedy @ Firehouse Arts is slated for every second Thursday of the month. It will feature comics that work with adult material, that is intelligent and insightful, enjoyable and entertaining in a fresh and clean style.  They bring well crafted material to the Firehouse stage in celebration of  the comedic art form. First up in the series, Andrew Norelli, has a gift for comedy and has shared it on Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Byron Allen Show, Live at Gotham on Comedy Central and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Andrew was the winner of the inaugural Las Vegas World Series of Comedy and placed second at the Boston Comedy Festival.  Andrew Norelli Video