Fountain Theatre summer interns Alice Kors and Gabby Lamm have launched Student Night, a new Fountain program aimed at attracting young audiences. The first Student Night will be this Thursday, July 24th at 8pm for the Fountain’s acclaimed Los Angeles premiere of The Brothers Size by Tarell Alvin McCraney. “Are you a theatre-loving student?” ask […]
by Stephen Sachs “Hi,” chirped the boy’s voice from somewhere on Addison Street. I was on my morning walk, my coronavirus mask strapped to my face. It was just after nine in the morning, but the sun was already heating up the asphalt on the oak-lined streets of my neighborhood. I plodded along, deep in […]
Who would have guessed that buying a gallon of milk at Ralphs will help support a playwright at the Fountain Theatre? Or a carton of eggs and loaf of bread will help pay for our costumes? A box of Cheez-Its will support building stage scenery? It’s that time again! As of Sept 1st, you […]
(back row) Simon Levy, Stephen Sachs, Scott Tuomey, (front row) Deborah Lawlor, James Bennett, Barbara Goodhill. What’s up at the Fountain? FountainTheatre.com Posted in Arts, arts organizations, Drama, Fountain Theatre, Theater, theatre Tagged arts organizations, Barbara Goodhill, Deborah Lawlor, Fountain Theatre, Happy Holidays, James Bennett, Los Angeles, performing arts, Scott Tuomey, Simon Levy, Stephen Sachs, theater, […]
The year is almost over . One thing 2016 made clear is the diversity of our country. Different cultures, communities, points of view. And a great need to understand, respect and connect with each other. We believe theatre serves a critical role in creating empathy and deepening understanding between people. We believe that by telling […]
Posted in actors, Arts, arts organizations, Deaf, designers, director, Drama, flamenco, new plays, performing arts, plays, Theater, theatre Tagged 2013, actors, Deborah Lawlor, Flamenco, flamenco dancing, Forever Flamenco, Fountain Theatre, Heart Song, In The Red and Brown Water, Ken LaZebnik, Larry Kramer, Los Angeles, new plays, On the Spectrum, performing arts, plays, playwriting, Season of […]
Actress/writer Susan Merson is a survivor, and a believer that life should be celebrated. Her one-woman play, When They Go, And You Do Not is a funny and moving solo journey about love, loss and starting over. In the play, Wendy rediscovers the elements of living that pull her toward her new beginning after recovering from […]
Annie Barker by Annie Barker Time is a strange thing. It feels like just days ago I made myself at home at my little desk (so conveniently located next to the air conditioning unit). Yet, at the same time I feel like I’ve been a member of the Fountain Theatre family for months. After ten weeks of […]
Psychologist Carl Jung introduced the word “synchronicity”, coining it to describe a “meaningful coincidence,” when unrelated events seem to happen for a reason. Synchronicity is something you feel. When, for no outward reason, the stars align and the right people come together at the right time and the result is something meaningful and long lasting. Synchronicity […]
by Stephen Sachs The outside world goes away whenever I work on a play. More so, when I’m out-of-town. And when the town happens to be a soothing and idyllic seaside village like this, the dream work of play-making dissolves into the dream world around me and the outside world recedes from consciousness like a […]
Host Dayna Devon (“L.A. Unscripted“) profiles the Fountain Theatre and its exciting plans for an Outdoor Stage this summer as a game-changing response to COVID-19. Posted in Los Angeles, Theater, theatre Tagged COVID-19, Dayna Devon, Fountain Theatre, KTLA, L.A. Unscripted, Outdoor Stage, pandemic, performing arts, Stephen Sachs, theater, theatre
Stephen Sachs Fountain Co-Artistic Director Stephen Sachs will travel to China this week to direct the docudrama, TOP SECRET: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers for LA Theatre Works. The play, written by Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons, dramatizes the Freedom of the Press confrontation in 1971 between the Washington Post and the Nixon administration […]
(back row) Simon Levy, Stephen Sachs, Scott Tuomey, (front row) Deborah Lawlor, James Bennett, Barbara Goodhill. What’s up at the Fountain? FountainTheatre.com This entry was posted in Arts, arts organizations, Drama, Fountain Theatre, Theater, theatre and tagged arts organizations, Barbara Goodhill, Deborah Lawlor, Fountain Theatre, Happy Holidays, James Bennett, Los Angeles, performing arts, Scott Tuomey, Simon […]
Writer Larry Powell. By Terri Roberts It was just last month that the Fountain Theatre announced it had joined forces with playwright Larry Powell, his producing partner Angelica Robinson, and their Tell Me a Story Productions to bring Powell’s exciting 12-part tragicomedy, The Gaze…No Homo to Fountain audiences. Presented via the theatre’s new digital platform, […]