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Photo Flash: First Look At Theatricum's THE GIN GAME

by A.A. Cristi — August 29, 2019

Westside audiences are in for a treat.

Review: Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT Offers Songs of Love and Laughter in the Beautiful Woods at Theatricum Botanicum

by Shari Barrett — August 13, 2019

William Shakespeare's rollicking and ever-popular comedy of mistaken identity, TWELFTH NIGHT, brings its magical combination of mischief, madness and romance into the outdoor amphitheater at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum this summer where it plays in rep through September 28.

Theatricum Botanicum Announces 2019 Summer Season Outdoors in Topanga

by Julie Musbach — March 20, 2019

Spring has sprung, andWill Geer's Theatricum Botanicum is thrilled to announce its annual summer line-up of theater, music and performance in its unique and stunning outdoor setting in Topanga.

Theatricum Presents First-Ever Revival of HAITI

by Julie Musbach — July 3, 2018

Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum presents the first-ever revival of a historical melodrama about the Haitian revolution that graced the stage at New York's Lafayette Theatre in Harlem in 1938 as part of the Federal Theatre Project.

Susan Angelo Directs Members of the Geer Family in Revival of THE CHALK GARDEN

by Julie Musbach — May 31, 2018

A mystery of hidden pasts, lost loves and false identities in a world where living things cannot grow.

Arthur Miller's THE CRUCIBLE Hits Close to Home at Theatricum Botanicum

by Julie Musbach — May 17, 2018

A parable of mass hysteria that draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch hunts of 1692 and McCarthyism, which gripped America in the 1950s, The Crucible by Arthur Miller remains eerily timely in today's climate of fake news.

Theatricum Opens 2018 Summer Season with Shakespeare's CORIOLANUS

by Julie Musbach — May 8, 2018

William Shakespeare'sCoriolanus, a tragedy based on the life of legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus, opens the summer season at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum on June 2.

Theatricum Botanicum Announces 2018 Summer Season at Outdoor Venue in Topanga

by Julie Musbach — April 2, 2018

Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum is back with an exciting summer line-up of socially conscious theater, music and performance.

Photo Flash: Theatricum Opens Summer Season with MERCHANT OF VENICE

by Julie Musbach — June 3, 2017

William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice opens the summer season at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum on June 3.

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Kicks Off Theatricum Summer Season

by A.A. Cristi — May 2, 2017

William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice opens the summer season at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum on June 3.

Theatricum Botanicum Announces 2017 Summer Season Outdoors in Topanga

by A.A. Cristi — March 20, 2017

Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum rises up and speaks out with a summer line-up of socially conscious classic and contemporary plays, music and performance.

Theatricum Botanicum Sets Summer 2016 Season

by Tyler Peterson — March 29, 2016

The year 2016 marks the remembrance, worldwide, of Shakespeare's death 400 years ago, as well as what is shaping up to be a historic election year in the U.

Theatricum Botanicum Hosts A WALTONS WEEKEND This Weekend

by BWW News Desk — August 7, 2015

Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum will host a gathering of cast members from the long-running TV series The Waltons - in which Theatricum founder Will Geer starred as Grandpa Walton from 1972 until his death in 1978 - for a three-day weekend of tribute and reminiscence this weekend, August 7-9.

Theatricum Botanicum to Host A WALTONS WEEKEND, 8/7-9

by Tyler Peterson — July 7, 2015

Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum will host a gathering of cast members from the long-running TV series The Waltons - in which Theatricum founder Will Geer starred as Grandpa Walton from 1972 until his death in 1978 - for a three-day weekend of tribute and reminiscence August 7-9.