The Fountain Theatre is a non-profit producing organization established in 1990 by co-Artistic Directors Deborah Lawlor and Stephen Sachs dedicated to providing a nurturing, creative home for multi-ethnic theatre and dance artists. Here we develop provocative new works or explore a unique vision of established plays that reflect the immediate concerns and cultural diversity of contemporary Los Angeles and the nation. In an era of urban anxiety, ethnic hostility and wavering spirit, the Fountain offers a safe, supportive haven for artists of varied backgrounds to gather, interact and inspire each other toward the creation of work that will ignite and illuminate the community from which it's drawn and give creative voice to those who may not otherwise be heard. Housed in a charming two-story complex in Hollywood, California, the Fountain has grown into one of the most successful of the smaller venues in the busy Los Angeles theatre world. With the addition of Producing Director/Dramaturg Simon Levy (in 1993), the Fountain Theatre has an artistic staff with a wealth of experience that is quickly bringing the theatre's work to the attention of larger and larger audiences.
The Fountain Theatre's activities include a year-round season of fully-produced new and established plays (30 world premieres and 27 West Coast, Southern California or Los Angeles premieres in 15 years, each reflecting a unique cultural voice and serving a distinctive ethnic community), a full season of multi-ethnic dance, the foremost presentors of Flamenco in Los Angeles, a New Plays developmental series, and Educational Outreach Programs: Poetry in Motion (with the Virginia Avenue Project, where deaf and hearing children create poetry and theatre), an HIV/AIDS acting workshop, the American Literature Theatre Project, the development of a Children's Theatre program in association with a neighborhood elementary school, the Young Playwrights Project, and off-site presentations/tours. To date, Fountain Theatre productions have won more than 120 awards for all areas of production, performance, and design. And Fountain Theatre projects have been seen in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Chicago.
The Fountain has been honored with a Certificate of Appreciation from the Los Angeles City Council for demonstrating years of artistic excellence and "enhancing the cultural life of Los Angeles."
and is the recipient of the 2004 Hollywood Arts Council's "Charlie" Award for Live Theatre and Significant Artistic Contribution to Hollywood.
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