Theatre summer camp in Topanga, CA
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum is an outdoor repertory theatre in Topanga Canyon, California, founded in 1973 and now marking more than 50 years of Shakespeare and classical performance. Education has been central to its mission since the beginning. Through its Academy of the Classics the theatre offers camps and classes for Young People (ages 4-7), Youth (ages 8-13), Teens (ages 14-18) and adults, along with the School Days field trip program that has served Southern California students for over 35 years, classroom enrichment residencies, an online stage combat video series, and the Professional Repertory Education and Performance Program. Instruction emphasizes Shakespearean language, ensemble theatre technique, American history and student voice. Year-round private coaching is also available.
Academy of the Classics classes and camps split into Young People (ages 4-7), Youth (ages 8-13) and Teen (ages 14-18) levels; private youth/teen coaching available year-round.
Waiting in the Wings explores the glamor and elegance of a lost era, life on the stage of 1920s music halls, the terror and loss and beauty of aging, and the incomparable treasures of female friendship.
Christopher Moncayo-Torres's world premiere solo work, directed by Bernardo Cubría, brings his Ecuadorian parents into a storytelling exploration of language and care at Outside In Theatre in Los Angeles.
Like the playwright, several of these company members are themselves proud Topangans.
'The People of Pompeii,' a pinche new comedy by Bernardo Cubría set in Topanga Canyon, the bohemian enclave that is home to both Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum and the playwright himself is set to open.
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