CONFEDERATES
A LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
BY DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU
DIRECTED BY RAYMOND O. CALDWELL
OCTOBER 30 - DECEMBER 13 2026Two Black women. Two eras. One fight to claim their own power.
Sara is an enslaved woman who becomes a Union spy during the Civil War. Sandra is a tenured political science professor at a prestigious university today. More than 150 years separate their lives, but the forces they navigate around race, gender, power, and institutional betrayal prove disturbingly familiar.
Moving between past and present with biting humor and theatrical ingenuity, acclaimed playwright Dominique Morisseau (Skeleton Crew, Paradise Blue) connects these two women across generations as each must decide whom she can trust, what she's willing to risk, and how to take control of her own story.
The Los Angeles premiere of Confederates is a funny, fearless and provocative examination of American institutions, Black womanhood, and the battles we're still fighting.
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PERFORMANCE DATES, TIMES, + DETAILS
PREVIEWS: October 28 + 29 2026 at 8PM
PRESS OPENING: Friday October 30, 2026 at 8PM
VIP OPENING: Saturday October 31, 2026 at 8PM
CONFEDERATES runs through December 13, 2026
SPECIAL PERFORMANCES
Monday Night INDUSTRY NIGHT Performances: Nov 9, 16, 23, 30 + Dec 7 | 8PM ALL TICKETS NAME-YOUR-OWN-PRICE
Friday Night COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS: Nov 6, 20 + Dec 4, 11 | 8PM LINE-UP OF SPEAKERS COMING SOON
BLACKOUT Affinity Night: Friday Nov 13 | 8PM Patrons who do not identify as Black are kindly asked to choose a different performance to attend.
Weekday INTERGENERATIONAL MATINEES: Nov 4, Nov 11, + Dec 9 | 11AM Patrons of all ages are invited to attend alongside students from local high schools.
TICKETS + PRICING
LIVING TICKET PROGRAM: Name-Your-Own-Price tickets are available through our Living Ticket Program.
ALL Preview Performances + Monday Night Performances are Name-Your-Own-Price
10 Living Tickets will be available to claim at the box office 60 minutes prior to curtain. First come, first served. One Living Ticket per person.
DYNAMIC TICKET PRICING MODEL: All other tickets are priced according to a demand-based dynamic pricing schedule from $45-$75.
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BOX OFFICE HOURS: 12-5PM Monday-Friday
All other times leave a message at boxoffice@fountaintheatre.com or 323-663-1525 and a member of our team will get back to you shortly.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
Direction - Raymond O. Caldwell
Scenic Design - Matt D. McCarren
Lighting Design - Alison Brummer
Sound Design - Andrea “Slim” Allmond
Costume Design - Wendell Carmichael
Production Manager - Ashley Weaver
Production Stage Manager - Lanae Wilks
Assistant Director - RheAnn Mennefield
FEATURING:
Sarah Scott Davis Nedra Ryan Taylor
Sufe Bradshaw Mara Klein Daks McClettie II
More exciting production news coming soon!
DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU
"For me, this play was always about the legacy of white supremacy in this country’s foundation, in its institutionalism. Trying to link this country’s founding with white supremacy has made a lot of people uncomfortable or flat out upset; as if it’s some ‘subversive attempt’ to try to shame the legacy of this country, rather than confront its truth and deal with its impact on our present so that we can have a better future."
–Dominique Morisseau
Dominique Morisseau is the author of The Detroit Project, which includes the plays Skeleton Crew, Paradise Blue, and Detroit ’67. Additional plays include Pipeline, Sunset Baby, Blood at the Root, Follow Me To Nellie’s, Confederates, Bad Kreyòl, and the Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations, for which she earned a Tony nomination. She is currently developing Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical.
Morisseau is an alumna of The Public Theater Emerging Writers Group, Women’s Project Lab, and Lark Playwrights Workshop and has developed work at Sundance Lab, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference.
She also served as co-producer on the Showtime series Shameless (3 seasons). She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Steinberg Playwright Award, the NBTF August Wilson Playwriting Award, and the MacArthur Genius Grant.