Smoke

by Enid Graham
Directed by Anna Senechal Johnson

May 22-June 7, 2025 at the Firehouse Theatre

View the playbill here.

CAST
Alice… Laine Satterfield
Mark… Brian K. Landis
Mindy… Debra Wagoner
Dave… Gordon Bass
Joleen… Kendall Walker
Kelsey… Maggie Horan
Rick… John Mincks
Chase… Adam Turck

CREATIVE TEAM
Director … Anna Senechal Johnson
Production Stage Manager … Isabel Stone
Assistant Stage Manager … Elise Bailey
Scenic Design … Joseph Lavigne
Scenic Painter … Emily Hake Massie
Costume Design … Sarah Grady
Lighting Design … Jake Mitchell
Sound Designer … Justice Craig
Sound Associate … Julie Vo
Intimacy Coordinator … Stephanie Tippi Hart
Fight Choreographer … Aaron Orensky
Properties Designer … Anna Senechal Johnson
Set Decorator … Michael Maddix
Production Manager … Todd LaBelle
Technical Directors … Todd LaBelle, Emily Vial
Assistant Directors … Terra Comer, Adam Valentine, Alana Wiljanen
Running Crew … Terra Comer, Elise Bailey
Board Operator … Isabel Stone, Justice Craig

ADMINISTRATIVE & MARKETING
Photographers … Jason Collins Photography, Scott Elmquist, The Sunroom Video Production Co.
Videographers … Kingbird Studios, The Sunroom Video Production Co.
Cadence Marketing & Communications … Creasy Woolfolk Concepts, Sara Krivanec, Liv Wilson
Webmasters … Emma Roth, Skye Shannon, Leah Silverman
Playbill Design … Caroline Emily Johnson
Graphic Designer … Julie Basinski
Social Media … Sara Krivanec, KdentsTV Student Leaders
Curtain Speech … Joey Luck
Firehouse Marketing & Communications … Montrece Bailey

ADMINISTRATION

Artistic & Managing Director Cadence … Anna Senechal Johnson
Producing Artistic Director Firehouse … Nathaniel Shaw
Director of Education Cadence … Laine Satterfield
Assistant Director of Development and Programs … Maura Sinnenburg
Bookkeeper … Jill Porcelli

Publicity and Reviews

“SMOKE takes a short and richly layered text to reflect the current state of nihilism, masculinity, gullibility, condescension, and existential dread. It drives you to the promontory with the best view of its’ devastation, and kicks you over the edge.”
— Christian Detres, RVA Magazine (May 27, 2025)

“SMOKE doesn’t promise a tidy ending—it offers a crack in the dam. It’s an opening for the conversations we keep avoiding: climate change, division, and the way capitalism keeps us fighting over crumbs while the real problems burn quietly in the background.”
—RVA Staff, RVA Magazine (May 21, 2025)

“‘Smoke’ tells the story of a cosmopolitan couple from New York arriving for a wedding at a rented McMansion where different political viewpoints among family members bubble up into conflict. ‘My play starts out with a typical scenario that is very recognizable,’ says Graham. ‘Then it kind of turns into a bit more of a wild ride.’”
— David Timberline, Style Weely (May 20, 2025)