Tour Information

The Pasadena Playhouse tours may return in Fall 2024.
​Please stay tuned for the future updates. ​

Get a glimpse of what actors see on the other side of a curtain and learn about the history of one the nation's outstanding theatres. Visit a shop where sets and props are made. See a Green Room where actors wait for their cues and find out why it is called the Green Room. Learn where costumes come from and visit a fabulous Playhouse library.

We can accommodate small and large groups.

• Tour approximate length  - 1  hour.
• Advanced reservations are required.
• Some areas of the theatre have narrow passageways  and require climbing stairs.​
• You may take pictures during the tour.
• Photography and videotaping of stage designs, props, and any copyrighted  content is prohibited. 
• Parking information 
• Tours and events  are photographed or videotaped for promotional purposes. Please notify our staff if you

                      prefer not to be photographed.

The tours are operated by the members of the Friends of The Pasadena Playhouse and alumni of the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theatre Arts. There is no charge for the tours.
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Your donations are gratefully accepted and appreciated. All funds received are used to improve and add to services to the general public and/or the betterment of the Playhouse facility.

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 ​Contact Barbara​ Cruse and  Raquel Burgess,  the Pasadena Playhouse Tour Coordinators.

​​tours@pasadenaplayhouse.org

​Phone 626.921.1162
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​Address: 600 Playhouse Alley, Suite 301
Pasadena, CA
​91101-5209

Most of the tours are scheduled from 10 am to 3 pm. 
When booking a tour, please provide a date and time, number of guests, and your contact information.  
​Thank you!

Raquel Burgess (Left) and Barbara Cruse (Right)

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2020  Tours
January:   Girls  Scouts   (12 visitors)
February:   Sierra Madre Creative Arts   (15   visitors), Friends   of the La Mirada Theatre.
March:   The Questers International   (cancelled).
 TBD: The  upcoming tour:   Daughters of the American Revolution

2019 Tours
February: Duarte On the Move Riders Club (15  visitors).
March: LeBlanc Tour (3 visitors),    Glendora On the Move Riders Club (23 visitors).
April: Brandeis Women's Group (20  visitors),   Stine Tour (2  visitors).
May: Hoffman Tour (2  visitors)
June:  Playhouse  Block Party   multiple tours. 

2018 Tours
February :    Babcock tour (2 visitors),    Canyon Park Recreation  (15  visitors).
April  :    Windward School  (13 visitors).
May: Sage Oak Education   (7 visitors),  Sunset Roseville Community Center   (30 visitors).
June : Rose Tour   (4 visitors).
July :  Starling Tour   (2 visitors).
August : Wolfram Tour   (10 visitors),   San Gabriel Mission Playhouse Tour   (5 visitors),    Ybarra Tour   (2 visitors).
September: Manasco Tour (1  visitor).
December: Divan Tour  (2  visitors).

2017    Tours 
January :   Backstrom Leadership Strategies Tour (20 visitors).
February :  PALAC (15 visitors); Las Donas (3 visitors); Segerstrom Center for Performing Arts  Docents (20 visitors).
March :   Newport Harbor High School (15 visitors) ; Tuesday Tycoons (15 visitors).
April :  Freedom Riders  (25 visitors); Glendale Community College (7 visitors); Private Tour (40 visitors). 
May : Norton Simon Museum Pier Docents (20 visitors); Glendora Special Education (12 visitors);  Pasadena Heritage (50  visitors), Friends  of the Pasadena Playhouse  (10 visitors) .
June    : Mt. Olive Lutheran Church (10  visitors);  Friends  of the Pasadena Playhouse  (10 visitors). 
July:   Friends of the Pasadena Playhouse  (8 visitors),  ​ ​Red Hat Ladies (15 visitors)​.
August :   Trinity Academy​ (40 visitors),   Getty   Center   Docents (10 visitors).
September :   ​Woodland Hills Presbyterian  (10 visitors) and  a   private party (2 visitors).
November :   International School of Los Angeles (40  visitors).
December  :   Ziemba Group (3 visitors).