Will Geer News

A boy's struggle with grief turns into a magical, musical journey for him, his family, and the teacher who tries to save him. Moving Arts presents the World Premiere production of Song of Extinction, written by multiple award-winning playwright E.M. Lewis, directed by Heidi Helen Davis and with original music by Geoffrey Pope.

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.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents PASSION PLAY by Pulitzer Prize nominee and MacArthur Foundation Fellowship recipient Sarah Ruhl, directed by OBIE Award-winner Mark Wing-Davey at the University Theatre (222 York Street, New Haven), September 19-October 11 only. Opening Night is Thursday, September 25

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.

Obie winner and Tony Award nominee Reg Rogers will star in The Injured Party, a new comedy by Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg. Commissioned by SCR and directed by Trip Cullman, The Injured Party will receive its World Premiere at South Coast Repertory during the 11th annual Pacific Playwrights Festival. The show will run from April 20 through May 11, 2008 on the Julianne Argyros Stage. Low-priced previews are available from April 20 through April 24. Opening night is April 25. Press night is Saturday, April 26 at 7:45 p.m. Tickets to The Injured Party may be purchased online at www.scr.org, by phone at (714) 708-5555 or in person at the SCR box office

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).

Charles Durning, Jack Klugman and more will take part in the LA benefit Rise Up and Shout! on July 21st