Vanessa Garcia by Vanessa Garcia How do we make a life in the theater in the twenty-first century while still managing to pay our bills? The myth of the starving artist is, unfortunately, alive and well in some sectors of the arts—particularly in the theater. I can say that Art saved me, but as in all complicated […]
by Tammy Ryan Playwright Tammy Ryan After the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, I felt like I’d felt after 9/11: grief stricken, traumatized and voiceless. In all the categories I fall in: woman, mother, playwright, human being, the events of that day, remain unbearable. The blessing and the curse of the writer is her […]
After months of successful concerts at the 300-seat Gallery Theatre in Barnsdall Park, The Fountain Theatre’s acclaimed Forever Flamenco! series is back home for one night only at the intimate Fountain. On May 27, Forever Flamenco! presents Quien Yo Soy (“Who I Am”), a special evening of Gypsy flamenco from the Arte y Pureza flamenco company with dancer Cihtli Ocampo; percussionist Joey Heredia; flutist/sax player Katisse Buckingham; […]
Father Gregory Boyle The Fountain Theatre has been awarded a grant from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission in the amount of $27,700 to support the creation, development and world premiere of a new play about the life and work of Father Gregory Boyle, founder of HomeBoy Industries. “We’re thrilled to develop this new play […]
By France-Luce Benson No, you are not experiencing Déjà vu. Our guest this week on Saturday Matinees is actually the identical twin sister of our guest a few weeks ago, and an extraordinary talent in her own right. On Saturday, Leslie Gray Streeter will share an excerpt from her book, which bestselling author James Patterson […]
Vanessa Garcia by Vanessa Garcia How do we make a life in the theater in the twenty-first century while still managing to pay our bills? The myth of the starving artist is, unfortunately, alive and well in some sectors of the arts—particularly in the theater. I can say that Art saved me, but as in all complicated […]
by Tammy Ryan Playwright Tammy Ryan After the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, I felt like I’d felt after 9/11: grief stricken, traumatized and voiceless. In all the categories I fall in: woman, mother, playwright, human being, the events of that day, remain unbearable. The blessing and the curse of the writer is her […]
Vanessa Garcia by Vanessa Garcia How do we make a life in the theater in the twenty-first century while still managing to pay our bills? The myth of the starving artist is, unfortunately, alive and well in some sectors of the arts—particularly in the theater. I can say that Art saved me, but as in all complicated […]
Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in “Brief Encounter” The Fountain is presenting a free screening of the 1945 classic romantic film, Brief Encounter on Saturday, September 22 at 4:30pm. The screening is in conjunction with the Fountain’s current hit production, Arrival & Departure, which was inspired by the Noel Coward screenplay of the movie. Playwright/Director […]
Morlan Higgins and Julanne Chidi Hill in “The Blue Iris” by Steven Leigh Morris A series of poems by Thomas Hardy, grieving after the death of his first, estranged wife, inspired Athol Fugard‘s latest play, The Blue Iris, now receiving its U.S. premiere at Hollywood’s Fountain Theatre, directed by Stephen Sachs. Athol Fugard, the internationally renowned Causasian South African dramatist who […]
Gilbert Glenn Brown, Suanne Spoke in “The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek” Fountain Theatre by Sabina Berman We can imagine. The tribe launches small stones to bring down birds from the air, when a gigantic mammoth bursts in on the scene and ROARS –and at the same time, a tiny human ROARS like the mammoth. Then, […]
Tarell Alvin McCraney What’s it like getting a phone call telling you you’ve won $150,000? Ask playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, writer of In The Red And Brown Water produced last year by the Fountain Theatre. Tarell joins two other two playwrights — Stephen Adly Guirgis and Naomi Wallace — and six fiction writers as inaugural […]
President Obama signs “Thank you” to deaf student at recent event on March 15. Deafness and sign language are clearly on our minds a lot these days as we rehearse with deaf and hearing actors for our upcoming signed/spoken production of Cyrano. No wonder this story caught our eye: On March 15, a deaf Washington-area […]
Rams quarterback Jared Goff. by Stephen Sachs I’m used to it by now. I expect it. I wait for it. Whenever I travel anywhere in the country, to any state in our union, whether on a personal vacation with my wife or attending a professional theatre conference in a faraway region, once I share where […]