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No Piersol, No Peace 

After the Firehouse Theatre’s Carol Piersol is ousted, the calls for her return grow louder.

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A growing call to reinstate Carol Piersol, the recently ousted artistic director of the Firehouse Theatre Project, culminated into a raucous rally Saturday at Virginia Repertory’s November Theatre. After a tumultuous week, a crowd of about 250 supporters cheered for Peirsol’s…

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