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…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 02:58PMby Stephen Sachs A life in the theatre is filled with photographs. We who act, direct, write, compose, design, produce or publicize theatre make use of countless of photographs, in a career …
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 04:39PMby 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 …
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 02:52PMBy France-Luce Benson Laura Maria Censabella’s achievements are too many to even begin to name here. But if you are not familiar with her work, look her up. Now. And be sure to join us thi…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 06:52PMBy Terri Roberts It was just last month that the Fountain Theatre announced it had joined forces with playwright Larry Powell, his producing partner Angelica Robinson, and their Tell Me a St…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 01:09PMBy France-Luce Benson The Fountain Theatre is proud to be participating in the L.A. County Arts Internship program, the largest paid arts internship program in the nation. Established in 200…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 04:19PMSettle in with your favorite beverage on Saturday, Dec. 19 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET when the Fountain Theatre winds up 2020 and its monthly Saturday Matinee series with an Old Hollywo…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 03:09PMBy 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 extraordinar…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 06:24PMStream Ends December 1st by Terri Roberts It’s Thanksgiving week, a time to reflect on that for which we are grateful. And even within the insanity of a year that brought us a global pande…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 03:48PMIn between BLM protests and existential quarantine queries, writer/creator Larry Powell adapted his play The Gaze…No Homo (2020/2021 Eugene O’Neill NPC finalist) into a new media ser…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 06:13PMA review of Holli Harms’ play Shouting Down A Quiet Life stated, “It is only a matter of time before this play premieres on Broadway”. Set in South Carolina, 1968, the play sheds light…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 05:01PMThe Fountain Theatre has been awarded a grant in the amount of $42,300 through the LA County COVID-19 Arts Relief Fund administered by the LA County Department of Arts and Culture. The pur…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 04:49PMBy Terri Roberts Election Day has come and gone. As of this writing, millions of ballots are still being counted. The process may be slow and frustrating, but taking the time to make sure ev…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 09:11AMBy France-Luce Benson No trick or treating this year? The Fountain’s got you covered. Please be sure to bring your kids and grandkids to this week’s show, where our guest – Lynne Stree…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 07:41PMAre you ready to vote on November 3rd? Do you have plans to vote early? The Fountain Theatre seeks to activate people on the urgency of voting by launching Raise Your Voice – Vote!, a guer…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 10:04AMBy France-Luce Benson This Saturday we are joined by playwright, director, and Founding Artistic Director of The Farm Theatre, Padraic Lillis. Founded in 2013, The Farm Theatre develops earl…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 03:59PMEvents on the streets and online The Fountain Theatre is readying Raise Your Voice – Vote!, a guerrilla style, immersive theater event set to take place over the course of two days at six…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 03:38PMBy Terri Roberts Did you see it? Were you part of the excitement? Thursday, October 1st, was Opening Night of the first weekend of Together LA: A Virtual Theatre Festival, a three-week long …
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 04:26PMby France-Luce Benson Lisa Strum, a Philadelphia native living and working in the New York area is a director, an educator, actress, playwright, producer, casting director, singer and a cert…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 07:24PMArt imitates life when the Fountain Theatre presents Talking Peace, a new 10-minute, site-specific “Zoom-within-a-Zoom” by acclaimed playwright France-Luce Benson. Talking Peace wi…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 07:41PMBy Terri Roberts If ever there was a time – and an election – to raise your voice and be heard, this is it. An unprecedented pandemic. Healthcare and welfare. Unemployment and a stalled …
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 03:23PMby France-Luce Benson Josh Wilder might be the most down to earth wunderkind I’ve ever met. Barely in his 30s, he is the winner of numerous awards including the Jerome Many Voices Fellowsh…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 10:43AMKnow a college student looking for a paying job over the next few months? Someone who likes theatre and enjoys reaching out to people from a wide variety of communities? The Fountain is the …
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 06:36PMBy Terri Roberts Friday, August 28th, marked the 65th anniversary of the vicious murder of an innocent 14-year-old black youth named Emmett Till. His cold-blooded, colder-hearted killing, an…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 10:10AMby France-Luce Benson Robert and Jenna have been faithful members of The Fountain Family since the 1990s. What’s kept them coming back? Robert says, “…the quality of the acting, the di…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 03:38PMby France-Luce Benson This Saturday on Saturday Matinees, we’ll be joined by award winning playwright and poet Kit Yan, whose musical Interstate won “Best Lyrics” at the 2018 New York …
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 12:15PMby 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 …
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 10:32AMby France-Luce Benson I first met Dennis A. Allen II back in 2016 when we met to talk about our experiences as Playwrights in Residence at Djerassi’s Resident Artist program. Although I wa…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 05:35PMThe original director and cast of the Fountain Theatre’s 2010, multiple award-winning production of The Ballad of Emmett Till by Ifa Bayeza will reunite for a live-streamed reading of…
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