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THE FOUNTAIN THEATRE

5060 Fountain Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90029



POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE and More Set for Fountain Theatre 2026 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 15, 2025

The Fountain Theatre will present four relevant, urgent, thought-provoking plays and a host of satellite events that will comprise the company’s 2026 “Season 35: Revolutions and Revelations.”...

Jean Smart to be Honored at Roundabout Theatre Company 2026 Gala


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 10, 2025

Roundabout Theatre Company's 2026 Gala will honor Emmy Award-winner Jean Smart at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City. Smart will be honored for her contribution to the theatre with The Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theatre....

Theatricus To Present Free Staged Readings of LITTLE REDS and THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS


by A.A. Cristi - November 17, 2025

Theatricus will present two free staged readings at the Lamanda Park Branch Library in Pasadena: Little Reds on November 22 and These Violent Delights on December 6....

Imani Branch & Friends to Star in Fountain Theatre’s HOLIDAY SOIREE & CABARET


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 04, 2025

Get into the holiday spirit at The Fountain Theatre with a three-night Holiday Soirée & Cabaret celebrating theater, music and community. The centerpiece of this festive series will be the Holiday Soirée....

Los Angeles New Play Project Reveals 2025 Award Recipients


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 29, 2025

Marking its fifth year of championing boundary-pushing theater, the Los Angeles New Play Project has revealed the group of 2025 award recipients whose bold, timely works explore themes from politics and American history to immigration and suspense....

Amy Engelhardt's IMPACT to be Presented at the Fountain


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 24, 2025

Fountain Theatre will present Amy Engelhardt's IMPACT for three performances in November.  is a multimedia scrapbook of Engelhardt’s journey that unfolds through photographs, video, storytelling and original songs....

Review: FLY ME TO THE SUN at The Fountain Theatre


by Shari Barrett - September 16, 2025

Told in the style of a late-night talk show which the brothers share online from their mother’s kitchen, what makes this two-hander starring Geraldo Navarro as BQ and Noé Cervantes as his brother DJ, is the incredibly unique way Navarro brilliantly portrays his Abuela Julia as a hand puppet – one th...

Photos: FLY ME TO THE SUN Opens at The Fountain Theatre


by Emmy Rice - September 06, 2025

Now in previews, Brian Quijada’s charming, semi-autobiographical “Fly Me to the Sun,” featuring beats and remixes by Marvin Quijada and Brian Quijada, opens at the Fountain Theatre on Saturday, September 6. ...

Fountain Theatre to Bring Police and Students Together 'Walking the Beat'


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 05, 2025

“Walking the Beat,” the Fountain Theatre’s innovative community-building program that sees students and police working together to create theater, presents 2025’s culminating, hope-inspiring production....

Fountain Theatre Welcomes Johannah Maynard Edwards as Managing Director


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 18, 2025

The Fountain Theatre has revealed two major milestones in its storied history: the appointment of Johannah Maynard Edwards as its new managing director, and the retirement of beloved development director Barbara Goodhill....

Past Shows

Fly Me to the Sun
Fly Me to the Sun
9/5 - 10/12/2025


What do you get when you mix two young American brothers with one Salvadoran abuela, one late-night talk show, and one (if somewhat tarnished) American ...

White Rabbit Red Rabbit
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
5/11 - 6/22/2025


The Fountain Theatre presents White Rabbit Red Rabbit , the global sensation by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour that explores the restrictions, censorship and denial of ...

Alabaster
Alabaster
2/14 - 3/30/2025


The Fountain Theatre presents the Los Angeles premiere of Alabaster , a funny and poignant new play about healing and the power of women. For ...

I, Daniel Blake
I, Daniel Blake
10/11 - 11/24/2024


The Fountain Theatre presents the U.S. premiere of a powerful, timely and poignant story about people coming together in the face of a Kafkaesque government ...

Fatherland
Fatherland
2/25 - 3/30/2024


The Fountain Theatre presents the world premiere of a riveting true story. A 19-year-old faces the hardest day in his life when he testifies in ...

Freight: The Five Incarnations of Abel Green


The Fountain Theatre presents the West Coast premiere of a timely and timeless theatrical journey. J. Alphonse Nicholson (Broadway's Tony award-winning A Soldier's Play ; ...

Last Summer at Bluefish Cove
Last Summer at Bluefish Cove
6/16 - 8/27/2023


Welcome to Bluefish Cove. The Fountain Theatre transforms the parking lot surrounding the set on its outdoor stage to create an oceanfront experience for its ...

The Lifespan of a Fact
The Lifespan of a Fact
2/17 - 4/2/2023


What’s more important: writing the truth, or telling a good story? The Fountain Theatre presents the West Coast premiere of the Broadway hit play, The ...

Numbered Days
Numbered Days
2/14 - 2/14/2023


Two-time Emmy, Peabody and SAG award-winning actor Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad) stars as playwright Corey Madden in an audio theater production of Maddens moving and ...

If I Forget
If I Forget
7/22 - 9/10/2022


The Fountain Theatre presents a political and deeply personal play about history, responsibility, and what were willing to sacrifice for a new beginning. Jason Alexander ...

Roe
Roe
6/10 - 7/10/2022


The Fountain Theatre jumps into action with a hyper-staged reading of Roe, a powerful, poignant and often humorous play by Lisa Loomer that cuts through ...

Detained
Detained
2/18 - 4/10/2022


How do families stay together, even when theyre kept apart? The Fountain Theatre presents Detained, a gripping new docudrama based on interviews with longtime U.S. ...

Human Interest Story
Human Interest Story
2/12 - 4/5/2020


A timely drama about homelessness, celebrity worship and the assault on American journalism. Newspaper columnist Andy Kramer is laid off when a corporate takeover downsizes ...

Hannah and the Dread Gazebo
Hannah and the Dread Gazebo
8/14 - 9/22/2019


A strange and wonderful play that is a mix of unexpected whimsy, delightful comedy, profound despair and more than a little bit of magic. Hannah ...

Daniel's Husband
Daniel's Husband
5/1 - 6/23/2019


Daniel and Mitchell are the perfect couple. What isn't so perfect is that Daniel desperately longs to be married, but Mitchell doesnt believe in it. ...

Cost of Living
Cost of Living
10/17 - 12/16/2018


In this gripping, unexpectedly funny Pulitzer Prize-winning play, John is a rich, quick-witted grad student who has cerebral palsy. Ani is an hilariously foul-mouthed quadriplegic. ...

Arrival & Departure
Arrival & Departure
7/11 - 9/30/2018


In this modern-day, re-imagined stage adaptation of the classic 1945 British film Brief Encounter, a Deaf man and a hard-of-hearing woman, two married strangers, meet ...

The Chosen
The Chosen
1/17 - 3/25/2018


A silent father, an ancient tradition and an unexpectedly important game of baseball forge bonds of lifelong friendship between two Jewish boys from “five blocks ...

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