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A Season of Premieres! New Plays from... an important new female African-American writer an important new male American writer a world-famous master storyteller and the last play of America's most beloved playwright plus world class Flamenco and other surprises! Subscribe Now! and SAVE MONEY!
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The Ballad of Emmett Till by Ifa Bayeza West Coast Premiere! Feb 11 – March 20
Image courtesy of Goodman Theatre, Chicago. Design by Kelly Rickert A true story. The now legendary tale of Emmett Till ignited the start of the civil rights movement. This west coast premiere, part history and part ghost story, is a jazz/gospel/folk integration of past and present, the living and dead, factual accounts and storytelling. Chicago playwright Ifa Bayeza captures the powerful truths at the heart of the legend, creating a soaring work of music, poetic language and riveting theatricality. Directed by Shirley Jo Finney Dedicated to the memory of Ben Bradley
Opus by Michael Hollinger Los Angeles Premiere! - Spring 2010 -
Sex, drugs and chamber music! Talent and temperaments collide in this amusing and compelling behind-the-scenes look at a high-strung string quartet. A world-famous ensemble threatens to unravel as it prepares for its highest-profile performance when its most talented member goes missing and a young woman is hired to take his place. Smart, funny, entertaining and insightful -- you'll never listen to a string quartet the same way again. Directed by Simon Levy
The Train Driver by Athol Fugard United States Premiere! - Summer 2010 -
"This may be the most important one I've ever written as far as I'm concerned for personal reasons," says Athol Fugard. The newest play by the world’s great playwright. Inspired by a true event. A tormented train driver is compelled to visit a makeshift graveyard in the middle of nowhere, determined to find the unmarked grave of the woman he unintentionally killed. A haunting, mesmerizing and deeply personal journey into the human soul. Directed by Stephen Sachs
A House Not Meant to Stand by Tennessee Williams West Coast Premiere! - Fall 2010 -
A theatrical event. The last full length play written by Tennessee Williams has never been seen in the Western United States until now! By special permission of the Williams Estate. Thirty years before Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County, Williams wrote this spellbinding play about the McCorkles -- a blazingly dysfunctional Mississippi family you’ll never forget. This outrageous, dark, expressionistic comedy, which Williams called a "Southern gothic spook sonata," reveals the fragile state of our world and the hope and desperation of the human heart. Directed by Simon Levy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom - Feb 2011 –
Blues music soars as The Fountain continues its dedication to the masterworks of Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson with this extraordinary blues drama. Following Gem of the Ocean and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, the Fountain now presents the next play in Wilson’s monumental Cycle that chronicles the African American experience in the United States. In Ma Rainey, the time is the 1920’s. A run-down recording studio in Chicago. Legendary blues singer Ma Rainey lays down some tracks with a group of black musicians. But what erupts in the session is more than music. A dramatic fuse is lit and explodes with an unforgettable shattering impact. Tony Award nomination for Best Play. Directed by Ben Bradley
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DJ: Don Juan in LA Created and directed by Deborah Lawlor World Premiere! Dates TBA A contemporary version of the Don Juan story set to the passionate rhythms of Flamenco in a nightclub in Los Angeles, where DJ is the town's hottest dee-jay. Flamenco sensation Timo Nunez stars in this sexy and steamy tale of love, passion and duende. Red-hot dancing and pulsating music burn up a sultry night in L.A. Ole!
- And Another Season of - Kathak, Classical Dance & Music of India
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