Name: The People of Pompeii
Start: 2026-10-04T19:30:00
Location: Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum

Theatricum returns with its signature production! The most magical outdoor setting in Los Angeles becomes 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. All is reconciled through midsummer night revelries and the enduring power of nature.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Robert Lewis Stevenson's swashbuckling adventure story sails off the page and onto the wooded outdoor stage of Theatricum Botanicum. A young man's romantic dream of pirates on the high seas becomes a harrowing reality, where he is tested at every turn. He must face these challenges with courage, trusting a moral compass strong enough to triumph and discover the true treasure found in a life lived with integrity and purpose.

Treasure Island

Fires have come before. More will come again. And still, people stay, for love of place, for their children, for the idea of community. Bernardo Cubría’s dark and incisive new comedy, set in the aftermath of the 2025 fires in Los Angeles, does not romanticize that choice, but interrogates it, exposing the privilege embedded in even being able to choose. A dinner party meant to celebrate survival quickly turns into a sharp, funny, and uncomfortable reckoning with how we perform community when everything beneath it feels unstable. Fast, biting, and wickedly observant, Cubría’s quick dialogue reveals a deeper urgency: a hunger for connection, home, and belonging that is not fragile or performative. In a time when many of us feel unmoored, The People of Pompeii asks what “home” really means—and whether we are willing to do the work it takes to build it together, before the next fire comes.