School Days Field Trips

The best field trip in Los Angeles!

– Matt Snyder, Patrick Henry Middle School

This Season, we are excited to present William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Much Ado About Nothing for our School Days Field Trips. In the Fall of 2025, we will also be presenting John Galsworthy’s Strife!

• William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing – A brand new production of the beloved classic, Shakespeare’s joyous, hilarious masterpiece explores the lengths Benedick and Beatrice will go to deny their obvious attraction, and then the lengths they both will go to prove their love to each other. Great for 6th Grade and Up.
  
  
• William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Theatricum’s beloved signature production and the perfect introduction to Shakespeare for all ages.
  
  
• John Galsworthy’s Strife – What compromise is possible when human dignity and health are on the line, along with a business’s survival, and the economy it supports? It’s Capital versus Labor versus the Union at the climactic peak of a labor strike, with a resolution hanging in the balance. Nobel Prize-winning writer and activist John Galsworthy remarkably shows every point of view as the corporation and workers consider untenable options. 1890s Pennsylvania, amidst the industrial unrest and labor movements of America’s Gilded Age, sets the stage for Theatricum’s production of Galsworthy’s gripping story of human endurance, sacrifice, and the fragile balance between justice and compromise. Great for 6th grade and up.

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Dates/Plays for 2025 are below! Enroll online and get your pick of date below and we’ll get back to you with a confirmation as soon as possible.

Contact Emoria Weidner to learn more or book below today – education@theatricum.com

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The kids just got so, so much out of the experience. They talked about it all the way back to school on the bus and my own child spoke about it all evening. The sheer amount of joy the cast and crew took in discussing not only Shakespeare (from the stage and individually) but the time period in which he wrote was contagious. I thought we were just busing out to see a play. That it was an entire immersive educational day in a gorgeous outdoor location in the canyons made it that much more special. Can’t wait to go again!

– Mark Wheaton, Walter Reed Middle School

Spring 2025 Dates

Fall 2025 Dates

Much Ado About Nothing
2025 Fall School Performances

Strife
2025 Fall School Performances

It was AMAZING. The students were engaged the entire time. I believe that some of them will consider theatre as a high school elective based on what they experienced today. Thank you for offering this high quality program.

– Laura Ellis, Olive Vista Middle School STEAM Magnet

Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum School Days Field Trip has been serving Southern California students for over 35 years. The School Days Field Trip is a multi-modal arts education experience including a preparatory workshop for students, a comprehensive study guide, an interactive Living History, and a talk-back with cast and crew – in addition to a high-quality professional performance of a Shakespeare or other play presented at Theatricum’s beautiful 299-seat outdoor amphitheater in the Santa Monica mountains.

A School Days Field Trip Full day begins at 10:00 am (arrival time between 9:15-9:45). A Play Only day begins at 11:40 am. Dismissal for both is at 1:15 pm.

Start to finish, a magical experience. The orientation is fun and informative. The workshops are adorable and the exceptional professionalism of the staff is incredible! The chaperones hardly have to do a thing! The staff at Theatricum is all over it. Everything is tremendously organized and the kids are constantly engaged. What an amazing experience for our students! AND, the actors are top-notch! Extraordinary productions in an extraordinary environment. Shakespeare comes alive!

– Tanya Akaopoff, Sylmar Charter High School

For both Full Day and Play Only:
Teachers and chaperones free at a ratio of 1 per 20 students. Additional teachers/chaperones $16 each.
One free in-school preparatory workshop per 100 students. Additional workshops $100 each, if desired.
Payment can be made with a Purchase Order, Check, Cash, or Credit Card. All Credit Card payments will have a 3.5% fee.

Contact Emoria Weidner to learn more or book below today – education@theatricum.com

The play was well front loaded through the history and dramatization presented at the school site workshop, along with the living history experience at the theater, and the materials packet provided. The living history Q & A was a very effective and engaging lesson on Elizabethan England. Shakespeare can be completely unintelligible for middle schoolers, but the resource materials and preparation by the actors was fun and made the story understandable.

– Lynne Newton, Westside Waldorf School

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