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WHAT: Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum presents Under the Oaks, four evenings of music on Theatricum’s spectacular outdoor stage in Topanga. WHEN: • Thursday, Sept. 8...
Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum www.theatricum.com Box office (310) 455-3723 Main Office: (310) 455-2322
By William Shakespeare Directed by Melora Marshall June 12 - October 1 Theatricum returns with its signature production, an annual event infusing Shakespeare’s beautiful language...
By Ernest Thompson Directed by Mary Jo DuPrey June 25 - October 1 Forty-one years after its premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre, Academy Award winning...
By William Shakespeare Directed by Ellen Geer June 11 - October 2 Shakespeare’s buoyant comedy, re-set in 1950s small-town America to a score of rockin’...
Adapted by Ellen Geer, Based on the Novel by Rebecca Dwight Bruff Directed by Gerald C. Rivers July 9 - October 2 World Premiere Inspired...
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