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Theatre on Fire is a resident company at the Charlestown Working Theater and performs all of its shows at CWT,
a charming brick Victorian firehouse located at 442 Bunker Hill Street in, well, Charlestown, obviously. Now, some
people think, "Charlestown? Where the heck is that, next to outer Mongolia? How will I ever get there?!" But I
know you're not one of those people.

In reality, Charlestown is quite close by and easy to get to, both by car and by T. There is plenty of free on-street
parking on Main Street, Bunker Hill Street, and Medford Street (and a few spaces directly in front of the theatre if
you get there soon enough). Our fine friends at CWT have put together a delightfully comprehensive page of
directions, complete with driving and walking maps:

Location:  Google   Yahoo!   MapQuest

From the West, via Memorial Drive (Directions:  Google)

Follow signs to Memorial Drive East. Do not take any turnoffs for Boston. After passing the Sonesta Hotel and Museum of Science, both on the right,
continue through the traffic light and across the Gilmore Bridge into Charlestown.

After passing the 99 Restaurant and Foodmaster, both on the left, turn left at the next traffic light onto Main Street. Continue about 1/2 mile to the first
stop sign, with the Charlestown Community Gardens on the right. Turn right at the stop sign onto Bunker Hill Street. The CWT is the first building on
the right.

From the West, via Storrow Drive (Directions:  Google)

Follow signs to Storrow Drive East. After passing Mass General Hospital on the right, get into the middle lane. Follow the signs for Route 28. Do not
take the left exit into the tunnel for Route 93. Just after the left exit into the tunnel, turn left and through a traffic light onto O'Brien Highway. Continue
about 1/4 mile on O'Brien Highway, past the Museum of Science on the left, to the second traffic light. Turn right at the light and cross the Gilmore
Bridge into Charlestown.

After passing the 99 Restaurant and Foodmaster, both on the left, turn left at the next traffic light onto Main Street. Continue about 1/2 mile to the first
stop sign, with the Charlestown Community Gardens on the right. Turn right at the stop sign onto Bunker Hill Street. The CWT is the first building on
the right.

From the South, via Route 93 (Directions:  Google)

After crossing the Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, take the next right exit following signs for Sullivan Square. At the traffic light at the end of the exit ramp,
turn right onto Cambridge Street. At the next light, you will enter the traffic circle at Sullivan Square (no choices at this light). Take the second right
from the traffic circle, just before the Schrafft's building (with a large pink neon sign on top), onto Bunker Hill Street. The CWT is 1/10 of a mile ahead
on the right, the first building after the intersection with Main Street.

From the North, via Tobin Bridge (Directions:  Google)

After the toll plaza, take the next exit, following signs for Charlestown. At the traffic light at the end of the exit ramp, turn left onto Rutherford Avenue.
Continue through an underpass and then get into the right lane. Continue in the right lane to the traffic circle at Sullivan Square. Enter the traffic circle
and take the first right, just before the Schrafft's building (with a large pink neon sign on top). The CWT is 1/10 of a mile ahead on the right, the first
building after the intersection with Main Street.

From the North, via Route 93 (Directions:  Google)

Take Exit 28, following signs for Sullivan Square and Charlestown. Go straight at the traffic lights in Sullivan Square, entering the traffic circle. Take the
second right from the traffic circle, just before the Schrafft's building (with a large pink neon sign on top). The CWT is 1/10 of a mile ahead on the right,
the first building after the intersection with Main Street.

From the MBTA (Gmaps Pedometer walking route from Sullivan Square Station)

The CWT is located 3/10 of a mile from the Sullivan Square stop on the Orange Line. Take the Orange Line to Sullivan Square. As you leave the station,
walk straight through the parking lot toward the Schrafft's building (with a large pink neon sign on top). Walk counter-clockwise around the traffic
circle, continuing toward the Schrafft's building. Just before the Schrafft's building, turn right onto Main Street, which becomes Bunker Hill Street
after the first major intersection. The CWT is on the right, just after the Charlestown Community Gardens. The CWT is also accesible via the 92 (Main
Street) and 93 (Bunker Hill Street) bus routes.