Firehouse Theatre in Richmond Stages FLOYD COLLINS Musical

Breaking news to your phone. US mobile only. No password required.

Broadway + NYC

Broadway

Off-Broadway

Off-Off Broadway

Cabaret

Dance

Opera

Classical Music

West End / UK

International

Canada

Australia / New Zealand

Europe

Asia

Latin America

Africa / Middle East

Entertainment

Ctrl + K to open · Esc to close

Katrinah Carol Lewis directs the folk and bluegrass-scored musical on the Carol Piersol Stage.

Most Popular

Get all the top news & discounts for Central Virginia & beyond. No password required.

Firehouse Theatre will present Adam Guettel and Tina Landau 's Floyd Collins beginning November 11, with an official opening on November 13 and performances continuing through November 29, 2026.

Get all the top news & discounts for Central Virginia & beyond.

Firehouse Theatre's new Artistic Director Katrinah Carol Lewis will direct the musical, which features music and lyrics by Guettel and a book by Landau.

Based on a true story, Floyd Collins follows a Kentucky cave explorer who, while attempting to turn a cave into a tourist attraction in 1925, becomes trapped 200 feet underground. As efforts to rescue him unfold, his ordeal becomes a public spectacle. The musical features a score influenced by folk, bluegrass and Americana music.

Erik Grendahl will make his Richmond professional musical theatre debut in the title role. The cast also includes Jonmichael Tarleton as Homer Collins, Maria Carpinelli as Nellie Collins, Katherine Ferranti as Miss Jane, Josh Polk as Skeets Miller, August Hundley as Jewell Estes, Nathan Whitmer as H.T. Carmichael, William Vaughn as Bee Doyle and Dale Heiskill as Ed Bishop.

Wayne Parker, Ian Page and Milo Roscoe Jones round out the company, with understudies Ben Miller , Parker, Lucy Ellis, Kerrigan Sullivan, Joshua Barton, Michael Bagwell, Joey Gravins and Samuel Sanders.

The creative team includes Musical Director Elle Meerovich, Choreographer Tippi Hart, Associate Director and Dialect Coach Nicole Cowans, Movement Assistant Milo Roscoe Jones, Dramaturg Monica Booker and Directing Observer Jack Paone.

The design team includes Scenic Designer Matthew Allar, Lighting Designer Michael Jarrett , Costume Designer Willa Piro, Sound Designer Grace Brown LaBelle and Props Designer Tim Moehring. Griffin Hardy serves as Assistant Lighting Designer and Master Electrician, with Katie Dodge as Assistant Costume Designer and Wardrobe Supervisor. Isabel Stone is the Stage Manager and Keegan Ferrell is the Assistant Stage Manager.

The production's musicians are Rinatt Montoya on guitar, Bea Kelly on bass, Milo McAdams on percussion, Marissa Resmini on violin/fiddle and Joan Hovda on cello.

Guettel's Floyd Collins previously received the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical and an Obie Award for its music. The musical played Broadway's Vivian Beaumont Theater in spring 2025. Guettel's other works include The Light in the Piazza, Myths and Hymns and Days of Wine and Roses.

Landau is a writer, director and longtime Steppenwolf Theatre Company ensemble member whose credits include The SpongeBob Musical, Superior Donuts and Bells Are Ringing. She co-authored The Viewpoints Book with Anne Bogart .

Lewis's directing credits include A Strange Loop with Richmond Triangle Players and Firehouse Theatre, Water by the Spoonful and *Fires in the

Nominate your favorite local productions and performers before the deadline on October 31, 2026.

Whether you've got past experience writing about theater or just starting, the BroadwayWorld Community offers a unique opportunity to become a champion for your local arts community, helping raise awareness of local offerings and adding another local voice to the conversation at a time arts coverage is shrinking in the press across the continent. Join us and become a pivotal part of the movement that celebrates and promotes the arts in the digital age.

GLADYS to Receive First Public Reading at Firehouse Theatre

New Dominion Chorale and Woodbridge Flute Choir to Perform at ArtsFairfax Awards

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Director Kelli Finglass Will Join CHICAGO on Broadway

Exclusive: Ashley Park Says It Was ‘Heartbreaking’ to Pass Up Broadway Shows, Is ‘Dying’ to Return

Also text me

When are you seeing ?

Get an Alert Each Time A.A. Cristi Writes

BroadwayWorld TV

Breaking Broadway news and show discounts. No password required.

Breaking Broadway news on your phone. US mobile numbers only.

POPULAR

Sign up for announcements and exclusive discounts on tickets to your favorite shows!

© 2026 — Copyright Wisdom Digital Media , all rights reserved. Privacy Policy

Episode

_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/norfolk/article/FLOYD-COLLINS-to-Open-at-Firehouse-Theatre-in-Richmond-20261007)._