July 2019
OUT OF OMAHA – an Imperative Entertainment presentation of a Firefly film, in association with Dreamville – is pleased to announce it will premiere September 9 on STARZ and will be available for purchase/download that night on AppleTV, Amazon, Google Play, etc. The film is directed by Clay Tweel (GLEASON, THE INNOCENT MAN) and executive produced by J. Cole.

June 2019
WRESTLE, available for streaming and download everywhere, sustained its 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

May 2019
OUT OF OMAHA played Pure Nonfiction at NY's IFC Center on May 12 and WRESTLE began airing on PBS's Independent Lens.

April 2019
OUT OF OMAHA played IFFBoston on April 27, and WRESTLE continued its theatrical run and launched on iTunes and Amazon.

March 2019
OUT OF OMAHA opened the Omaha Film Festival and won its Audience Award. WRESTLE launched its theatrical run in New York and Los Angeles.

February 2019
OUT OF OMAHA played the Big Sky Film Festival and WRESTLE opened at the Village East Cinemas in NYC with the best per-screen box office average in the specialty division.

January 2019
CAUGHT was nominated for Ovation Awards for Direction and Best Production.

December 2018
WRESTLE won Best Documentary at the Bahamas International Film Festival.

November 2018
OUT OF OMAHA, a new documentary directed by Clay Tweel and exec produced by J. Cole, made its world premiere at DocNYC and won the Audience Award. WRESTLE won the Audience Award and Award for Excellence at Indie Memphis and won Best Documentary at the  Denver Film Festival.

October 2018
Firefly closed its off-Broadway return of Geraldine Hughes' BELFAST BLUES. WRESTLE won the Audience Award and Best Sports Doc at Hot Springs and played the Milwaukee Film Festival. Firefly also announced the new Clay Tweel documentary OUT OF OMAHA, making its world premiere at DocNYC.

September 2018
Firefly is pleased to announce a special, two-show, off-Broadway return of Geraldine Hughes' BELFAST BLUES, coming October 22 and 23. October will also include more news on Clay Tweel's next doc with Firefly, along with WRESTLE screening at the New Orleans Film Festival and the Woodstock Film Festival and .

August 2018
WRESTLE played Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival and won "BEST ALABAMA FILM" and the "SPIRIT OF SIDEWALK" awards at the Sidewalk Film Festival.

July 2018
CAUGHT was nominated for Stage Raw awards for Production Design, Direction, and Production of the Year.

June 2018
WRESTLE made its New York premiere at Rooftop Films.

May 2018
Firefly continues post on a new documentary directed by Clay Tweel.

April 2018
WRESTLE premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival, and press called it "engrossing" and "beautiful and gripping".

March 2018
Firefly's new documentary, WRESTLE, was announced to premiere in April as part of the San Francisco International Film Festival's 2018 Launch Program.

February 2018
CAUGHT was nominated for Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards for both Production and Writing.

January 2018
Firefly kicked off 2018 in post on two documentaries, with more news coming soon.

December 2017
Firefly closed its hit, immersive LA premiere of Christopher Chen's CAUGHT, which earned raves, like Stage & Cinema saying "the terrific actors and creative production team are — once again under the guidance of the always inventive Firefly Theater & Films — bringing you one of the best shows of the year." More info, including more press, is here.  

November 2017
The LA Times hailed Firefly's immersive LA premiere of Christopher Chen's CAUGHT a "CRITIC'S PICK...An immersive theater piece that'll have you 'Caught' up...wildly inventive."

October 2017
As part of District 798, Firefly opened its immersive LA premiere of Christopher Chen's Obie-winning play CAUGHT, directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, at Think Tank Gallery.

September 2017
Firefly announced its exciting collaboration with Think Tank Gallery for District 798, a groundbreaking show of new American artwork inspired by China's dissident Xiong collective.    

August 2017
Firefly continued work on two documentaries and began to gear up a special collaboration with Think Tank Gallery to present a unique series of performance pieces by China's Xiong collective.

April – July 2017
Firefly continued production on its next two documentaries.

March 2017
One of Firefly's next documentaries received a work-in-progress screening as a Film Lab Finalist at the prestigious Sun Valley Film Festival.

February 2017
Firefly and Lost Tribe Theatre's NY premiere of JONAH AND OTTO, by Robert Holman and directed by Geraldine Hughes, ran Off-Broadway, garnering praise from press.

January 2017
Firefly and Lost Tribe Theatre ramped up for the NY premiere of JONAH AND OTTO, by Robert Holman and directed by Geraldine Hughes. KENSHO AT THE BEDFELLOW played a special screening at the Rubin Museum of Art in NYC.

December 2016
KENSHO AT THE BEDFELLOW continued its festival run at the Santa Fe Film Festival, and Firefly announced its collaboration with the UK's Lost Tribe Theatre to produce the NY premiere of JONAH AND OTTO.

November 2016
Firefly's next two documentaries continued post production.

October 2016
Firefly continued production for its two feature documentaries, to be announced soon.

September 2016
KENSHO AT THE BEDFELLOW garnered great press during its Seattle run, and distribution news will be coming in the months ahead.

August 2016
Firefly enjoyed MAKE BELIEVE star Hiroki Hara's great run on AMERICA'S GOT TALENT and announced one of its two documentaries now in post: GLEASON-director Clay Tweel's next documentary, which will be an intimate story of a pair of young African-American twin brothers fighting to overcome poverty and neighborhood violence in Omaha, Nebraska.

July 2016
For a limited time, MAKE BELIEVE began being featured in iTunes' 99 cent documentary rental section. Also, this fun Slash Film article updated the world on the whereabouts of MAKE BELIEVE's stars.

June 2016
Firefly's next two documentary feature films entered post-production, with news on both coming soon.

May 2016
KENSHO AT THE BEDFELLOW won Best Picture at the Spirit Quest Film Festival and screened as an Official Selection at the AMFM Film Festival in Flag Staff, AZ.

April 2016
In addition to Clay Tweel's next documentary, Firefly added a second doc feature in full swing.

March 2016
FINDERS KEEPERS is now available on Netflix.

February 2016
Firefly's next documentary – directed by Clay Tweel, whose latest film, GLEASON, premiered at Sundance and sold to Amazon – entered editorial, with details to be announced in the months ahead.

January 2016
While his film GLEASON premiered at Sundance, it was announced that Clay Tweel is directing Firefly's next documentary.

December 2015
Firefly headed into the end of a productive 2015 with a new documentary gearing up editorial, Unscreened nailing down future plans, and fiction films in development.

November 2015
Vs. Theatre and Firefly's coproduction of Itamar Moses' COMPLETENESS earned an Ovation Award for its set designer Darcy Scanlin, and KENSHO AT THE BEDFELLOW won Best Feature Film at the Equality International Film Festival!

October 2015
FINDERS KEEPERS, recently covered in the New York Times, continued its run in theaters and was released on iTunes. Meanwhile, it was announced that Vs. Theatre and Firefly's coproduction of Itamar Moses' COMPLETENESS won 7 Scenie Awards.

September 2015
A busy month! KENSHO AT THE BEDFELLOW made it's NY and LA debuts, at the Harlem and Awareness Film Festivals – winning the NY Showcase Award at Harlem – the UNSCREENED Summer Series garnered great press, and FINDERS KEEPERS opened in theaters across the country!

August 2015
FINDERS KEEPERS will screen in LA and NY as part of the Sundance NEXTFEST, and the Unscreened Summer Series tickets went on sale, with the show running one weekend only, Thursday - Saturday nights at 8pm, September 17 - 19.

July 2015
The Unscreened Summer Series writers dove into developing their new plays, set for a September run.  

June 2015
Haven Entertainment and Firefly announced the writers for the 2015 Unscreened Summer Series: Matt McKenna, Raamla Mohamed, Jonathon Roessler, and Amanda Walsh!

May 2015
Unscreened 2015 – covered here by The Wrap – closed its hit run on Sunday, May 10.

April 2015
Unscreened 2015 announced its directors: Aisha Muharrar, directing her own play; Larry Biederman directing Jon Caren's play; Adrienne Campbell-Holt directing Liza Powel O'Brien's; and Pedro Kos directing James Ponsoldt's.

March 2015
Unscreened 2015's writers – Jon Caren, Aisha Muharrar, Liza Powell O'Brien, and James Ponsoldt – began work developing their short plays for the April 30 opening.

February 2015
After its Sundance premiere, FINDERS KEEPERS announced it sold to The Orchard!

January 2015
FINDERS KEEPERS – a World Records Headquarters & Exhibit A documentary presented in association with Firefly, co-directed by Bryan Carberry and Clay Tweel, and produced by Ed Cunningham, Seth Gordon, and Adam Gibbs – made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

December 2014
Firefly ended a great 2014 by closing the hit run of COMPLETENESS and announcing that FINDERS KEEPERS would be in competition at Sundance in January.

November 2014
Firefly again teamed up with VS Theatre to premiere an Itamar Moses play to LA, this time with his romantic comedy COMPLETENESS. The hit production won praise from press and audiences alike, was helmed by award-winning Philadelphia director Matt Pfeiffer, and starred Emily Swallow, Steven Klein, Rob Nagle, and  Nicole Erb.

October 2014
Firefly's busy fall continued: Belfast Blues' off-Broadway return to the Barrow Street Theatre received a glowing review in the New York Times; PRINT THE LEGEND won praise from the Los Angeles Times on its way to racking up views as a Netflix Original Documentary; and our staged reading of CLYBOURNE PARK with Off Square Theatre Company sold out!

September 2014
September was a busy Firefly month! The amazing writers, directors, all-star cast, and crew thrilled sold-out houses of the Unscreened Summer Series, Belfast Blues opened its off-Broadway return to the Barrow Street Theatre,and PRINT THE LEGEND launched in select movie theaters in NY and LA and on Netflix, where it is available to 50 million people in more than 4o countries!

August 2014
Tickets went on sale for the Unscreened Summer Series in Los Angeles and for the Off-Broadway remounting of Geraldine Hughes' Belfast Blues!

July 2014
PRINT THE LEGEND announced exciting screenings including: SXSW V2V, the Aspen Institute, Traverse City Film Festival, and the New Zealand International Film Festival and the Melbourne International Film Festival!

June 2014
The writers for the first annual UNSCREENED Summer Series – Harris Danow, JP Derrick & Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Celine Geiger, Jordan & Justin Shipley, and Justin Sternberg – dove into writing their scripts!      

May 2014
PRINT THE LEGEND was proud to announced it will be a Netflix Documentary, to be released worldwide exclusively on Netflix, following in the footsteps of films like MITT and THE SQUARE.

April 2014
PRINT THE LEGEND won the Karen Schmeer Award for Editing at the Independent Film Festival Boston.

March 2014
PRINT THE LEGEND  made its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival, winning a Special Jury Prize for Storytelling & Editing! Meanwhile, UNSCREENED 2014 enjoyed a fantastic run every Saturday, Sunday, and Monday night in March.

February 2014
UNSCREENED announced its exciting cast – including  J. Claude Deering, Robert Baker, Jon Barinholtz, Jill Bartlett, Katherine Brandt, Patrick Censoplano, Nick Court, Kandis Erickson, Ryan Harrison, Neil Hopkins, Kiva Jump, Chris Marquette, Kate Miner, Brian Sacca, Michael Stahl-David, Melissa Stephens, Eric Tiede, Angela Trimbur, Amanda Walsh, and Chris Witaske – and the SXSW Film Festival announced the world premiere of PRINT THE LEGEND!

January 2014
Firefly and Haven were pleased to launch UnscreenedLA.com while the final workshopping of the UNSCREENED plays was underway.

December 2013
The UNSCREENED plays were being written and workshopped and Firefly's documentaries shifted emphasis from filming to editing.

November 2013
Brad Raider's film KENSHO AT THE BEDFELLOW completed principal photography in New York, and Firefly announced the writers of UNSCREENED 2014: Nick Confalone and Neal Dusedau, Eric Ledgin, Dan Mirk, and Niki Schwartz-Wright!

October 2013
Firefly's documentaries continued to film, and UNSCREENED 2014 was selecting its writers.

September 2013
Firefly continued documentary production and began to gear up for UNSCREENED 2014.

August 2013
Firefly remained in the thick of production.

July 2013
Firefly was in the thick of production on a new documentary, in addition to FINDERS KEEPERS, and is planning new stage and screen projects to announce soon.

June 2013
Firefly joined the team of FINDERS KEEPERS!

May 2013
Firefly was pleased to announce MAKE BELIEVE's availability for worldwide viewing: via Amazon, iTunes, or Netflix in the US, DVD in Japan, or the Make Believe Facebook page's new "Buy Movie" option in any other country!

April 2013
With UNSCREENED closed for 2013, Firefly turned its attention to finalizing overseas digital distribution of MAKE BELIEVE and filming a new documentary, now in production.      

March 2013
UNSCREENED was a hit for the third year in a row, generating great audiences, great press, and, most importantly, great work from the entire team.      

February 2013
Anonymous Content, Black Sheep, and Firefly were pleased to add Oscar-nominee Colin Campell to this year's UNSCREENED directors and to announce the cast, which includes Robert Baker, Brooke Bloom, Nathan Corddry, Michael Stahl-David, Kelli Garner, Spencer Garrett, Will Greenberg, Steven Klein, Lindsey Kraft, Joshua Leonard, Lindsay Pearce, and Chris Starr.

January 2013
Black Sheep and Firefly were very pleased to announce that UNSCREENED 2013 will be presented in partnership with the award-winning Anonymous Content! In addition, Firefly announced that MAKE BELIEVE is being released in Japan.

December 2012
While MAKE BELIEVE continued to sell for the holidays and the UNSCREENED 2013 writers developed their plays, we hope you enjoyed a Happy Holidays!

November 2012
Black Sheep and Firefly proudly announced the writers for UNSCREENED 2013: the four new short plays presented in March will include work by Will Wissler Graham, Corinne Kingsbury, Daria Polatin, and Mallory Westfall.

October 2012
Black Sheep Management & Productions and Firefly geared up for UNSCREENED 2013, opening in March 2013, which will once again present four new short plays by some of Hollywood's fastest-rising writers.

September 2012
MAKE BELIEVE became available for rent and purchase on iTunes and Amazon while it continued to stream on Netflix, sell on DVD, and play on Showtime.

August 2012
THE PRINCE OF AIR, Firefly's new play commissioned from playwright Jim Knable, was featured as part of the Open Fist Theatre's 2012 First Look Festival, with readings directed by Laura Flanagan and starring Charlotte Chanler, Katie Costick, Steven Klein, and Mather Zickel.

July 2012
MAKE BELIEVE began streaming on Netflix! Additionally, THE PRINCE OF AIR, Firefly's new play commissioned from playwright Jim Knable, geared up for the Open Fist Theatre's 2012 First Look Festival.

June 2012
MAKE BELIEVE's Showtime run and DVD sales continued, and the Open Fist Theatre announced that THE PRINCE OF AIR, a Firefly new play commission, will be part of the 2012 First Look Festival.

May 2012
The MAKE BELIEVE DVD is on sale, with bonus features including 10 learn-them-yourself magic tricks taught by the young stars. News on MAKE BELIEVE's digital distribution is coming soon!

April 2012
Firefly's Steven Klein was the featured guest on the Up Next Podcast, available on iTunes, while Black Sheep Entertainment and Firefly were covered in a great article on UNSCREENED published in Written By, the Writer's Guild Magazine.      

March 2012
As UNSCREENED struck for another year, MAKE BELIEVE continued its run on Showtime and sales on DVD.

February 2012
UNSCREENED 2012 continued the sell-out tradition of UNSCREENED and garnering coverage in Flavorpill and the LA Times. Meanwhile, in Tokyo, MAKE BELIEVE won the 2011 Media Award from the Japanese Close Up Magician's Society.

January 2012
Black Sheep Entertainment and Firefly kicked off 2012 announcing Chris Klein's leadership of the multi-star cast for UNSCREENED 2012 and Susanna Fogel and Independent Spirit Award-nominee Robbie Pickering's directoring of two of the plays. Meanwhile, MAKE BELIEVE was named one of Ebert's "Top Docs of 2011".

December 2011
Black Sheep Entertainment and Firefly announced the writers of UNSCREENED 2012, an annual evening of four new short plays by some of Hollywood's fastest-rising writers, set to open early 2012. The writers are: Anna Christopher, Michelle Morgan, Emmy-winner Dahvi Waller, and John Whittington. And of course, the MAKE BELIEVE DVD is on sale, featuring the film, extras, and 10 learn-them-yourself magic tricks taught by the young stars!

November 2011
MAKE BELIEVE was proud to be a part of the US Department of State's American Documentary Showcase, traveling across Vietnam and Thailand and screening to universities, diplomats, and the public. Click here for the travel blog.

October 2011
The MAKE BELIEVE DVD continued to sell well while the film continued its theatrical run, in Charlottesville, Virginia; Buffalo, New York; and Omaha, Nebraska.

September 2011
MAKE BELIEVE was relased on DVD on September 20. MAKE BELIEVE also continued its theatrical run, playing Stirling, Scotland and Milwaukee. Finally, ShortsHD continued to air festival-winning Firefly shorts.

August 2011
MAKE BELIEVE ran in Portland, Oregon, and ShortsHD premiered the festival-winning Firefly shorts The Problem with Percival, The Grand Design, and No. 6 on DIRECTV, Dish Network, and AT&T U-Verse, with iTunes to follow.

July 2011
MAKE BELIEVE played the the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas; the Seoul International Youth Film Festival in Seoul, Korea; and a run at San Francisco's Balboa Theater.

June 2011
With its theatrical release adding a "thumbs up!" from Ebert and praise from the NY Times, the Wall Street Journal, and more to its positive press, MAKE BELIEVE continued its theatrical run in Santa Monica, Chicago, and Mexico City.

May 2011
MAKE BELIEVE began its theatrical run, playing the Independent Film Festival Boston; Cinema Village in New York, with a premiere at the historic Friar's Club; Chicago's Facets Cinematheque; and, with a premiere party at the world famous Magic Castle, the Laemmle Sunset 5 in LA!

March 2011
MAKE BELIEVE announced its Showtime run while Firefly continued to partner with Crowd Starter and Arrow Entertainment on a domestic theatrical and overseas distribution. Sneak peak screenings and festivals - including the Hawaii International Film Festival - continued, and the pre-order DVD, posters, and decks of cards went on sale.

February 2011
MAKE BELIEVE had its first sneak peak screening as part of the 2011 World Magic Seminar in Las Vegas and announced its world television premiere on Showtime on April 12. Meanwhile, on LA stages, the star-filled UNSCREENED sold out its run, including an extension, while DIRT drew strong reviews across the board.