Yet Geer’s life has been anything but serene. As the child of actor Will Geer and actress Herta Ware, she grew up in a spirited extended family of actors, folk singers and political activists.

Ellen Geer is an American actress, professor and theatre director from New York City. She is the daughters of actors Will Geer and Herta Ware and has been acting for over 40 years.

The veteran actress pitches in for classical theater company born out of blacklist By Jordan Riefe Plus Icon Ellen_Geer_Amy_Madigan - H 2014 “We wanted to have a fun Christmas package, not do ...

The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum offers a sojourn through Thornton Wilder's personal view of the history of mankind as distilled through the lives of survivor Mr. Antrobus and his family. Helmer ...

Herta Ware, an actress who helped to found the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga, where she appeared in plays until a few years ago, died Monday at her home in Topanga.

The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will hold Equity auditions and a non-required open call for non-union performers for its 2001 summer season. Season to include: Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth ...

When Ellen Geer decided to stage an adaptation set in East Jerusalem of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum, the Topanga Canyon-based theater company she ...