“The Royal Family” by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber

TOPANGA, Calif. - June 12, 2013 - PRLog -- George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber’s comedy about a family dynasty of actors, a thinly disguised parody of the Barrymores, will be performed by Topanga’s own theatrical clan, the Geers. Trodding the boards isn’t all it’s cracked up to be in this very funny valentine to the theater, artists and family.

Meet the Cavendishes, the first family of the American stage, as they sword-fight, swoon and act their way through their daily lives – proving the old axiom, the show, and the family, must go on. Kaufman and Ferber's 1927 vintage comedy is fast-paced, howlingly funny and full of larger than life eccentrics. Three generations of the Cavendish family, all famous actors in their own right, wrestle with their hearts and the pull of two ways of life – secure, dull materialism and domesticity, versus the erratic, egocentric but fulfilling life in the theater. When the youngest Miss Cavendish wants to quit the stage for marital bliss, the family must figure out how to keep her within the theatrical fold.

The Royal Family opens on Saturday, June 22 and continues through September 28 (call tghe theater or check online for rotating performance schedule). Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum is located at 1419 North Topanga Canyon Blvd. in Topanga, midway between Malibu and the San Fernando Valley. For a complete schedule of performances and to purchase tickets, call 310-455-3723