The Fountain Theatre follows its hugely successful 2018 celebrity reading of All the President's Men with a one-night only, all-star reading of
Ms. Smith Goes to Washington, starring
Bellamy Young (ABC's
Scandal) in the title role, along with her
Scandal co-stars
Joshua Malina and
Jeff Perry, with more to be announced.
Adapted and directed by Fountain co-artistic director Stephen Sachs, presented by the award-winning Fountain Theatre in partnership with the City of Los Angeles and with exclusive permission from SONY Pictures, this free event will be hosted by Los Angeles City Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell and will take place in the John Ferraro Council Chamber of Los Angeles City Hall on Thursday, January 24 at 7:30 p.m. A catered reception will follow in the City Hall Rotunda.
In this gender-switched adaptation of Sidney Buchman's screenplay for the 1939 Jimmy Stewart classic Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, an idealistic, newly elected female senator finds herself fighting corruption in male-dominated Washington.
The Fountain Theatre is one of the most successful intimate theaters in Los Angeles, providing a creative home for multi-ethnic theater and dance artists. The Fountain has won hundreds of awards, and Fountain projects have been seen across the U.S. and internationally. Recent highlights include the inclusion of the Fountain's Citizen: An American Lyric in the Music Center's Our L.A. Voices festival at Grand Park, and an all-star reading of
All the President's Men at Los Angeles City Hall. The Fountain's 2018 productions of
The Chosen and
Arrival & Departure each enjoyed months-long sold out runs and was named a Los Angeles Times "Critic's Choice." The company's most recent production, the West Coast premiere of Martyna Majok's Pulitzer Prize-winning play
Cost of Living, was named to the Los Angeles Times' "Best of 2018" list.
Ms. Smith Goes to Washington takes place on Thursday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the John Ferraro Council Chamber, Room 340 of Los Angeles City Hall, 200 N Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Admission is free; however, seating is extremely limited. For more information, and to enter the ticket lottery, go to www.mssmith.org. Due to high security at the venue, no walk-ups will be permitted.