First rehearsals are remarkable things. They can be dicey affairs. Actors, newly bound together for the coming months, meet and size each other up for the first time. The director faithfully plots the course ahead. Schedules are planned. Design diagrams are plotted. All of it based on the belief that, through magic and hard work, […]
Akiva Potok chats with the company of ‘The Chosen’ and audience in Q&A. What’s it like to grow up in a house where your father is the author of a beloved internationally best-selling novel dubbed “the Jewish Catcher in the Rye” that is taught in classrooms around the world? Last night, you could have asked Akiva […]
Christina Rice and Wendy Horowitz from Los Angeles Central Library pick up Ed Krieger archives at Fountain Theatre. Photographer Ed Krieger captured hundreds of L.A. theater productions over the course of 40 years before his death on December 16, 2020. Now, the Fountain Theatre has arranged for his large collection of photos, negatives, slides and […]
Director: Armando Molina Playwright: Elizabeth Irwin Producer: Stephen Sachs Rehearsals: start on/about March 1 Perf Dates: April 9 – June 5 Performances: Sat 3pm & 8pm, Sun 3pm, Mon 8pm STORYLINE: Four busboys in the kitchen of an upscale restaurant learn the hard way how to deal with pay cuts that could jeopardize their dreams […]
But We Only Have 1 Week to Raise the Funds We Need. We are More Than Halfway There. Will You Help? Find Out How Last week’s bonus contest winner! She won a romantic dinner for 2 at Le Petit Restaurant. Michelle says: “Cyrano was one of the best theater experiences I’ve ever had. And since I’m a theatre […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda in Chicago, 2019. by Lin-Manuel Miranda All art is political. In tense, fractious times—like our current moment—all art is political. But even during those times when politics and the future of our country itself are not the source of constant worry and anxiety, art is still political. Art lives in the world, and we […]
I grew up with flamenco in the background of my childhood. My older brother Alfonso was bit by the flamenco bug after seeing his first flamenco show passing through town; that was it for him. He went on to study with the masters in Spain and became a promising flamenco dancer. Alfonso danced with an […]
Want to join our Fountain Family? Now is the perfect time. We are hiring folks for two positions: House Manager and Sidewalk Cafe Manager. Both jobs start next week, Wednesday October 17, as we begin performances for our exciting West Coast Premiere of Cost of Living by Martyna Majok. The play won the 2018 Pulitzer […]
Tech rehearsal for “The Chosen”, Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, Palo Alto by Simon Levy Our acclaimed production of Chaim Potok’s The Chosen, adapted by Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok, was a wonderful success at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center Taube Koret Campus for Life/Schultz Cultural Arts Hall in Palo Alto this past weekend. We […]
Celebrate the new year with vibrant new works from our friends and family. The Fountain opens her stage to 20 days of readings, workshops, and concerts from our growing community. Join us for fun, casual and engaging guest productions every weekend throughout all of January. THE LADY’S NOT FOR BURNING Friday 1/10/ 8:00 Saturday 1/11 […]
Students from our neighborhood Ramona Elementary School on Mariposa Street only had to walk around the corner to experience a unforgettable day of creativity, fun and artistic expression at the Fountain Theatre. The kids joined Fountain staff for ‘Painted Rocks Day’, a community arts event inviting the students to visit the theatre, learn about Outsider […]
Art and commerce can make strange bedfellows in the world of nonprofit theater, especially in hard times. Can a theatre risk producing new work and still keep its doors open? When should a theatre sell its soul to please audiences? Can a theatre focus too fearfully on the spreadsheet’s bottom line and violate the bottom […]
Tech rehearsal for “The Chosen”, Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, Palo Alto by Simon Levy Our acclaimed production of Chaim Potok’s The Chosen, adapted by Aaron Posner and Chaim Potok, was a wonderful success at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center Taube Koret Campus for Life/Schultz Cultural Arts Hall in Palo Alto this past weekend. We […]
Looking for a part-time job? Be part of the Fountain Family? The award-winning Fountain Theatre is seeking to immediately hire a Box Office manager to operate the ticket window on performance dates. Must be good with people and have basic math/computer skills. Duties include ticketing, handling cash + credit card sales, interacting with patrons, submitting […]