Indoor and outdoor, large and small: four historic stages in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
540 seats · built 1910
The historic Outdoor Forest Theater is an amphitheatre on Mountain View Avenue and Santa Rita Street in Carmel-by-the-Sea. The stage is framed by towering pines, a majestic backdrop for plays and musicals. Every August and September PacRep presents its annual family musical here, followed by the annual Carmel Shakespeare Festival.
42 seats · WPA project, 1940
An intimate playing space built in 1940 as a WPA project directly beneath the Outdoor Forest Theater stage. For decades it housed the Children's Experimental Theatre and the Staff Players; today it is the home of PacRep's Peppy Garner & Darnell Whitt School of Dramatic Arts (SoDA). Newly renovated by the City of Carmel, it has an inviting lobby and comfortable open seating.
A finite space with infinite possibilities.
290 seats · proscenium stage
The centerpiece of the Golden Bough complex. This nearly 300-seat proscenium auditorium is where full-scale musicals, larger classical and contemporary productions, concerts and film screenings are presented.
90 seats · theatre in the round
Below the Founders Theatre at the Golden Bough Playhouse, with its own entrance on Casanova Street, resides the petite gem that is the Circle Theatre. This theatre-in-the-round is an ideal intimate setting for experimental plays, original works and the classics.
