by Dionna Michelle Daniel Several summers ago, I had one of the strangest morning commute experiences of my life. I was working as a spoken word mentor to youth at Authoring Action Organizat…
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 huma…
Steven B. Green in ‘The Chosen’ at the Fountain Theatre (photo by Ed Kreiger) The Fountain Theatre’s hit production of Chaim Potok’s The Chosen has been extended a se…
by Dionna Michelle Daniel On March 6th, I had the pleasure of participating in the book launch at The Public Theater for the anthology Contemporary Plays by Women of Color edited by R…
The Fountain Theatre’s critically acclaimed and award-winning stage adaptation of Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric has been chosen as the centerpiece of a new festiva…
by Stephen Sachs In quantum mechanics, the observer effect is the theory that observing a particle changes the particle being observed. Werner Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Princi…
by Stephen Sachs Eight words. A statement declared in eight simple words jumped out at me in a feature story on playwright Tony Kushner in today’s New York Times. The eight words were …
It’s Oscar Weekend. The Academy Awards are this Sunday night. Critics and fans are placing their bets, handicapping the nominees, calculating the winners. Fancy gowns and tuxedos have …
By Linnea Sage Name: Sam Mandel Side hustle: Chief operating officer of the Ketamine Clinics of Los Angeles Years acting: 13 Favorite acting credits/opportunities: I had a blast workin…
The Fountain Theatre is delighted to welcome attorney Lois R. Fishman to its Board of Directors. Lois brings her sharp intelligence, wealth of experience, and passion for theatre to our grow…
In the wake of nearly two-dozen rave reviews and six weeks of sold-out houses, the Fountain Theatre has extended its run of The Chosen and increased performances from three to fo…
The Fountain Theatre is pleased to welcome veteran theater producer and public relations consultant Diana Buckhantz to its Board of Directors. Diana Buckhantz recently produced the criticall…
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…
What’s it like to grow up in a house where your father is the author of a beloved internationally best-selling novel dubbed “the Jewish Catcher in the Rye” that is taugh…
by Stephen Sachs Los Angeles is hailed as The City of Dreams. But our one-night reading of William Goldman's screenplay for All the President's Men at City Hall inspired me in one way that I…
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 hono…
Full cast announced for celebrity reading Final casting has been announced for the all-star reading of William Goldman’s screenplay for All The President's Men scheduled to…
A beautiful and heartfelt performance was followed by a lively party as cast and audience members celebrated the opening of The Chosen at the Fountain Theatre on Saturday night, January 20th…