This June, we’re bringing theatrical storytelling to our Youtube Channel!
We celebrate Father’s Day this Pride Month by uplifting a diverse subset of stories from The Fountain’s Queer community. These narratives explore the unique experiences queer people have within fatherhood. This online storytelling experience offers hope to a new generation.
Visit and subscribe to our YouTube Channel to stay in the loop with Streaming Stories: Fathers Day and all our other exciting programing!
One of our favorite sound designers is back at The Fountain with a sensational theatrical experience for holistic meditation.
Cursed / Consecrated brings together three South Asian dance traditions: Odissi from eastern India and Kandyan and Low-Country dances from Sri Lanka. Drawing from legends of women cast as dangerous, excessive, and cursed, this performance traces how these myths are shaped, repeated, and unsettled over time.
These free events allow community members to experience plays about them, by them, and near them. Guided conversations held at these community readings directly impact the productions of our next season.
We are thrilled to welcome back our friend, Conor Ryan, for a very special encore of his SOLD OUT Kabarett! Conor gives us a n intimate peak behind the curtain with personal stories and songs to that allows us to get to know the soulful person behind performances like Prince Topher in the Broadway revival of Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella to Christian the national tour Moulin Rouge.
Already Here is what happens when grief gets horny, tech gets spiritual, and love refuses to die.”
There’s nothing artificial about love.
Join Romance Nocturno for a special performance celebrating Hispanic Mother’s Day. Set within the intimate atmosphere of the Fountain Theatre, this show is designed to feel close to the heart.
Miriam, a geneticist, is on the verge of a scientific breakthrough that could alter humanity and transform our understanding of death. As her research and family become intertwined, every relationship in her life, including her relationship with God, is pushed to the breaking point. Superstition, science, and spirituality intertwine as a family wrestles with what "return" matters most.
Fountain Kabarett appeals to live music lovers and moment chasers alike, who are ready to discover their new favorite artist up close and in person. Fountain Kabarett happens every first Thursday of the month all year long. The Fountain has curated a year long line up of LA’s boldest and most imaginative musical talent.
Encore! On Thursday, February 26th at 8pm Jace Vendelin + Friends take the Fountain Theatre stage one more time! Jace and his talented ensemble bring electrifying soul to genres like Opera, Jazz, Country + indie pop!
If you missed Jace Vendelin + Friends’ February 5th performance, you have one more chance to turn a regular Thursday into a 90 minute musical experience that keeps you grooving, laughing, and singing long after the lights go down. Come see why everyone loves Jace Vendelin + Friends.
Mixing words, music, and movement, POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE: THE JUNE JORDAN EXPERIENCE ends our season in the fall celebrating the noted writer known for her fierce commitment to human rights and political activism. Featuring a performance and music of world renowned composer Adrienne Torf, along with selections by John Adams and Sweet Honey in the Rock, Poetry for the People will bolster your sense of individual responsibility as we all march towards liberation. Honored with the Helen Hayes Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play in 2023, this production will travel to Berkeley for encore performances
Featuring
Guitar: Antonio Triana
Singer Juan Murube
Percussion: Gerardo Morales
Dancers: Marina Elana
Arleen Hurtado
Ryan Rockmore
Reyes Barrios
This December, join us for a Holiday Soirée & Cabaret, a three-night celebration of theatre, music, and community. The centerpiece of this festive series will be our Holiday Soirée on December 12, featuring a live 2026 Season Announcement, a sparkling cabaret performance by Imani Branch & Friends, and a lively raffle and reception designed to bring together artists, patrons, and friends. The Soirée will be followed by two additional Cabaret performances on December 13 & 14 to get you in the holiday spirit!
The Fountain Theatre’s Impact and Engagement department in partnership with Cal State Fullerton have workshopped a new musical by creators Caroline Rothstein & Ethan Lipsitz. Join us for a concert presentation of AMERICA ON LINE directed by Raymond O. Caldwell starring Cal State Fullerton musical theatre students. America On Line is a musical about four childhood friends grappling with their lives, having come of age straddling the chasm of the pre- and post-Internet worlds.
Before he was a legend, Bruce Lee was just a young man trying to figure it all out—right here in Seattle. This action-packed, soul-searching story follows the Young Dragon as he navigates a new country and finds his voice. Through movement, magic, and heart, we meet the human behind the icon— flawed, fierce, and full of possibility. Watch as Lee learns to clear his brain by mimicking the white noise of water and begins fusing martial arts with philosophy. From street fights in Hong Kong to teaching self-defense and chasing big dreams, Bruce’s journey reminds us that finding your way means first figuring out who you are.
IMPACT is a compelling, one-act solo show (plus a cellist and percussionist), written and performed by composer/lyricist/performer Amy Engelhardt.
Using projections, video, original music, and an intimate storytelling style, Engelhardt connects a global and a personal narrative that shines a ray of hope on the best of humanity in the midst of tragedy.
Caminando, Caminando
by Yaelisa
Featuring
Jason McGuire “El Rubio” - Guitar
Yaelisa - Dancer / Singer / Director
Jose Moreno - Singer / Percussionist / Dancer
Marina Elana - Dancer
Reyes Barrios - Singer / Dancer
Featuring
Mizuho Sato - Dancer, Director
Jose Tanaka - Guitar
Vanessa Albalos - Dancer
Pepele Méndez - Singer
Clara Rodriguez - Dancer
Walking the Beat,” the Fountain Theatre’s innovative community-building program that sees students and police working together to create theater, presents 2025’s culminating, hope-inspiring production. Two free performances of United We Stand, Divided We Fall will take place on Monday, Sept. 29 and Tuesday, Sept. 30, both at 7 p.m., at the Fountain Theatre.
Forever Flamenco by Lakshmi Basile
Featuring
Lakshmi Basile “La Chimi”
Juan Murube
Kambiz Pakan (San Diego)
David Morales Boroff (San Diego)
Diego Alvarez “El Negro”
Emmy-nominated Brian Quijada will fill our theatre with imagination, resilience, and heart this summer. In hosting his very own TV variety show, a young man learns about the beauty and flaws of the American dream through the eyes of his Salvadoran grandmother – magically portrayed as a hand puppet. A West Coast Premiere, DC Theatre Arts hailed it as “beautiful and deeply touching.”
Originally written in 1978, Protest is a searing confrontation set in Communist Czechoslovakia, where fear and betrayal are the daily currency of life. Staněk, a privileged, regime-friendly writer, summons Vaněk, a blacklisted dissident, to plead for help—only to hesitate when his own safety is at stake. Their tense—and often wickedly funny—conversation becomes a battle for the soul, exposing the corrosive power of fear and the high cost of integrity.
Forever Flamenco by Juan Murube
A Flamenco Jazz Fusion Concert
FEATURING
Juan Murube - Singer & Director
Jose Tanaka - Guitar
Alex Jordan - Guitar
Kassandra Kocoshis - Percussion
David Morales Boroff - Violin
Johnny Sandoval - Percussion
THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT, a successful 1965 romantic comedy that played more than 365 performances on Broadway, is the perfect elixir that will provide new audiences with reasons to enjoy its brilliant and witty interpretation of the age old tale of attraction between opposites.
On the surface Bill Manhoff’s clever comedy is about unexpected love but on a deeper level it also shows how two insecure, unlikely neighbors, come to admire and respect each other despite their social and cultural differences.
Tim Cummings (The Normal Heart, Daniel’s Husband, White Rabbit Red Rabbit) with VERY SPECIAL GUESTS discussing THE LIGHTNING PEOPLE PLAY. The new all-ages novel that explores and celebrates the majesty, impact, and magic of theatre.
Madre
by Yaelisa
Featuring:
Jason McGuire “El Rubio”, Guitar
Yaelisa, Director/Dancer
Juan Murube, Singer
Tiana Alvarez, Dancer
Vanessa Albalos, Dancer
Alexandra Rojo, Dancer
FEATURING
Antonio Triana - Guitar / Director
Vanessa Albalos - Dancer
Fanny Ara - Dancer
Reyes Barrios - Dancer
Juan Murube - Singer
Timo Nunez - Dancer
Johnny Sandoval - Percussion
What Happened to Flamenco?
Fanny Ara - Dancer
Vahagni - Guitar
Vardan Ovsepian - Piano
Diego Alvarez - Percussion
Every night is opening night. The Fountain Theatre presents the Los Angeles premiere of White Rabbit Red Rabbit, the global sensation by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour that explores the restrictions, censorship and denial of individual choice faced under a harsh regime. In this theater experience like no other, a different actor will step onto the stage at every performance and be handed a script they’ve never seen before. No rehearsal, no director. Wild and utterly original, White Rabbit Red Rabbit is emotionally vulnerable at times, hilarious at others, and always pushing the boundaries of what it means to be present: spontaneous, playful, interactive and unpredictable. Join the Fountain team for a piece of baklava and a conversation in the upstairs café after every performance.
The Fountain Theatre presents a staged reading of
A LESSON FROM ALOES
featuring artists from Antaeus Theatre Company:
Tony Amendola, Gregg Daniel, Lily Knight
Directed by Elizabeth Swain
Dramaturg, Tara Moore
a discussion of Athol’s legacy will follow the reading
