Gerardo Morales Adds Piano to 'Forever Flamenco' Sunday, Sept 16th
Smash Hit Flamenco Series at the Fountain
 | "La Pamela" Pamela Lourant
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The September edition of the Fountain Theatre's acclaimed series offers a rare flamenco performance, pairing pianist Matt Amper with Gerardo Morales on guitar and percussion; guitarist Gabriel Osuna; singer José Cortes; and dancers Vanessa Acosta, "La Pamela" (Pamela Lourant) and Oscar Valero. With only 78 seats in four rows, the Fountain is the perfect place to view flamenco.
 | | Pianist Matt Amper |
Artist Line-Up Sept 16th Dancers: Vanessa Acosta, "La Pamela" (Pamela Lourant), Oscar Valero
Singer: José Cortes
Guitarists: Gerardo Morales, Gabriel Osuna
Percussion: Gerardo Morales
Piano: Matthew Amper
Created and produced by co-artistic director Deborah Lawlor, The Fountain Theatre's Forever Flamenco! series is now in its 9th smash year. Each performance features a roster of world-class flamenco dancers, singers and musicians drawn from the rich pool of flamenco artists in Southern California, with additional guest artists brought from around the country and Spain. Named "L.A.'s most significant venue for flamenco" by the LA Weekly, the Fountain, with only 78 seats in 4 rows, is the perfect setting in which to enjoy the art form up close.
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 | | Pamela Lourant at Forever Flamenco |
FOREVER FLAMENCO
SUNDAY SEPT 16th (323) 663-1525
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Athol Fugard Enjoys "Blue Iris" and Q&A Talkback
Playwright in lively and inspiring discussion with audience
 Playwright Athol Fugard attended a recent Sunday matinee performance of the US Premiere of his new play, The Blue Iris, at the Fountain. After hailing the performance and production as "superb" and "magnificent", praising the three fabulous actors, Fugard joined the cast and director in a Q&A Talk Back discussion with the audience. On the page or standing live on our stage, Athol is a spellbinding storyteller. He graciously answered many questions on a variety of subjects, on topics ranging from what inspires him to write, his feelings about his country of South Africa, the process of creating theatre and why he feels so connected to the Fountain.  | | Athol Fugard in discussion with actor Morlan Higgins. |
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"L.A.'s Most Significant Venue
for Flamenco!" - LA Weekly"Being the sensual, intimate art form that it is ...
the way you feel after a Forever Flamenco
performance is pretty darn fabulous."
- LA Splash
9th SMASH YEAR! (323) 663-1525
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Fountain Season 2012-13
West Coast Premiere!
El Nogalar ("The Pecan Orchard")
by Tanya Saracho directed by Laurie Woolery
World Premiere! A co-production with Deaf West Theatre
Cyrano
by Stephen Sachs directed by Simon Levy
To Celebrate Athol Fugard's 80th Birthday!
US Premiere of his Newest Play! Limited Run! Aug-Sept
Los Angeles Premiere! A Theater Event! Acclaimed New Play!
"Something rare, a new authentically original vision" - NY Times In the Red and Brown Water  by Tarell Alvin McCraney directed by Shirley Jo Finney October - December 2012An American Masterpiece
A Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill directed by Stephen Sachs
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'The Blue Iris' is "Another Masterpiece for the Fountain"
Entire Run Sold Out for US Premiere of Athol Fugard's New Play!
 | | Morlan Higgins and Julanne Chidi Hill (photo by Ed Krieger). |
The US Premiere of Athol Fugard's new play, The Blue Iris, is "another masterpiece for the Fountain" hails critic Dany Margolies of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. Heralded as "A Gem" by Variety and "Riveting" by Backstage, the entire limited run has already SOLD OUT through September 16th.
Continuing its 12-year relationship with Athol Fugard, The Fountain Theatre celebrates the master playwright's 80th birthday with the U.S. premiere of his newest play. Directed by Stephen Sachs and starring Morlan Higgins, Julanne Chidi Hill and Jacqueline Schultz.
CRITIC'S PICK!
"Riveting! Transcendent!"
- Backstage
"A theatrical triple threat: great writing, great directing
and great acting"
- Broadway World
"Three superbly talented actors"
- Hollywood Reporter
"Breathtaking!"
- StageandCinema
"A trio of impeccable performances!"
- LA Weekly
READ THE RAVE REVIEWS!
The Blue Iris is set in Fugard's beloved and desolate South African desert, the Karoo. In a burnt-out farmhouse, a widowed farmer, Robert Hannay (Higgins) and his housekeeper, Rieta (Hill) sort through the fire-ravaged debris of their lives. The discovery of a miraculously undamaged painting of a flower - a blue iris - created by Hannay's deceased wife (Schultz) unlocks long-forgotten memories and hidden secrets. Fugard digs deep into the human heart, and the result is a love story full of tender, soul-touching and surprising revelations.
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Cast Set for "In the Red and Brown Water" at the Fountain
LA Premiere of Important New Play Coming Up Next
Casting is complete for the Fountain's highly-anticipated Los Angeles Premiere of Tarrell Alvin McCraney's In the Red and Brown Water. Rehearsals are underway with director Shirley Jo Finney at the helm. How far will fast, beautiful Oya go to make a mark in the world? In the Red and Brown Water is the intoxicating story that charts a young girl's thrust into womanhood, her family struggle, the two men vying for her heart, and her subsequent fall into the murky waters of life. Oya can run faster than anyone, but not fast enough to escape her fate. When pressed to choose between her dying mother and her dreams of escape, she makes a life-changing decision. Her journey from the promise of youth to the complicated yearnings of womanhood is a joyous, raucous, brazenly theatrical experience. Thrilling, powerful, lyrical, moving. in the mythical and ritualistic storytelling style of The Ballad of Emmett Till, also directed by Shirley Jo Finney.
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In the Red and Brown Water is Part One of McCraney's acclaimed Brother/Sister Plays trilogy. A hit at major theaters across the country, such as The Public (NY), Arena Stage (Washington, DC), The McCarter (Princeton), ACT (San Francisco). "This is an important new play by an exciting new voice in the American theatre," says Fountain Co-Artistic Director Stephen Sachs. "We fought very hard for three years to get the exclusive LA rights to this play. It was very important to us that the Fountain be the theatre that introduces this play and this playwright to Los Angeles." The LA Times has chosen the Fountain's upcoming production of In the Red and Brown Water for its special Fall Preview edition highlighting noteworthy events in the coming season.  | Diarra Kilpatrick plays the lead role of Oya.
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The talented cast includes Dorian Baucum, Peggy Blow, Gilbert Glenn Brown, Justin Chu Cary, Simone Missick, Diarra Kilpatrick, Stephen Marshall, Iona Morris, Theodore Perkins, and Maya Lynne Robinson. Discount Previews begin October 13th. Opens October 20 - December 16th. (323) 663-1525 |
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Splashes Around the Fountain
 Our fabulous summer intern, Jessica Broutt, has completed her internship with us and is now enjoying a trip to Israel before returning to school at UC San Diego ... Our production of The Blue Iris is being supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts .... Carlease Burke (Gem of the Ocean) is in Helen at the Getty Villa ... Cyrano co-stars Troy Kotsur and Paul Raci are in pre-production for their indie film, Deaf Ghost. Paul wrote the script and Troy directs ... Deidrie Henry (Coming Home) is in American Night by Culture Clash at Yale Rep ... Ipek Mehlum (Cyrano) has returned to Norway and is working at Theatre Manu on Jack and Beanstalk ... Julanne Chidi Hill (Blue Iris) can be seen this month on the Season Finale of Weeds on Showtime.
Fountain Birthdays this month:
Brian Markinson (Sept 1), Alan Blumenfeld (Sept 4), Naila Aladdin-Sanders (Sept 5), Mizuho Sato (Sept 6), Ed Martin (Sept 12), Karen Malina White (Sept 13), Erinn Anova (Sept 13), Judi Lewin (Sept 14), Adam Del Monte (Sept 23), Anna Khaja (Sept 29) |
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