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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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Special Screening at the Theatricum

TNT Staff, October 18, 2024 0 1 min read

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum presents a 70th anniversary screening of Salt of the Earth, the controversial pro-labor, pro-Latino, feminist 1954 film written by Michael Wilson, directed by Herbert J. Biberman, and produced by Paul Jarrico. A story of resilience,...

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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 Celebrates 50 Years

TNT Staff, October 20, 2023 0 1 min read

Join the Topanga Historical Society in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Theatricum Botanicum. This one-of-a-kind outdoor theater presents the beauty and trials of humanity in striking relief against the incredible backdrop of our natural Canyon. Lovers of Shakespeare,...

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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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Theatricum Botanicum Celebrates 50 Years

Emmeline Summerton, June 2, 2023 1 8 min read

One of Topanga Canyon’s most beloved arts institutions is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and so in this month’s Lost Canyons LA column we are celebrating the fascinating history of the Theatricum Botanicum and the extraordinary life of...

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Theatricum Botanicum Launches its 50th Season

TNT Staff, June 2, 2023 0 2 min read

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum continues 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...

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Trouble the Water

Caroline Rheinfrank, July 29, 2022 0 4 min read

Trouble the Water is the story of Civil War hero Robert Smalls, who was born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina, carried his family and others to freedom by commandeering a Confederate warship into Union waters, and eventually went...

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The West Side Waltz

Caroline Rheinfrank, July 15, 2022 0 2 min read

Playwright Ernest Thompson revisited his Broadway play The West Side Waltz for the Theatricum Botanicum’s 2022 summer season. The original Broadway production debuted in 1981, starring Katherine Hepburn. The fresh rewrite stars the timeless, nuanced Ellen Geer as widowed...

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Merry Wives Goes Mid-Century Modern

Caroline Rheinfrank, July 1, 2022 0 4 min read

“Queen Elizabeth loved the roguish character of Falstaff and thus, by Her Majesty’s command, this comedy was written…” writes Director Ellen Geer in the program notes for the 2022 Theatricum Botanicum Season’s production of The Merry Wives of Windsor....

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