June 4–Oct. 2:
Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum 2016 Summer Season:
Tickets: 10-$38.50
Phone: (310) 455-3723
www.theatricum.com
The summer season of five mainstage productions kicks off on June 4 with William Shakespeare’s tale of star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, set in the heart of East Jerusalem. Also on the mainstage: Theatricum’s signature production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (opening June 5); the world premiere of Tom, adapted by Ellen Geer from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (opening June 18); The Imaginary Invalid, Moliere’s classic comedy skewering the health care profession (opening July 9); and Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare’s first tragedy about ...Read More
June 4–Oct. 2:
Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum 2016 Summer Season:
Tickets: 10-$38.50
Phone: (310) 455-3723
www.theatricum.com
The summer season of five mainstage productions kicks off on June 4 with William Shakespeare’s tale of star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, set in the heart of East Jerusalem. Also on the mainstage: Theatricum’s signature production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (opening June 5); the world premiere of Tom, adapted by Ellen Geer from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (opening June 18); The Imaginary Invalid, Moliere’s classic comedy skewering the health care profession (opening July 9); and Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare’s first tragedy about a government gone awry reset in an uncertain future (opening July 30). All mainstage productions perform in repertory through Oct. 2 at Theatricum’s spectacular outdoor venue in the heart of Topanga — check online or call for a performance schedule. Other programming includes concerts such as the The Woody Guthrie Story and Inara George and Friends, family programming including Creative PlayGround, Peter Alsop’s Kids Koncerts and a family Barn Dance on the 4th of July; new play readings from Botanicum Seedlings; comedy improv from Off the Grid; and much more. Picnickers welcome before or after the performances.
June 4–Oct. 2 (call theater or check online for rotating performance schedule):
Romeo and Juliet — Director Ellen Geer illuminates the continued relevance of this 500-year-old play, setting Shakespeare’s tale of forbidden love and warring families in East Jerusalem — a city beset by age-old prejudices, street violence and religious differences.
June 5–Sept. 25 (call theater or check online for rotating performance schedule):
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Theatricum brings back its signature production, an audience favorite with a set design unrivaled by any other theater - because it's the real thing. The most magical outdoor setting in Los Angeles is once again transformed into an enchanted forest inhabited by lovers both fairy and human. Shakespeare conjures a world of wonder, magic and romance where comical misunderstandings and the pain of unrequited love are resolved, and all is reconciled through midsummer night revelries and the enduring power of nature.
June 18 – Oct. 1 (call theater or check online for rotating performance schedule):
World premiere of TOM — Ellen Geer’s free adaptation with music brings new eyes to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Long before Black Lives Matter was part of our lexicon, Stowe’s great novel demanded freedom and equality for all, changing forever how Americans viewed slavery, galvanizing the abolition movement and contributing to the outbreak of the Civil War.
July 9 – Oct. 2 (call theater or check online for rotating performance schedule):
The Imaginary Invalid — Constance Congdon’s fresh and hilarious adaptation of Molière’s skewering of the health care crisis from an entirely different century. Plagued by a growing pile of medical bills, Madame Argan (Ellen Geer), a chronic hypochondriac, will go to any length to marry her daughter off to a doctor. Of course, her daughter has other ideas. This potent elixir of romantic triangles, double entendres and mistaken identities proves, in the end, that laughter really is the best medicine. Alan Blumenfeld stars alongside Geer as Dr. Purgeon.
July 30 – Oct. 2 (call theater or check online for rotating performance schedule):
Titus Andronicus — How should a nation choose its leaders? What happens when a government insulates itself from the citizens it once served? What is the difference between justice and revenge? Theatricum sets Shakespeare's first tragedy, the violent tale of a government gone awry, in the future, to spark a flame of caution… but always with a flicker of hope. Recommended for mature audiences.
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