I AND YOU Playwright Lauren Gunderson Set for Q&A at Fountain Theatre Tonight

San Francisco-based playwright Lauren Gunderson will lead a talkback with the audience following the 8 p.m. performance of I and You tonight, May 14 at the Fountain Theatre.

Called "a testimonial to the power of intimate theater... a stunning exploration of cosmic interconnectedness" by the Los Angeles Times, which made the Fountain's Los Angeles premiere production a Critic's Choice," I and You brings together two teenagers who plumb the mysteries of a Whitman poem for a homework assignment - all the while unaware that a much deeper mystery connects them.

The play was the recipient of the 2014 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award and was a finalist for the 2014 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. American Theatre magazine put it on the cover of its July/August 2014 issue and featured the script in its entirety.

Lauren Gunderson studied Southern literature and drama at Emory University, and dramatic writing at NYU's Tisch School where she was a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship. Her work has been commissioned, produced and developed at companies across the U.S. including South Coast Rep (Emilie, Silent Sky), the Kennedy Center (The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful And Her Dog!), the O'Neill, Denver Center, Berkeley Rep, Shotgun Players, TheatreWorks, Crowded Fire, San Francisco Playhouse, Marin Theatre, Synchronicity, Olney Theatre, Geva and more. Her work is published at Playscripts (I and You, Exit, Pursued By A Bear and Toil And Trouble) and Samuel French (Emilie). She is a playwright-in-residence at the Playwrights Foundation and a member of the Dramatists Guild. Originally from Atlanta, GA, Gunderson lives in San Francisco.

The Fountain Theatre production of I and You is directed by Robin Larsen and stars Jennifer Finch and Matthew Hancock. Performances continue on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. through June 14. Tickets range from Pay-What-You-Can at every Thursday performance to $15-$34.95 on the weekends.

The Fountain Theatre is located at 5060 Fountain Avenue (at Normandie) in Los Angeles. Secure, on-site parking is available for $5. The Fountain Theatre is air-conditioned and wheelchair accessible. For reservations and information, call (323) 663-1525 or go to www.FountainTheatre.com.