Ellen Geer News

The end of summer marks the close of the classical repertory season at The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum. However, the Botanicum continues its theatrical exploration by supporting new artistic voices through its ongoing development series for playwrights, 'Botanicum Seedlings.' The program's fall playreadings are Brett Webster's Lost and Found in the Underground on Sunday, November 2 and Nude and Sunflower by Reba Waters Thomas on Sunday, November 9. Readings begin at 1 pm and admission is free.

The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum takes Social Science and World History 'Off-the-Page' with Fremont High School students this fall as part of two long-term arts-education residency programs, Americana off the Page: Viva La Raza! and Americana off the Page: African-American History.

One of America's greatest plays by one of its greatest playwrights, Eugene O'Neill's masterpiece, Long Day's Journey into Night, opens at The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum on July 26.

One of America's greatest plays by one of its greatest playwrights, Eugene O'Neill's masterpiece, Long Day's Journey into Night, opens at The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum on July 26.

'The School for Scandal', running June 28 through September 27 at The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, a beautiful outdoor amphitheater carved into the Topanga Canyon hillside.

William Shakespeare's thrilling supernatural tragedy, 'Macbeth', joins The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum's 2008 Summer Season on Saturday, June 7.

Two pairs of disaffected brothers are at the heart of As You Like It, inspiring director Ellen Geer to reset William Shakespeare's witty adventure in the divided South of the post-Civil War era. Rosalind and Orlando's celebrated courtship is played out against a backdrop of political rivalry, banishment and exile, opening The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum's 2008 Summer Season on Sunday, June 1. Performances continue every Sunday afternoon at 3 pm through September 28 in the Theatricum's 299-seat outdoor amphitheater carved into the Topanga Canyon hillside.

The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, in Topanga, CA, has announced its 2007 Summer Repertory Season. The four main stage plays set for the season include Shakespeare's The Tempest (June 3 - September 30); and the returning A Midsummer Night's Dream (June 9 - July 21 and Sept 2 - 30); Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit (June 30 - September 29); and the world premiere of Ellen Geer's adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula (July 28 - September 29).

Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to present the world premiere of 'Harold & Maude: The Musical,' starring Academy Award-winner Estelle Parsons, Eric Millegan, Donna English, Donna Lynne Champlin and Danny Burstein.