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Saturday Matinees at The Fountain. Featuring Showtime Blues by France-Luce Benson

  • The Fountain Theatre 5060 Fountain Ave. Los Angeles United States (map)
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Final show before a brief hiatus... a special reading of
Showtime Blues by France-Luce Benson

On a stalled train, Ameira and Demetrius dodge law enforcement and grapple with the realities of life as a moving target.

Featuring

Cecil Blutcher

Regional Theater: Pipeline (Actor’s Theatre of Louisville); Petrol Station (The Kennedy Center). NYC: The Hot Wing King (Signature Theatre); Tempo (Ensemble Studio Theatre); Showtime Blues (Ensemble Studio Theatre). Film: Premature (Dir. Rashad Ernesto Green); Skin (Dir. Guy Nattiv); Sketch (Dir. Mariama Diallo)Television: The Good Fight (CBS All-Access); Random Acts of Flyness (HBO). Training: M.F.A. (Penn State). Website: CecilBlutcherCreates.com

Suzette Azariah Gunn

Suzette Azariah Gunn is an actress, writer, director from New York. She has a degree in acting from Howard University and Oxford University. She has recurred, starred and guest starred on television and been in film and Theater across the US. Most recently 21 Bridges film and Nya in Pipeline at Cleveland Playhouse. Honors- Los Angeles Film Award Best Ensemble, Golden Door International Film Festival Nominated Best Lead Actress, NBC Diversity Showcase,  Named Up and Coming Actress to watch, Best Supporting Actress Planet Connections,.- For more info suzettegunn.com 

Matt Kirkwood

Matt Kirkwood has been an actor and director in Los Angeles theatre for the last 30+ years. He was last seen in The Fountain's production of HUMAN INTEREST STORY, and in the live stream reading of DETAINED.

France-Luce Benson is an award winning playwright and Community Engagement Coordinator for The Fountain Theatre. She is also the producer and host of Saturday Matinees.

Showtime Blues premiered in 2017 at Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York, under the direction of Steve Broadnax.

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