By Terri Roberts Over the past three decades, the Fountain Theatre has worked with a vast array of wildly talented Black actors, directors, designers and more. Many of them have worked with us on multiple productions over the years. We reached out to several of these wonderful artists and asked them a variety questions on […]
Jason Karasev, Anna Khaja and Joel Polis Audiences are loving our Los Angeles Premiere of My Name Is Asher Lev at the Fountain Theatre. Preview performances began this weekend and our powerful production based on the best-selling novel by Chaim Potok about a Jewish boy struggling to become an artist against the will of his […]
Katina Dunn and Jose Tanaka By Mikey Hirano Culross A new documentary, exploring the reach of flamenco music and dance into Los Angeles, screens Friday at the Fountain Theatre. Conventional wisdom would have us assume that anyone directing a documentary has at least scant knowledge of the subject being explored. Asked how much she knew […]
by Victoria Montecillo On June 29, I, along with 131 other LA County Arts Commission interns, attended an arts summit held in Pasadena. Having never before attended a professional-type conference before, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. It seemed like a great opportunity to meet other people in the intern program at different organizations, […]
Eager young audience waits for RAP DEV to start. Get a first look at the work of young, up-and-coming playwrights at Rapid Development (“Rap Dev”), the Fountain Theatre’s free, competition-style reading series designed to showcase the work of previously unproduced, Los Angeles-based playwrights under the age of 30. Round One takes place over the course of […]
Jenny O’Hara and Nick Ullett in “Bakersfield Mist” at the Fountain Theatre It has travelled around the world and it is now coming home. Just in time for the holidays. Bakersfield Mist by Stephen Sachs, the Fountain’s smash hit comedy that went on to see productions around the world including London’s West End, will return to […]
We enjoyed a passionate and insightful chat with audience members yesterday in our cafe after the sold-out Sunday matinee of Heart Song. The hit play has been striking a deep chord with audiences since it opened to rave reviews in May. Its funny and touching dramatization of the themes of faith, grief, loss, friendship, empowerment […]
The critically-acclaimed new playBakersfield Mist has extended for a third time at The Fountain Theatre, through December 18. Hailed as “Critic’s Choice” in the Los Angeles Times, the world premiere comedy, written and directed by Stephen Sachs and starring husband-and-wife actors Jenny O’Hara and Nick Ullett, has been playing to sold-out houses and earning standing ovations since it opened last June. The imagined meeting of foul-mouthed, unemployed, […]
The cast of Detained. Photo by Jenny Webb. After a long list of rave reviews and a successful run of nearly three months, the Fountain Theatre’s world premiere production of the gripping docudrama, Detained, comes to an end on Sunday, May 15th. The final performances of Detained are May 9 and 14 at 8pm, and […]
‘Heart Song’ at the Fountain Theatre Our world premiere of the new comedy/drama Heart Song opens tomorrow, May 25. Preview performances have been selling out and audience reaction has been overwhelming: “Heart Song is Fantastic! Run to see this one! It was one of the best plays I’ve seen in years. Could see it another ten times. […]
by Stephen Sachs I understand it now. I get it. Why Provincetown has lured playwrights and painters for decades. Some artists anchor here and never leave. Others flock in seasonally, migrating like birds and humpback whales, lingering for a period of nourishment before moving on. For painters like Edward Hopper it was the light. The […]
Last day as the Fountain 2016 summer intern by Victoria Montecillo Last week, I got to see the Fountain’s current production: a new Tennessee Williams piece called Baby Doll. The circumstances of how this piece came to the stage were a bit unorthodox for a Williams play. It started out as a screenplay adaptation of […]
The battle is on! Round One (Group A) of The Fountain’s Rapid Development Series (“Rap Dev”) for young playwrights was launched on Friday, Feb 12th. Part new play reading series for young people and part social gathering, Rap Dev squares off scenes from new work that is then voted on by the enthusiastic audience. The […]
The cast of ‘The Chosen’ take final bows on closing weekend. by Stephen Sachs Our six-month sold-out run of The Chosen came to an end on Sunday. In the opening moment of Aaron Posner’s stage adaptation of Chaim Potok’s classic novel, Reuven Malter faces the audience and asks, can two conflicting ideas or realities be […]