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The Fountain Theatre

5060 Fountain Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90029

Upcoming Shows

CTRL

CTRL

Sep 25 – Sep 27, 2026

What happens when your phone knows you better than you know yourself? From Nirvana Theatre comes CTRL , a bold new original play that explores the invisible relationship between technology, identity, anxiety, and the human need for connection. Set in a world where every...

ECO

ECO

Oct 2 – Oct 4, 2026

Following its successful world premiere at the Lincoln Park Theatre Festival, ECO comes to the Fountain Theatre for a limited engagement. Not every love story is about the end. Some are about what remains. ECO is an intimate and visually striking original play by Jorge Durán...

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Review: Immersive Rock Opera DRACULA THE MUSICAL at Nocturne Theatre

Review: Immersive Rock Opera DRACULA THE MUSICAL at Nocturne Theatre

by Shari Barrett · August 12, 2026

Based on characters in Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula: The Musical, with a score by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics/book by Christopher Hampton and Don Black, will no doubt attract fans of the genre and its well-known characters to see Justin Meyers bring his terrifyingly horrific yet totally mesmerizing im…

Review: THE PEOPLE OF POMPEII at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

Review: THE PEOPLE OF POMPEII at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

by Evan Henerson · August 7, 2026

Like the playwright, several of these company members are themselves proud Topangans. Performing as they are in the center of town, in quite literally the House that Geer Built, you’ve got to figure that they have a nightly audience who will get all the hippy in-jokes.…

Review: F**KING STRANGERS at Echo Theatre Company

Review: F**KING STRANGERS at Echo Theatre Company

by Harker Jones · July 27, 2026

Focusing on four lonely people in Southern California, it dramatizes the ever-shifting facets of our relationships as we struggle to be vulnerable and honest with others and ourselves.…

Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Chance Theater

Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Chance Theater

by Michael Quintos · July 27, 2026

Beautifully and tenderly directed by Matthew McCray, this ferociously performed and often visually hypnotic intimate production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical is such a pleasant surprise, instantly becoming one of Chance Theater's most piercingly emotional new musicals it has ever produc…

Review: APPLAUSE at The Group Rep

Review: APPLAUSE at The Group Rep

by Andrew Child · July 25, 2026

Applause has too much heart and is simply too much fun to be bogged down by its shortcomings, so audiences should take advantage of catching this gem while they can.…

Review: OC's Segerstrom Center Welcomes HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD

Review: OC's Segerstrom Center Welcomes HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD

by Michael Quintos · July 22, 2026

In the fantastical, visually-enchanting stage play HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD—the theatrical continuation of J.K. Rowling's beloved magical saga—the idea of revisiting the past is embraced as its central theme, which in turn shifts the focus away from the mischievous school adventures tha…

Past Shows

21 total · showing 11–20

Roe

Roe

Jun 10 – Jul 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 the headlines to reveal the real-life womenNorma McCorvey, known as Jane Roe and Sarah Weddington, the lawyer who argued the...

Detained

Detained

Feb 18 – Apr 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. residents held in immigration detention, and with their family members, advocates, attorneys and representatives of...

Human Interest Story

Human Interest Story

Feb 12 – Apr 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 the City Chronicle. In retaliation, Andy fabricates a letter to his column from an imaginary homeless...

Hannah and the Dread Gazebo

Hannah and the Dread Gazebo

Aug 14 – Sep 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 is two weeks away from becoming a board-certified neurologist when she receives a strange package from her grandmother, who mayor may...

Daniel's Husband

Daniel's Husband

May 1 – Jun 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. When a life-altering event throws the couple into crisis, Mitchell must use the laws of his own heart to fight the rules of law...

Hype Man

Hype Man

Feb 20 – Apr 14, 2019

A hip-hop trio frontman, hype man and beat maker is on the verge of making it big on national TV when a police shooting of a black teen shakes the band to its core, forcing them to confront questions of race, gender, privilege and when to use artistic expression as an act of...

Cost of Living

Cost of Living

Oct 17 – Dec 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. The people who help them, Jess and Eddie, have their own struggles to contend with. Cost of Living...

Arrival & Departure

Arrival & Departure

Jul 11 – Sep 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 accidentally in a New York City subway station. As their casual friendship develops into something deeper, each...

The Chosen

The Chosen

Jan 17 – Mar 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 and a world apart” in this funny, poignant, timely and timeless father-son story about recognition and acceptance of...

Runaway Home

Runaway Home

Sep 13 – Nov 5, 2017

Three years after Hurricane Katrina, the unhealed wounds of New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward continue to fester. In this powerful, funny and deeply moving mother-daughter story, 14-year-old runaway Kali (Camille Spirlin of ABC’s American Koko, Fox TV’s Rosewood and Nickelodeon’s...

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