WILL GEER’S THEATRICUM BOTANICUM
2017 SUMMER SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE  

MAINSTAGE REPERTORY PERFORMANCES June 3 through Oct. 1:
• Saturday, June 3 at 7:30 p.m. – The Merchant of Venice (Opening Night)
• Sunday, June 4 at 3:30 p.m. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opening)
• Saturday, June 10 at 7:30 p.m. – The Merchant of Venice
• Sunday, June 11 at 3:30 p.m. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Saturday, June 17 at 3:30 p.m. – The Merchant of Venice
• Saturday, June 17 at 7:30 p.m. – Animal Farm (Opening Night)
• Sunday, June 18 at 3:30 p.m. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Sunday, June 18 at 7:30 p.m. – Dark
• Saturday, June 24 at 3:30 p.m. – The Merchant of Venice
• Saturday, June 24 at 7:30 p.m. – Animal Farm
• Sunday, June 25 at 3:30 p.m.* – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Sunday, June 25 at 7:30 p.m. – Dark
• Saturday, July 1 at 3:30 p.m. – Dark
• Saturday, July 1 at 7:30 p.m. – The Merchant of Venice
• Sunday, July 2 at 3:30 p.m. –  Dark
• Sunday, July 2 at 7:30 p.m. – Animal Farm (pre-show “prologue” discussion today at 6:30 p.m.)
• Saturday, July 8 at 3:30 p.m. – Animal Farm
• Saturday, July 8 at 7:30 p.m. – Other Desert Cities (Opening Night)
• Sunday, July 9 at 3:30 p.m. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Sunday, July 9 at 7:30 p.m. – The Merchant of Venice
• Saturday, July 15 at 3:30 p.m. – The Merchant of Venice (pre-show “prologue” discussion today at 2:30 p.m.)
• Saturday, July 15 at 7:30 p.m. – Other Desert Cities
• Sunday, July 16 at 3:30 p.m. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Sunday, July 16 at 7:30 p.m. – Animal Farm
• Saturday, July 22 – Dark
• Sunday, July 23 – Dark
• Saturday, July 29 at 3:30 p.m. – Desert Cities
• Saturday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m. – Trouble in Mind (Opening Night)
• Sunday, July 30 at 3:30 p.m. – Animal Farm
• Sunday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. – Trouble In Mind
• Thursday, Aug. 3 at 7:30 p.m.* – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Friday, Aug. 4 at 7:30 p.m. – Animal Farm
• Saturday, Aug. 5 at 3:30 p.m. – Other Desert Cities (pre-show “prologue” discussion today at 2:30 p.m.)
• Saturday, Aug. 5 at 7:30 p.m. – Trouble In Mind
• Sunday, Aug. 6 at 3:30 p.m. – The Merchant of Venice
• Sunday, Aug. 6 at 7:30 p.m. – Animal Farm
• Thursday, Aug. 10 at 7:30 p.m.* – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Friday, Aug. 11 at 7:30 p.m. – Trouble in Mind
• Saturday, Aug. 12 at 3:30 p.m. – Animal Farm
• Saturday, Aug. 12 at 7:30 p.m. – The Merchant of Venice
• Sunday, Aug. 13 at 3:30 p.m. – Trouble In Mind
• Sunday, Aug. 13 at 7:30 p.m. – Other Desert Cities
• Thursday, Aug. 17 at 7:30 p.m.* – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Saturday, Aug. 19 at 3:30 p.m. – The Merchant of Venice
• Saturday, Aug. 19 at 7:30 p.m. – Animal Farm
• Sunday, Aug. 20 at 3:30 p.m. – Trouble in Mind
• Sunday, Aug. 20 at 7:30 p.m. – Other Desert Cities
• Thursday, Aug. 24 at 7:30 p.m.* – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Saturday, Aug. 26 at 3:30 p.m. – Animal Farm
• Saturday, Aug. 26 at 7:30 p.m. – Other Desert Cities
• Sunday, Aug. 27 at 3:30 p.m. – The Merchant of Venice
• Sunday, Aug. 27 at 7:30 p.m. – Trouble In Mind
• Saturday, Sept. 2 at 3:30 p.m. – The Merchant of Venice
• Saturday, Sept. 2 at 7:30 p.m. – Animal Farm
• Sunday, Sept. 3 at 3:30 p.m. – Trouble In Mind (pre-show “prologue” discussion today at 2:30 p.m.)
• Sunday, Sept. 3 at 7:30 p.m. – Other Desert Cities
• Monday, Sept. 4 (Labor Day) at 6 p.m.– A Midsummer Night’s Dream (pre-show “prologue” discussion today at 5 p.m.)
• Saturday, Sept. 9 at 3:30 p.m. – Other Desert Cities
• Saturday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. – Trouble In Mind
• Sunday, Sept. 10 at 3:30 p.m. – The Merchant of Venice
• Sunday, Sept. 10 at 7:30 p.m. – Animal Farm
• Saturday, Sept. 16 at 3:30 p.m. – Trouble In Mind
• Saturday, Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. – Other Desert Cities
• Sunday, Sept. 17 at 3:30 p.m. – Animal Farm
• Sunday, Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. – The Merchant of Venice
• Saturday, Sept. 23 at 3:30 p.m. – The Merchant of Venice
• Saturday, Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. – Animal Farm
• Sunday, Sept. 24 at 3:30 p.m. – Trouble In Mind
• Sunday, Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. – Other Desert Cities
• Saturday, Sept. 30 at 3:30 p.m. – Trouble In Mind
• Saturday, Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. – Other Desert Cities
• Sunday, Oct. 1 at 3:30 p.m. – The Merchant of Venice
• Sunday, Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. – Animal Farm
*Pre-performance buffet dinners, served in the Theatricum gardens and attended by costumed fairies, will be available for purchase by ticketholders prior to four Thursday evening performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Aug. 3; Aug. 10, Aug. 17 and Aug. 24 at 6 p.m. Advance reservations required.

MAINSTAGE SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS:
• Saturday, April 1 at 1 p.m.: Re-PETE Celebration 2017: The Songs and Spirit of Pete Seeger–The Rising of the Women — Audiences are invited to sing along at a tribute to late singer/songwriter and activist Pete Seeger in what has become an annual tradition at Theatricum Botanicum.
• Sunday, May 14 (Mother’s Day) at 2 p.m.: Momentum Place — Lexi Pearl curates Theatricum’s annual offering of modern dance, aerial acts, juggling and performance art.
• Tuesday, July 4 from 11 a.m.–5 p.m.: Family Barn Dance and Bar–B–Que

UNDER THE OAKS featuring music and performance in the intimate S. Mark Taper Foundation Pavilion:
• Friday, Sept. 1 at 8 p.m.: Red Channels (chamber music)
• Friday, Sept. 8 at 8 p.m.: Composers’ Collective
• Friday, Sept. 15 at 8 p.m.: Alsop 4 Adults
• Friday, Sept. 22 at 8 p.m.: Those Who Rise: from Dr. King to Michelle Obama

OFF THE GRID – comedy improv with Theatricum’s in-house troupe on the last Friday of every month:
• Friday, June 30 at 8 p.m.
• Friday, July 28 at 8 p.m.
• Friday, Aug. 25 at 8 p.m.
• Friday, Sept. 29 at 8 p.m.

BOTANICUM SEEDLINGS:A DEVELOPMENT SERIES FOR PLAYWRIGHTS furthers new works and new voices, presenting free readings of new plays:
• Sunday, Aug. 20 at 11 a.m.
• Sunday, Aug. 27 at 11 a.m.

FAMILY FUNDAYS with Creative PlayGround – interactive theater for ages 2 and up:
• Sunday, June 4 at 11 a.m.: Aesop’s Fables
• Sunday, June 11 at 11 a.m.: Ferdinand the Bull
• Sunday, June 18 at 11 a.m.: The Legends of King Arthur
• Sunday, June 25 at 11 a.m.: The Velveteen Rabbit
• Saturday, July 15 at 11 a.m.: Three Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
• Saturday, Aug. 19 at 11 a.m.: The Legends of King Arthur
• Sunday, Oct. 1 at 11 a.m.: Ferdinand the Bull
• Sunday, Oct 8 at 11 a.m.: The Velveteen Rabbit
• Sunday, Oct 15 at 11 a.m.: Aesop’s Fables
• Sunday, Oct. 22 at 11 a.m.: Halloween Stories

FAMILY FUNDAYS with Peter Alsop’s KIDS KONCERTS (artists TBA):
• Sunday, July 16 at 10:30 a.m.
• Sunday, July 30 at 10:30 a.m.
• Sunday, Aug. 6 at 10:30 a.m.
• Sunday, Aug. 20 at 10:30 a.m.
• Sunday, Aug. 27 at 10:30 a.m.
• Sunday, Sept. 10 at 10:30 a.m.
• Sunday, Sept. 17 at 10:30 a.m.
• Sunday, Sept. 24 at 10:30 a.m.

BOO–TANICUM – The bucolic Theatricum transforms into the haunted BOO–tanicum with the theater company’s 4th annual Halloween extravaganza:
• October, 2017 (date TBA)

The outdoor amphitheaters at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum are terraced into the hillside of the rustic canyon. Audience members are advised to dress casually (warmly for evenings) and bring cushions for bench seating. Patrons are welcome to arrive early and picnic before a performance.

For more information and to purchase tickets and subscriptions, call (310) 455–3723, or go to www.theatricum.com. Visit us on facebook: www.facebook.com/theatricum. Follow us on twitter: @theatricum.

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