by Michelle Stephens Friends from all over posting their hilarious reasons why you might be a theatre geek. Here’s the top 101. Someone tells you they are doing Cherry Orchard and you ask them which translation. You have baby proofed with gaffers tape . . . that you bought yourself. You’ve used gels to decorate […]
by Stephen Sachs Our house divided? It can seem. There are days and nights like these when only what is wrong is what one sees. Where once we felt safe, we are now afraid. Shootings. Bombings. Racial tension. Violence. Fear. Aggression. Terror. Polarization. The chasm in our country separating the haves from have-nots, the soaring from the […]
by Terri Roberts On August 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was abducted from the home of his great uncle, Mose “Preacher” Wright, in the still-dark hours of a Mississippi morning. The two abductors were white; one of them carried a flashlight and a gun. Together, they forced the black teenager into the back of a […]
Ryan Doucette, Kristin Carey and Joanna Strapp. Launching the Fountain Theatre’s 25th Anniversary Season, Simon Levy directs Kristin Carey, Ryan Doucette, Joanna Strapp — and some very unusual, one-of-a-kind dolls — in the Los Angeles premiere of Reborning by Zayd Dohrn. How far would you go to create a family?. A darkly funny psychological thriller that […]
Rev. Kathy Cooper-Ledesma Continuing its ongoing series of post-show Q&A Talkback discussions immediately following performances of The Normal Heart, the Fountain Theatre will host a conversation on “Religion, AIDS and the LGBT Community” this Friday night, Nov 1st. Led by Rev. Kathy Cooper-Ledesma of the Hollywood United Methodist Church (aka the Red Ribbon church) and Rev. […]
Marina Valiente by Ernest Kearney Well once again you have the opportunity of experiencing one of the true treats of L.A. Sunday, May 22 8pm – Forever Flamenco. Why do I keep urging you to get down to the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood and partake in this monthly series? What makes Flamenco so special, you […]
The Canon Theatre, Beverly Hills by Stephen Sachs She called to take me up on my offer. I struggled to place who she was. A young woman from my Playwrighting Group in Hollywood willing to volunteer to usher at my theatre in Beverly Hills for the perk of seeing our long running hit play for […]
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Darius R. Booker, Morgan Camper, and Derek Jackson in “Gunshot Medley” by Dionna Michelle Daniel “I feel most colored when I am thrown against a sharp white background.” This sentence has stuck with me since the first time I read Claudia Rankine’s book, Citizen: An American Lyric. That sentence has been a jumping-off point and inspiration […]
Diarra Kilpatrick accepts her Best Lead Actress Award. Fountain actress Diarra Kilpatrick and sound designer/composer Peter Bayne were both honored at the 2013 LA Weekly Theater Awards Monday night for their work on the Fountain Theatre’s acclaimed production of In the Red and Brown Water. Directed by Shirley Jo Finney, the hit production ran for […]
Samuel French, Studio City. To those of us in the Theater World, the Samuel French bookshop is the Apple Store for theater geeks and professionals. The one-stop shopping mecca for theater books, scripts, casting notices, dialect tapes, and all things Broadway and beyond. The 182 year- old company has two stores in Los Angeles (Studio […]
by Sylvie Drake When Stephen Sachs was a student at Agoura High, he won a national high school writing award and was offered several writing scholarships. He turned them all down. Why? “I wanted to be an actor,” he answered a bit sheepishly. He became one in the 1980s, but it’s the old story. As […]
More info Posted in Arts, arts organizations, plays, playwright, playwriting, Theater, theatre Tagged Fountain Theatre, Lisa loomer, Los Angeles, PLAY, Roe, Roe v Wade, theater, theatre, women’s rights The Fountain Theatre is seeking a skilled young actress for the role of Emily in the fast-moving staged reading of ROE by Lisa Loomer. Vanessa Stalling directes […]
John Prosky as Archie Lee in ‘Baby Doll’. by Stephen Sachs When the movie Baby Doll was released in 1956, it was the film’s sexuality that drew all the attention. Time magazine called it “possibly the dirtiest American picture ever legally exhibited,” and the film was condemned for lewdness by the Legion of Decency. Cardinal […]