The House Is On Fire

Thu 4/13
Doors - 6 pm | 
Moderated Conversation - 7 pm | 
Q & A - 8 pm | 
Sales and Signing - 8:30 pm
Location: 
Main Theatre


Rachel Beanland, award-winning Richmond novelist will have a conversation about her soon to be published new novel, THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, with Roanoke author Heath Hardage Lee (The League of Wives).

General Admission:  $15.82, Student: $8.70

Book Release Date: April 4, 2023 - Pre-Order your copy HERE.

Cost of the book presale is $27.99.

THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE follows four unforgettable individuals in the three days following an incendiary tragedy that tore a community apart in a single night.  Ultimately, it exposes secrets, racial tensions, and the meaning of freedom within the bounds of tragedy. The 1811 Richmond Theater fire was one of our country’s deadliest fires, yet very little has been written about it. Deeply researched and with characters based on real people, Rachel’s novel opens at the height of the winter social season. On a cold winter evening, many of Virginia’s gentleman planters, along with their wives, children, and slaves pack the seats of the city’s only theater. When the theater goes up in flames in the middle of the performance, Sally, Cecily, Jack, and Gilbert make a series of split-second decisions that will not only affect their own lives but those of countless others.

Rachel Beanland, Author, This House Is On Fire
Health Lee, Moderator, and Author, The League of Wives

Rachel Beanland Bio, Prior Work, and Early Accolades for The House Is On Fire