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All the World’s a Stage

Daphne Huffman, August 8, 2025 0 4 min read

The Theatricum Botanicum lives not only as a cultural center of Topanga Canyon but also as a beloved haven for people throughout the city, attracting audiences from around Los Angeles who are drawn to its outdoor spaces and artistic...

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Strife Comes to the Theatricum

TNT Staff, June 13, 2025 0 2 min read

Rarely produced ‘Strife’ by John Galsworthy explores human cost of ideological battles at Theatricum Botanicum theatricum.com What compromise is possible when human dignity and health are on the line, along with a business’s survival and the economy it supports?...

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Theatricum Season Opens

TNT Staff, May 30, 2025 0 2 min read

Spring into summer with two timeless comedies at Theatricum Botanicum’s spectacular outdoor venue. ‘Much Ado About Nothing,’ and ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ will kick off Theatricum’s 2025 ‘Season of Resilience.’ There’s no better way to spend a summer afternoon...

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Theatricum’s 52nd Season

TNT Staff, February 21, 2025 0 3 min read

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum has announced its 52nd annual season of theater, music and performance: the 2025 “Season of Resilience.” “This season is about endurance,” says Theatricum associate artistic director Willow Geer. “Theatricum carries on following the California wildfires...

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‘Tartuffe: Born Again,’ a hilarious, modern-dayadaptation of Molière at Theatricum Botanicum

TNT Staff, June 28, 2024 0 2 min read

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum presents a hilarious satire about greed, corruption and hypocrisy at its beautiful outdoor venue in Topanga. In Tartuffe: Born Again, translator and adaptor Freyda Thomas puts a contemporary spin on the original French play, recasting...

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Wendy’s Peter Pan at the Theatricum June 22

TNT Staff, June 14, 2024 0 2 min read

Calling all young-at-heart: 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...

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Theatricum Botanicum Announces 2024 Repertory Season

TNT Staff, February 9, 2024 0 2 min read

We all need a laugh these days, and audiences will find more than one at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in 2024—along with a welcome respite from city life at the company’s spectacular, one-of-a-kind outdoor venue in Topanga. Get ready...

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Terrence McNally’s ‘A Perfect Ganesh’ seeks truth and compassion at Theatricum

TNT Staff, June 16, 2023 0 2 min read

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. Directed by Mary Jo DuPrey, the play will open Saturday, July 15,on...

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How Theatricum Botanicum Revived a Teen’s Passion

Laurel Busby, June 16, 2023 0 4 min read

During the enforced seclusion of the pandemic, Ella Storm, then 15, became detached from a central source of joy in her life—the theater. She soldiered on at first, doing community theater via an online production, but the experience was...

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Theatricum Botanicum’s Summer Season Launch

TNT Staff, June 3, 2022 0 1 min read

On Saturday, June 11 is the Bard’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, reset in 1950s small-town America during the nascent period of second-wave feminism and featuring a rockin’ score of ‘50s tunes. Things might seem picture perfect in “Small...

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