December 2023

Jennifer Finch and Matthew Hancock On the night before a class assignment is due, Caroline and Anthony plumb the mysteries of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass — unaware that a much deeper mystery has brought them together. The Los Angeles premiere  of I and You by Lauren Gunderson, winner of the 2014 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, opens onApril 11 at the Fountain […]

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt was at the Fountain Theatre on Sunday, November 25, to catch the performance of our critically acclaimed Los Angeles Premiere of In the Red and Brown Water. Have you seen Joe as Robert Lincoln (Abe’s oldest son) in Steven Spielberg‘s film Lincoln starring Daniel Day Lewis? Joseph Gordon-Levitt  is an actor […]

Cost of Living Hyoe Man Daniel’s Husband LA STAGE Alliance announced yesterday that the Fountain Theatre has been honored with 18 Ovation Award nominations, the largest number of any intimate theatre for the 2018/19 season.  The Fountain’s nominations include Best Season for overall excellence. The Ovation Awards are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los […]

Heidi Schreck, the writer and star of “What the Constitution Means to Me.” by Melina Drake Young As a kid I was vehemently unpatriotic. A weird stance for a kid to take. I was indifferent to fireworks and staunchly against country music, which is all I understood patriotism to be. That changed when I was in […]

Brenda Marsh The Fountain Theatre is delighted to welcome Brenda L. Marsh, C.P.A., C.F.E., as a new member to our Board of Directors. Brenda is an accountant and partner with the Los Angeles accounting firm Goren, Marcus, Masino & Marsh. She joined the firm in 1993, and became a partner January 2003. Brenda has a Bachelor […]

House Manager Richard Horton loves his job at the Fountain Theatre. You’ll love Richard after watching him work behind the scenes, greeting patrons, and serving as the Fountain goodwill ambassador. This entry was posted in Arts, Fountain Family, Fountain Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, love, non-profit organization, performing arts, plays, stage, Theater, theatre and tagged audience, […]

Steven Green, Dor Gvirtsman, Jonathan Arkin and Sam Mandel. Enjoy this fun music video created by actor Jonathan Arkin chronicling the Fountain Theatre opening its acclaimed production of Chaim Potok’s The Chosen at the Schultz Cultural Arts Hall in Palo Alto, CA. Directed by Simon Levy, the production stars Jonathan Arkin, Steven B. Green, Dor […]

The upstairs cafe was buzzing with delicious Mexican food, tequila and happy Fountain folk! Mark Taper’s Diane Rodriguez congratulates Tanya Saracho on her beautiful play. Actress Isabelle Ortega and friend. Actress Sabina Zuniga Varela. Actress Yetta Gottesman. Sabina Zuniga Varela, Deborah Lawlor, Diana Romo and her brother, Cesar Alvarez. Playwright Tanya Saracho and director Laurie […]

By Terri Roberts Here, in the second part of our series of conversations with Black artists who have frequently worked with the Fountain Theatre, we talk with actor and director’s assistant Erinn Anova, as well as actors Karen Malina White and Victoria Platt. More conversations to come. Stay tuned! Erinn Anova Actor: Central Avenue, Direct […]

Maya Lynne Robinson and Karen Malina White, Runaway Home, 2017. The Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Branch this week announced its nominees for the 28th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards.  The nominating committee is one year behind in its honoring process, only now selecting theatre productions opening January 2017 through December 2017.  The Fountain Theatre’s acclaimed 2017 Los Angeles […]

by Lauren Gunderson “El Nogalar” at the Fountain Theatre. It appears that in many major theaters across the country, men’s roles out number women’s by half. One out of every three roles go to women. (An informal survey of 10 theatrical seasons from across the country that I did put women in only 35% of […]

The Fountain Theatre is dedicated to producing new plays that reflect the cultural diversity of Los Angeles and the the nation. To serve Latino/a audiences, we launched our 2012-13 season  earlier this year with the West Coast Premiere of El Nogalar by Latina playwright Tanya Saracho. “El Nogalar” (2012, Fountain Theatre) Playwright Anne Garcia-Romero reports […]

Donald and Suzanne Zachary The Fountain Theatre proudly welcomes attorney Donald L. Zachary to its Board of Directors. Donald L Zachary maintains an intellectual property, transactional business and litigation practice in Los Angeles. He uses his extensive experience in connection with news and entertainment matters, particularly with respect to copyrights and trademarks, to construct business relationships and negotiate […]

Tim Cummings, Bill Brochtrup, “The Normal Heart”, Fountain Theatre, 2013. by Tim Cummings “Hello, you don’t know me. I hope you get this message. Sometimes, when you try to send a message to someone you’re not ‘friends’ with on Facebook, it gets blocked, or you have to ‘approve’ it. I hope you’ll approve this message […]