Human Interest Story

Written by Stephen Sachs (author of Bakersfield Mist)
Directed by Stephen Sachs
Produced by Simon Levy, James Bennett, Deborah Culver
Starring Tanya Alexander, Richard Azurdia, Aleisha Force, James Harper, Matt Kirkwood, Rob Nagle, Tarina Pouncy

“A TIMELY NEW PLAY…  thought-provoking… will grab your attention and keep you at the edge of your seat… Tanya Alexander’s magnificent ability to morph herself… Rob Nagle commands the stage from start to finish… video projections brilliantly created … Compelling!” – Shari Barrett, BroadwayWorld

“A PLAY FOR OUR TIMES… AN ENSEMBLE CAST OF PROTEAN ACTORS… Playwright/director Stephen Sachs keeps the action brisk, while allowing for moments of emotional confusion [with] multiple complications that rocket the action into unexpected heights… The Fountain Theatre has pulled out all the stops.” — Paul Myrvold, Theatre Notes

“FOCUSES WITH LASER INTENSITY ON SEVERAL KEY ISSUES THAT ARE ROILING CONTEMPORARY CONSCIOUSNESS… It’s truly amazing what magic can materialize on such a small, sparsely furnished stage, but the Fountain manages to do it every time. This production is no exception.  For topicality, script, production and acting, any human theatergoer with a heart and brain would have great interest in this story. It’s very human. It’s profoundly interesting. And it is a great story… Advisory to producers outside L.A.: Get ahold of this play and get it up on your stage ASAP!” – Eric A. Gordon, People’s World

“SMART AND INSIGHTFUL… a slickly mounted, extremely polished production with a cast and design elements that conspire perfectly to make it sing. Sachs’ striking direction is highly kinetic… Human Interest Story has the makings of being an extremely important new work.” — Travis Michael Holder, TicketHoldersLA

“A TAUT, THOUGHT-PROVOKING 150-MINUTE THRILL RIDE that takes on the tyranny of corporations… one helluva cast with scenes so riveting that you want to freeze them forever… Sachs’s play succeeds with pure, unadulterated drama… Sachs tackles homelessness, women’s issues, greed and more in ways that resonate because it’s about the universality of the characters, not the issues… couldn’t be more highly recommended.” — Tony Frankel, Stage and Cinema

“A MUST SEE WORLD PREMIERE… an examination of a very real issue that effects us all. It plays out dramatically and emotionally… a lively cast… truly amazing projections by Matthew Hill… Hopefully, as with Sachs’s earlier efforts, his message flies beyond its comfortable nest on Fountain.” — Michael Sheehan, On Stage Los Angeles

“THOUGHT-PROVOKING… cleverly weaves many of today’s urban issues into this tale about doing all the wrong things for the right reasons… the talented cast keep the impact escalating… an expose of many of the crises we face today, including poverty, race, burgeoning social media, public opinion shapers, and raw, unbridled political power… a timely – and often incendiary – look at life in America today.” — Elaine Mura, LA Splash

“AN INSPIRED IDEA … addresses the economic collapse of American journalism… Under Sachs’ direction, Tanya Alexander is equally compelling as Betty and as Jane Doe. Andy is played by Rob Nagle, who delivers solid work in a different new play just about every three months, or so it seems… Sachs has cooked the ingredients into a bubbling boil.” – Don Shirley, LA Observed

“A THOROUGH CATALOG OF THE CRISES OF OUR TIME… Sachs aligns himself here with polemical writers such as Ibsen and Shaw, who used the stage as a platform for social criticism… talented cast and inventive design team… The production looks and sounds spiffy… gorgeous.” – Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times