Cross the bridge from Topanga Canyon Boulevard to Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum and immerse yourself in live outdoor theater. Kicking off the summer repertory season are Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The University of Central Arkansas Theatre Department in Conway continues to prove that collegiate theatre can be as intellectually daring as it is artistically fearless with its production of FAR AWAY by Caryl Churchill, which ran February 20-22.
The University of Central Arkansas brought this cosmic comedy to life September 26–28 at the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts in Conway, with student director Takashi Ito at the helm.
Performances of Wine in the Wilderness join the outdoor summer repertory “Season of Resilience” at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum beginning August 9 and continuing through October 12. Check out photos here!
Performances of Alice Childress' Wine in the Wilderness have joined the outdoor summer repertory “Season of Resilience” at Will Geer Theatricum. Learn more!
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will present two beloved comedies by William Shakespeare to open the company’s “2025 Season of Resilience.” Learn how to attend!
Written by acclaimed actress and playwright June Carryl and produced by Imagine Theatre, this light-hearted, fantastical voyage through the savanna is inspired by folktales and origin stories from South Africa. There is a charming Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland feeling of whimsy and adventure afoot in this production.
“The Girl Who Made the Milky Way,” a world premiere, family-friendly theatrical experience commissioned by Imagine Theatre, opens tonight in a partnership between Imagine and The Colony Theatre, where performances take place. Check out photos here!
Imagine Theatre in partnership with The Colony Theatre will present a world premiere, family-friendly theatrical experience inspired by a Khoisan myth. An original commission by Imagine Theatre, The Girl Who Made the Milky Way is written by acclaimed playwright June Carryl. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
The work’s premiere at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum feels like a couple of different narratives – along with a screed or two – stuffed into a single evening. It’s an identity quest! It’s a perilous journey to motherhood! It’s a rumination/condemnation on what it means to be Latino! It’s a…circus?
Bernardo Cubria's play THE HISPANIC/LATINO/LATINA/LATINX/LATINÉ VOTE explores election year themes with humor at Theatricum. Learn more about the play and see how to purchase tickets.
The Winter’s Tale at Will Geer Theatricum Botanical is a true joy of a production. There is a terrific cast of lively, powerhouse performers and many irresistible moments of magic, delight, drama, and fall-out-your-chair-laughing hilarity. I absolutely loved it.
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum opens its 2024 summer repertory season in rustic Topanga Canyon this weekend with “The Winter’s Tale,” William Shakespeare’s sweeping romance of passion and forgiveness. Check out the photos, below.
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will open its 2024 summer repertory season with two productions by the Bard. Learn how to purchase tickets.
Ellen Geer’s new compilation of Shakespeare's best-known history plays does nothing to address the misogynistic, xenophobic views that have led to Margaret of Anjou’s historical presentation (or any other woman’s) as a stereotypical villain. But in other ways, it succeeds in illuminating Margaret as what she actually was - a force to be reckoned with.
The performance itself was a straightforward, text-driven version of Macbeth. Director Ellen Geer has not ignored a word of Shakespeare’s text and has crafted a production which seems obsessed with clarity, but doesn’t present any theatricality or inventiveness beyond relaying the narrative.
The summer institution's season opener effortlessly blends the two genres the venue is most famous for.
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will continue its 50th Anniversary Summer Season with Queen Margaret’s Version of Shakespeare’s War of the Roses, a new edit of Shakespeare’s best-known history plays — Henry VI Parts I, II and III and Richard III — compiled by artistic director Ellen Geer.
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will open its 50th Anniversary Summer Season with two of William Shakespeare’s most mystical offerings: the thrilling supernatural tragedy, Macbeth, and that most magical of romantic comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will celebrate its 50th Anniversary in high style with a summer-long season of theater, music, performance and other festivities at its spectacular, one-of-a-kind outdoor venue in Topanga.
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