Free Theatre Toursįree tours of the Pasadena Playhouse are offered with advanced reservations by phone at +1 (626) 921-1162. Its community theatre beginnings and the tremendous amount of local support led George Bernard Shaw to dub Pasadena "the Athens of the West," likening the enterprise to the ancient Festival Dionysia. At the time, The Playhouse was the largest and most technically advanced venue on this side of the Mississippi.
Brown Players settled in Pasadena at the time a sleepy little town of farmers. The outhouse on stage at Pasadena Little Theatre isn’t for public use, but there are other ways for the audience to participate when The Rustlers of Red Rock is performed on weekends March. community or little theatres, especially those in large metropolitan areas, evolved into professional theatre groups (e.g., the Pasadena Playhouse. The town fell in love with the Players and before they had spent ten years here, locals donated the money to move the company out of the derelict old burlesque house they had been renting and into the newly constructed Pasadena Playhouse in 1924, originally known as the Pasadena Community Playhouse. It was established in 1917 as the official State Theatre of California. The Pasadena Playhouse has a rich and vibrant history dating back to 1917 when an itinerant acting troupe by the name of the Gilmor Brown Players settled in Pasadena – at the time a sleepy little town of farmers and wealthy vacationers. The Playhouse has displayed a commitment to cultural and theatrical diversity, which is reflected in seasons featuring Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning plays. In recent years, The Playhouse has become instrumental in launching new works and landmark revivals for the American theatre. The Pasadena Playhouse was established in 1917 and is the official State Theatre of California.