by Stephen Sachs I’ve been thinking about a poem by Mary Oliver. The entire poem is only two lines. That’s all it needs. It goes like this: “Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.” 2020 has been a deep […]
Ben Bradley In the Criminal Court Building in downtown Los Angeles on January 3, 2012, almost two years to the day that the brutal murder was committed, the judge announced that the killer of Ben Bradley can expect a sentence of life in prison with eligibility for parole in 16 years. Several members of the Fountain […]
Actress Wonjung Kim, Raise Your Voice. by Terri Roberts “When you’re worried and you can’t sleep Just count your blessings instead of sheep And you’ll fall asleep Counting your blessings…” Happy 2021! At last, 2020 is in the rear view mirror, and the hope and opportunity of a new year are before us. Traditionally, this […]
Polly Carl by Polly Carl We come to painting, to poetry, to the stage, hoping to revive the soul. And any artist whose work touches us earns our gratitude. – Lewis Hyde, The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World. For months my life has been overwhelmed by a series of mundane transactions […]
by Daniel Talbott I’m laying in our bed. It’s almost two in the morning, my back’s been out for the past week, and I’m trying to gather my thoughts. Here’s some of what’s running through my head. I believe that theater at its heart is a peasant’s art form. It’s an art form of the dirt, […]
Did you know April is National Poetry Month? What better way to celebrate the beauty of poetry than seeing it — not hearing it — expressed in front you by a skilled master? You’ll enjoy that rare treat in our upcoming world premiere of Cyrano, a new signed/spoken spin on the classic love story — […]
Polly Carl by Polly Carl We come to painting, to poetry, to the stage, hoping to revive the soul. And any artist whose work touches us earns our gratitude. – Lewis Hyde, The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World. For months my life has been overwhelmed by a series of mundane transactions […]
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 […]
A personal message to you from Artistic Director Stephen Sachs. Donate Here or text “FOUNTAIN” to 243725. Posted in Arts, arts organizations, Fountain Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, non-profit organization, performing arts, Theater, theatre Tagged #GivingTuesdayNow, artistic director, Fountain Theatre, Giving Tuesday, Giving Tuesday Now, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Stephen Sachs, theater, theatre
A personal message to you from Artistic Director Stephen Sachs. Donate Here or text “FOUNTAIN” to 243725. Posted in Arts, arts organizations, Fountain Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, non-profit organization, performing arts, Theater, theatre Tagged #GivingTuesdayNow, artistic director, Fountain Theatre, Giving Tuesday, Giving Tuesday Now, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Stephen Sachs, theater, theatre
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, […]
Hit Play Originally Created, Developed and Launched at the Fountain Theatre Kathleen Turner will return to the West End to star opposite Tony-winning actor Ian McDiarmid in the U.K. premiere of Stephen Sachs‘ Bakersfield Mist, beginning performances May 10 at the Duchess Theatre prior to an official opening May 27. Bakersfield Mist was created and produced at the Fountain Theatre in Los […]
Athol Fugard at the Fountain Theatre, Sept 2012 The last time I met Athol Fugard, he was following a technical rehearsal of The Bird Watchers – his thirty-fourth play. Sitting in the auditorium of the Cape Town theatre that carries his name, Fugard leaned over and told me in an almost-conspiratorial whisper: “I’m working on something new.” […]
Polly Carl by Polly Carl We come to painting, to poetry, to the stage, hoping to revive the soul. And any artist whose work touches us earns our gratitude. – Lewis Hyde, The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World. For months my life has been overwhelmed by a series of mundane transactions […]