by Carla Stillwell Carla Stillwell Let me get transparent with you. I cannot stand the word “diversity.” It makes me uncomfortable because I know what it has become code for. For the first thirty minutes or so of a plenary [at a TCG Conference in Chicago three years ago], there were several accomplished men and […]
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 […]
UPDATE: IT WORKED!! SUCCESS! Due to the overwhelming response of the arts community, Assemblymember Mike Gatto has withdrawn the bill that would have added a 7.5% sales tax to theatre tickets! The bill was scheduled to be voted on by the Committee for Revenue and Taxation today, but was pulled from the calendar by Assemblymember […]
Check out this short new video of Hannah Wolf, fabulous director of Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, as she discusses how love and friendship are core themes of this iconic, funny, and poignant play. Set in 1974, Bluefish concerns a group of queer women who spend their summers together in a remote seaside town. Their […]
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The company of ‘All the President’s Men’ Saturday night’s exhilarating reading of All the President’s Men at Los Angeles City Hall was an historic event. Not only was it a powerful statement advocating Freedom of the Press and honoring American journalism, it demonstrated a watershed moment in our city’s engagement with local arts organizations. Never […]
Deborah Lawlor’s new theatre/dance hybrid Freddie is not a conventional play. Therefore, the development of the new work required locating a unique space. The Fountain team found it at BP Studios downtown in The Brewery Arts Colony. Covering 23 acres in 14 buildings, The Los Angeles Brewery Art Colony has been called the largest live-and-work […]
By Terri Roberts Earlier this month, eager students and their chaperones from three area high schools visited the Fountain Theatre for specially arranged morning performances of our current hit show, The Lifespan of a Fact. These kids had either been participants in Fountain Voices, the Fountain’s acclaimed theatre education program, or were recruited because they […]
Our acclaimed West Coast Premiere of Ken LaZebnik’s On the Spectrum chronicles the blossoming love story between Mac and Iris, two young people with autism. Meet real-life couple David and Lindsey. They, too, haven’t let their autism get in the way of falling in love. By Thea Trachtenberg and Lindsay Goldwert Hamrick and Nebeker live […]
In our upcoming world premiere of Dream Catcher, Roy is a engineer working for a major solar power corporation to combat climate change. In this moving and informative essay, a NASA scientist shares his fight against global warming while battling cancer. by Piers J. Sellers I’m a climate scientist who has just been told I […]
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 […]
Sabina Zuniga Varela as Dunia Isabelle Ortega, Diana Romo, Yetta Gottesman Justin Huen as Lopez Diana Romo as Anita Diana Romo, Yetta Gottesman, Isabelle Ortega Yetta Gottesman as Maite Sabina Zuniga Varela, Justin Huen Justin Huen, Sabina Zuniga Varela, El Nogalar Jan 28 – March 11 (323) 663-1525 More Info This entry was posted in […]
Athol Fugard on the “Road to Mecca” set in NY. Playwright Athol Fugard calls the Fountain Theatre his “artistic home” on the West Coast. For twelve years, the Fountain has produced five premieres of his new plays. The Fountain’s world premiere production of Fugard’s Exits and Entrances toured the country, was produced Off-Broadway at Primary […]
Troy Kotsur and Paul Raci by Stephen Sachs Theirs is a unique relationship unlike any I have witnessed in my thirty-five years of creating theater. They have been paired for decades. They have worked, travelled, and partied together, side by side, for so long they seem to share the same mind while, at the same […]