Outdoor Shakespearean Theatre
 
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

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 DreamTheatricum’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.

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 todayeducation@theatricum.com


Want us to come to you instead? visit our Classroom Enrichment page to book a workshop, in-school performance, or residency!

 

Bottom meets the Fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

 

Students, Teachers, and Chaperones at a School Days Performance

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

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2025 Spring School Performances

DateSeats Available?
4/30/2025140 Seats Available
5/01/2025All Seats Reserved
5/02/2025All Seats Reserved
5/05/2025All Seats Reserved
5/07/2025All Seats Reserved
5/12/2025All Seats Reserved
5/14/2025All Seats Reserved
5/19/2025All Seats Reserved
5/21/2025All Seats Reserved
5/28/2025All Seats Reserved
5/29/2025All Seats Reserved
6/02/202540 Seats Available

Much Ado About Nothing
2025 Spring School Performances

DateSeats Available?
5/8/2025250 Seats Available
5/09/2025150 Seats Available
5/15/2025200 Seats Available
5/22/2025120 Seats Available
5/23/2025All Seats Reserved
5/30/2025All Seats Reserved
6/04/202545 Seats Available

Fall 2025 Dates

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2025 Fall School Performances

DateSeats Available?
9/24/2025300 Seats Available
9/25/2025300 Seats Available
10/03/2025300 Seats Available
10/10/2025300 Seats Available
Much Ado About Nothing
2025 Fall School Performances

DateSeats Available?
9/26/2025300 Seats Available
10/01/2025300 Seats Available
10/09/2025300 Seats Available
Strife
2025 Fall School Performances

DateSeats Available?
9/29/2025300 Seats Available
10/06/2025300 Seats Available
10/08/2025300 Seats Available

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.

School Days 2025 FULL DAY booking includes:

      • Study Guide

      • In-School Preparatory Workshop for Students

      • Living History

      • Technique Workshops

      • Performance

      • Follow-up Q&A with cast

    Cost
    Groups of 1-40: $16/student
    Groups of 41-199: $15/student
    Groups of 200+: $14.50/student

    School Days 2025 PLAY ONLY booking includes:

        • Study Guide

        • In-School Preparatory Workshop for Students

        • Performance

        • Follow-up Q&A with cast

      Cost
      Groups of 1-40: $12/student
      Groups of 41-199: $11/student
      Groups of 200+: $10/student

      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 todayeducation@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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