‘Arrival & Departure’ wins 4 Broadway World Los Angeles Awards including Best Play by Fountaintheatre

Broadway World announced that the Fountain Theatre’s acclaimed world premiere of Arrival & Departure, written and directed by Stephen Sachs, earned four Broadway World Los Angeles …

VIDEO: Take a look at these 16 actresses from 4 LA theatre companies set to read ‘Natural Shocks’ by Fountaintheatre

Natural Shocks is a darkly hilarious tour-de-force written by Lauren Gunderson, the most-produced playwright in America. A woman is forced into her basement when she finds herself in the pat…

NOW CASTING: Award-winning West Coast Premiere ‘Hype Man’ by Idris Goodwin at Fountain Theatre by Fountaintheatre

The Fountain Theatre is now casting for its West Coast Premiere of the award-winning new hip hop play, HYPE MAN by Idris Goodwin. The director is Deena Selenow.  Audition Date(s): 01/11/20…

Fountain Theatre announces 2019-20 season of diverse, funny and meaningful new work by Fountaintheatre

The Fountain Theatre has announced a 2019-20 season of vibrant, thought-provoking, fresh and funny new work by a diverse group of playwrights, each of whom explores important social and cult…

Fountain Theatre wins 5 Ticketholder Awards including Best Production of a Play in 2018 by Fountaintheatre

Two acclaimed Fountain Theatre premieres — Arrival & Departure and Cost of Living — have been named Best Production of a Play in 2018 by veteran LA theatre critic Travis Mich…

Fountain blog post is American Theatre magazine’s most-read story in 2018 by Fountaintheatre

by Stephen Sachs When I wrote a story on this Fountain blog in February of this year, one week after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting, my goal was to point out that the high school̵…

Screenings at Fountain Theatre showcase filmmakers with disabilties by Fountaintheatre

by Nic Novicki On December 12, The Fountain Theatre graciously hosted a special screening of films from the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, an annual weekend film competition where p…

Actor Sam Mandel from our smash hit “The Chosen’ has a special message just for you by Fountaintheatre

What is the duty of the artist in troubled times? by Fountaintheatre

by Mary Gabriel In the late 1930s, amid a global economic collapse, the rise of fascism in Germany, Italy and Japan, and an ugly U.S. nationalism that targeted asylum-seeking immigrants, abs…

‘Arrival & Departure’ renewed our love for one another by Fountaintheatre

by Deanne Bray Arrival & Departure was quite a journey for Troy and I, both as artists and as husband and wife. It was a journey that was filled with surprises, both personal and profes…

Fountain Theatre’s ‘Cost of Living’ hailed “Best in Theater in 2018” by Los Angeles Times by Fountaintheatre

The Fountain Theatre’s acclaimed west coast premiere of Cost of Living by Martyna Majok has been named by Los Angeles Times theatre critic Charles McNulty as “Best in Theater in …

‘Cost of Living’ playwright Martyna Majok asks you to support the Fountain Theatre by Fountaintheatre

Friends of the Fountain, Thank you for bringing Cost of Living to Los Angeles. This is the first production the play has received after its NYC premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club in June …

VIDEO: ‘Cost of Living’ actor Felix Solis wants you to join the ‘caravan of magic’ at Fountain Theatre by Fountaintheatre

Students respond to the power and honesty of ‘Cost of Living’ at the Fountain Theatre by Fountaintheatre

“It captured me from the very first scene.”The Fountain Theatre believes students and young people must have the opportunity to engage and consider meaningful human issues throug…

Jeffrey Arriaza is ready to give voice to the voiceless by Fountaintheatre

by Jeffrey Arriaza Hello! My name is Jeffrey Arriaza, and I am thrilled to be joining the Fountain Theatre team as the new Development and Outreach Coordinator. I cannot begin to describe ho…

Take a pill or see a play? by Fountaintheatre

by Stephen Sachs Need a cure for what ails you? Next time you see your doctor, the prescription he or she scribbles may surprise you: see a play. Research is now proving that gathering with …

Martyna Majok shares with Fountain audience how she almost missed phone call of Pulitzer win by Fountaintheatre

Playwright Martyna Majok almost missed receiving the call from her agent on winning the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, Cost of Living. She was supposed to be serving jury duty t…

Meet Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Martyna Majok at the Fountain Theatre by Fountaintheatre

Have you ever met and talked with a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright? Now’s your chance. New York-based playwright Martyna Majok, author of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize winning drama Cost …

VIDEO: ‘Cost of Living’ is “deeply moving” by Fountaintheatre

Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize, Cost of Living by Martyna Majok is a funny and poignant play about human connection. The West Coast Premiere at the Fountain Theatre stars Tobias Forrest, …

The cat we rescued to star on our stage by Fountaintheatre

by Stephen Sachs In honor of National Cat Day, I celebrate Nathaniel Hawthorne — the fat, furry feline I rescued from a shelter to co-star in our Fountain Theatre production of Park Y…

MUSIC VIDEO: Fountain Theatre brings acclaimed ‘The Chosen’ to Palo Alto by Fountaintheatre

Enjoy this fun music video created by actor Jonathan Arkin chronicling the Fountain Theatre opening its acclaimed production of Chaim Potok’s The Chosen at the Schultz Cultural Arts Ha…

A beautiful reminder of why I chose this life by Fountaintheatre

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 Kore…

Invited guests enjoy gala performance of Pulitzer Prize winning ‘Cost of Living’ at Fountain Theatre by Fountaintheatre

Much about last Saturday night’s VIP performance of Cost of Living at the Fountain was out of the ordinary. Our exclusively invited guests drove up to the Fountain to discover a team o…

Fountain Theatre’s acclaimed ‘The Chosen’ to open in limited run in Palo Alto by Fountaintheatre

After a six-month sold-out run earlier this year, the Fountain Theatre’s acclaimed Los Angeles Premiere of The Chosen by Chaim Potok will open this weekend for a limited run at the Sc…

VIDEO: Actor Tobias Forrest urges you to experience the human connection in ‘Cost of Living’ by Fountaintheatre

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NOW HIRING: House Manager and Sidewalk Cafe Manager at Fountain Theatre by Fountaintheatre

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, …

Take a look at the scenic design for our West Coast Premiere of ‘Cost of Living’ by Fountaintheatre

Get a sneak peek at the set design for our West Coast Premiere of the Pulitzer Prize winning Cost of Living by Martyna Majok. The scenic design by Tom Buderwitz includes sliding walls that r…

Playwright Martyna Majok destabilizes assumptions about disability with “Cost of Living” by Fountaintheatre

Martyna Majok  won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her original play Cost of Living. Staged at Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) last summer, after a brief run at the Williamstown Theat…

3,500 technical cues in the play? No problem for this mighty pair of stage managers by Fountaintheatre

You may know that the Fountain Theatre’s smash hit world premiere, Arrival & Departure, is highlighted as Critic’s Choice in the Los Angeles Times, has earned rave reviews ev…

Remembering ‘The Normal Heart’: You have changed me forever by Fountaintheatre

by Tim Cummings “Hello, you don’t know me. I hope you get this message. Sometimes, when you try to send a message to someone you’re not ‘friends’ with on Facebook, it gets blocked,…

My father’s table saw by Fountaintheatre

by Stephen Sachs This is the story of a table saw. A steel-framed Sears Craftsman table saw manufactured when things were built to last. My father bought the saw more than fifty years ago, …