"Critical hope is needed." Walking the Beat, the Fountain Theatre's innovative community-building program that sees cops and kids working together to create theater, presents two fr…
by Terri Roberts Fountain audiences know Tim Cummings as an impassioned actor who brings gritty depth and honesty to every role he undertakes. From his searing work as political activist Ned…
by Stephen Sachs "Isn't that the theatre where they did Last Summer at Bluefish Cove?" It was 1990, and I heard that a lot. My business partner, Deborah Lawlor, and I had just acquired the F…
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…
While the cast of our summer production, Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, have been hard at work rehearsing, Sets-to-Go has been hard at work building the incredible set designed by our fabulou…
Set in 1974, a group of queer women spend their summers together in a remote oceanfront town on Long Island. Their lesbian enclave is disrupted when Eva, a naïve straight woman recently s…
Welcome to Bluefish Cove. The Fountain Theatre will transform the parking lot surrounding the set on its outdoor stage to create an oceanfront experience for its 40th-anniversary production …
Fountain Theatre co-founder Deborah Lawlor passed away Tuesday, May 2, at the age of 83. After graduating from Bennington College, Lawlor's extraordinary career began in the '60s as a dancer…
The Fountain Theatre is now casting for all roles in its 40th Anniversary production of Jane Chambers' landmark play, Last Summer at Bluefish Cove. The play ran for two sold-out years at the…
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 …
This Thursday, March 16, the Fountain Theatre launches another new entry in its celebrated lineup of dance and music offerings. Intermezzo: Chamber Music at the Fountain is a bi-monthly seri…
France-Luce Benson has been honored by the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly the Actors Fund) with the 2023 Teaching Artist Award for Innovative Curriculum. France-Luce was recognized f…
The following interview with The Lifespan of a Fact director Simon Levy originally appeared on BroadwayWorld.com on Feb. 7, 2023. Written by Gil Kaan. The Fountain Theatre west coast prem…
The Fountain Theatre is pleased and honored to welcome award-winning journalist Erin Aubry Kaplan to its Board of Directors. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Ms. Kaplan brings a longtime pass…
by Thomas Floyd When Jeremy Kareken and David Murrell set out to adapt the 2012 book "The Lifespan of a Fact" for the Broadway stage, the longtime creative partners thought they were tacklin…
What happens when telling the truth gets in the way of a good story? The Fountain Theatre presents the West Coast premiere of the Broadway hit play, The Lifespan of a Fact, by Jeremy Kareken…
2022 was filled with acclaimed productions of plays, jazz concerts, and arts education programs. Take a look!
by Stephen Sachs Lois Tandy may have been in her nineties, but she could be shrewd and mischievous. In the many years I knew her, and Lois was a Fountain friend and supporter for over a deca…
by Stephen Sachs When I was eighteen, I saw Anthony Hopkins onstage as Dr. Martin Dysart in Equus at the Huntington Hartford Theatre on Vine Street in Hollywood. A section of the audience wa…
Performance on Nov. 3 will be live-streamed Following last summer's triumphant readings of Lisa Loomer's Roe and with the midterm elections upon us, The Fountain Theatre once again jumps int…
The Fountain Theatre is pleased to add Sherrick O'Quinn to its staff as Theatre Education Manager. In the newly-created position, Mr. O'Quinn is responsible for cultivating and strengthening…
The Fountain Theatre's hit production of If I Forget, written by Tony Award-winning playwright Steven Levenson (Dear Evan Hanson) and directed by Tony Award-winning actor Jason Alexander (wi…
The Fountain Theatre will live stream the final performance of Roe by Lisa Loomer on Sunday, July 10 beginning at 8 p.m. PT/11 p.m. ET. The event will be made available free of charge as a p…
The Fountain Theatre earned nine award nominations from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle for excellence in 2020/21, it was announced yesterday. The Fountain's Los Angeles premiere of An …
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