18th Annual Fire This Time Festival

18th Annual Fire This Time Festival — Arts & Theatre / Theatre / Drama at The Apollo's Soundstage, New York.

The Apollo is proud to serve as the home for Season 18 of Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival. Founded in 2009 by playwright and Apollo's Director of New Works, Kelley Nicole Girod, The Fire This Time Festival provides a platform for early career playwrights of African and African American descent. Since the debut of the first 10-minute play program, presented in collaboration with FRIGID New York, The Fire This Time Festival has produced and developed the work of more than 90 Black playwrights including Katori Hall, Dominique Morisseau, Jordan E. Cooper, Radha Blank, Antoinette Nwandu, Kevin R. Free, Jocelyn Bioh, Marcus Gardley, korde arrington tuttle, Stacey Rose, Aziza Barnes, C.A. Johnson, Kevin R. Free, Charly Evon Simpson, Angelica Cheri, James Anthony Tyler, Nathan Yungerberg, York Walker, Nia Akilah Robinson, Cris Eli Blak, Ngozi Anyanwu and more.

Please note: Doors open at 1:30 PM. Seating is general admission and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please arrive early, as late seating is not guaranteed. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of House Management. There is a limit of four tickets per household for this event. Citi® is the preferred card of The Apollo Stages at The Victoria.