THE SEAGULL: MALIBU to be Presented at Theatricum Botanicum
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 4, 2025
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will present the world premiere of The Seagull: Malibu, an evocative retelling of Anton Chekhov’s timeless masterpiece as re-imagined by Theatricum artistic director Ellen Geer. Learn more.
TARTUFFE: BORN AGAIN Comes to Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2024
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will present a hilarious satire about greed, corruption and hypocrisy. In Tartuffe:Born Again, translator and adaptor Freyda Thomas puts a contemporary spin on the original French play, recasting Molière’s Tartuffe as a deposed televangelist who takes advantage of his naïve and gullible host to rook him and his family of their money.
WENDY'S PETER PAN Comes to Theatricum in June
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2024
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum has transformed its uniquely beautiful outdoor amphitheater into the imaginary isle of Neverland for a magical production of Wendy’s Peter Pan. Theatricum artistic director Ellen Geer directs her “retelling” of the 1904 play by J.M. Barrie, with performances running June 22 through October 4.
LOVING AVERY: A Musical Salute To Avery Sommers Comes to Arts Garage
by Stephi Wild - Jul 11, 2023
Only a limited number of tickets are still available for the very special benefit concert: LOVING AVERY: A Musical Salute to Avery Sommers to be headlined by singers Rob Russell and Anthony Nunziata—along with special guests Copeland Davis, Patty Chamberlain, Tony Siders, and Meri Ziev, backed by Music Director Phil Hinton (piano) with Frank Derrick on drums and Val Shaffer on bass.
A PERFECT GANESH Comes to Theatricum in July
by Stephi Wild - Jun 14, 2023
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum continues its 50th anniversary repertory season with A Perfect Ganesh, the magical, poetic, Pulitzer Prize nominated play by Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally. Mary Jo DuPrey directs for a Saturday, July 15 opening on Theatricum’s beautiful outdoor stage in Topanga, where performances continue through October 7.
Arts Garage To Present LOVING AVERY: A Musical Salute To Avery Sommers, July 23
by A.A. Cristi - May 20, 2023
Marjorie Waldo, President & CEO of Arts Garage, today announced a very special upcoming concert: LOVING AVERY: A Musical Salute to Avery Sommers to be headlined by singers Rob Russell and Anthony Nunziata—along with special guests Copeland Davis, Patty Chamberlain, Tony Siders, and Meri Ziev, backed by Music Director Phil Hinton (piano) with Frank Derrick on drums and Val Shaffer on bass.
Photos: First Look At The World Premiere of TROUBLE THE WATER At Theatricum
by Grace Cutler - Jul 23, 2022
Inspired by the little-known, larger-than-life true story of Robert Smalls, the first African American hero of the Civil War, Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum presents the world premiere of Trouble the Water, freely adapted by Ellen Geer from the 2019 award-winning historical novel by Rebecca Dwight Bruff.
Theatricum Botanicum to Present New Revival of THE WEST SIDE WALTZ
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 24, 2022
Forty-one years after its premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre, Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum will present the world premiere of an “all new” revival of The West Side Waltz by Academy Award-winning writer Ernest Thompson (On Golden Pond).