LOVESWELL is "such a wonderful little discovery to find in the middle of Hollywood."

What a beautiful review by Actress and Second City Alum Tracy Thorpe who said that Loveswell, "exceeded all of her expectations that were super high to begin with." Here's what she had to say:

"Loveswell is such a wonderful little discovery to find in the middle of Hollywood. Both John's writing and performance were pure perfection. I have been thinking about it all day. SO powerful and HILARIOUS on top of it all!!!! A show with deep heart and soul, and many, many laugh out loud moments. Its billed as being about surfing, and it does honor the sport in such a way that it compels you to want to get out and surf the first chance you have. But mostly Loveswell is a deeply touching, and extraordinarily forethcoming lovestory." - Tracy Thorpe

Ticket's and Info at www.loveswell.com and read the more than 50 + counting Amazing Reviews.

Everyone loves Loveswell!! Written by John Fortson and directed by Terrie Silverman

Running until June 7th, 2009 at the Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles

Hope to see you there - John

LOVESWELL: "BRAVO for LOVESWELL" the One Man Show by John Fortson at the Hudson Theatre

Loveswell gets a major wonderful review from Celebrated Actor and Author of the Hilarious New Hit Book - Angry Conversations With God

"Actor-writer John Fortson possesses that rare combination of vulnerability and humor. A handsome, surfer jock with an innocent heart and an undyinglove for his tempestuous wife, he glides from hysterical mimicry to heartbreaking revelation in a moment. His show really is like riding anendless wave. You won't realize you've traveled such a distance with himuntil the lights go out. Bravo!"-- Susan Isaacs, Actor/Writer, Angry Conversations With God

Tickets and Info plus all the 50 + great reviews at http://www.loveswell.com/

Directed by Terrie Silverman at the Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles until June 7th, 2009

Writing and Rehearsing

I'm up tonight and I'm writing and editing and editing and writing and rehearsing and it's fun and painful and sickening and awesome all rolled into one. Loveswell opens at the Hudson theatre and there is lots of interest already.

My director, Terrie Silverman, is very excited about the material and the work I'm doing. I said can't we just do what I did in the last show. After all it got great reviews from critics and audiences. She said, this show is much deeper and you are really getting to the heart of what relationships are all about. It's funnier, more poignant and frankly I'm more excited about this work.

So I'm going to keep at it. See you on opening night. - John

Fun Developments for Loveswell

Have to blog about a great recent development for my one person show, Loveswell. In developing the material I tried out using surfing and the ocean as a backdrop, for metaphors, for my relationship. Loveswell is about relationship, but uses surfing and the ocean in a way that anyone can relate. And people really loved it, thus I had confidence in using it in the show.



This run starting May 1st at the Hudson Theatre here in LA, Loveswell will have the privilege of having famed surf artist, Meegan Feori, along for the ride. I had the instinct when I first saw her work on a site online. One of the first paintings I saw was Night Flyin Femlin and I was immediately taken.


All of Meegan's paintings share the ocean and surfing in a way that anyone can enjoy. It's not in the flashy maneuvers that surfing can easily take on, only appealing to surfers, but it's in her representations of the ocean as a playful place, of a connection place, of a meaningful place where we, as man or woman, share time bathing in the beauty of one of our most important natural worlds, the ocean.

As she says, “I am a bella niña bruja ocean-loving dreamer compelled to create what my heart and mind envision. While my work represents surfing, it is not exclusive to surfing. It transcends the act of surfing becoming a visual representation of human emotion and experience.”

After talking and meeting with Meegan recently at The Hudson Theatre on Santa Monica Blvd, in LA, she happily agreed to have a showing of her work coinciding with our Loveswell run. Then I had the idea to ask her to paint the set and use her own colors and interpretive talent to create the world where Loveswell will take place. And Meegan said yes.

So Loveswell is proud to bring Meegan aboard for what will be a wonderful and fun run of Loveswell, my one person show about a man fighting for his relationship through the ups and downs of marriage as seen through the eyes of a surfer.

Hope you can make it down to see both of these fabulous works. www.loveswell.com

Director Terrie Silverman Coming Back On Board

Hi all. I'm excited to say that my director, Terrie Silverman, was happy to come back on board to direct the second installment of LOVESWELL, my critically acclaimed and audience loved one person show.

Director Terrie Silverman is an amazing artist, storyteller, teacher and director. Writing, play writing, performance art, she is an extremely dedicated visionary who works intimately and intricately to bring out every pearl of a story. She's able to bring humor and see the big picture as a director, always putting the show first, the journey of the audience. I so look forward to working together again. You can find out more about Terrie and what she does at http://www.creativerites.com/

This time Loveswell will be put up in Hollywood and we are currently looking for just the right theatre in which to do this. And we are looking at putting the show up sometime toward the end of March 2009. So lots of fun work to do.

Again Loveswell will dedicate all earnings and work to raise awareness for charitable causes. Last time we raised awareness to thousands of people for The Surfrider Foundation and The Roy and Patricia Disney Cancer Center in Burbank, California.

Again I look forward to working with The Surfrider Foundation. They work so hard not just for surfers and the waves, but for all our beaches around the world and the health of our oceans and everyone who loves the ocean.

The second charity I'll be teaming up with hasn't been decided yet, but I'll let you know as we'll make an announcement as the show gets closer.

Loveswell was a great success with over 400 people coming to enjoy the show during it's run. The greatest thing was that it truly sparked conversation about what relationships are all about, what it takes to maintain one, and what people would put up with, not put up with, and how they deal with each other. That was my greatest satisfaction.

What will you say? I can't wait to hear what you will say when you see Loveswell. Here I'll be posting reviews, quotes, and conversations about Loveswell and the run. So come to the show, support a great cause and let's hear what you have to say.

Loveswell is about man's view of how to make his relationship work through all the ups and downs of marriage as seen through the eyes of a surfer. It's hilariously, nakedly, honest. Is that a word, nakedly - it is now. If you've ever been in a relationship and who hasn't then you'll love the show.

It's exciting for me and scary at the same time, just as it was the first run, just as it was the first day I sat down to write, Loveswell, just as it was walking into Terrie's workshop for the first time, as it was calling Terrie and announcing my intentions. But a year and a half after that phone call I was on stage in a critically acclaimed show that I had written and in which I was starring. So I set out tonight on this journey again, knowing that if there is a degree of fear I'm heading in the right direction.

Find out more at http://www.loveswell.com/ and the site is constantly being updated so hang in there if the info reflects the first run.

Best John