The Reading Theater Project has announced the 2025 In Nature’s Studio, an outdoor performance event at the Reading Public Museum Arboretum, 500 Museum Road, Reading, Pennsylvania. The performance will take place Sunday, July 27, 2025, from 4:00pm to 5:30pm, and is free to attend, thanks to grant support from the Reading Musical Foundation, Berks County Community Foundation, and our generous donors. More information can be found at: readingtheaterproject.org/in-natures-studio-2025/
The park already has an accessible path with a route that takes about 10-15 minutes to walk. The audience, rather than sitting and watching, walks and stops to see the micro performances stationed along the path, with each performance lasting about five minutes. The performances are inspired by the “Toytopia” exhibit inside the Reading Public Museum and are appropriate for all audiences. The audience can choose to wander on their own or follow a guided path (which ensures they will see all performances).
“In Nature’s Studio brings theater outdoors to the people, and turns it into public art. This production was born of necessity, during the pandemic, but now it’s a beloved annual tradition.,” says Vicki Haller Graff, Artistic Director of the Reading Theater Project and director of the project.
Performing arts are the focus (theater, music, dance, and large-scale puppetry), though visual arts will also be a part of the overall spectacle with Plein Air (outdoor) painters affiliated with Art Plus Gallery in West Reading situated throughout the park. Henry Patterson’s Rally Rousers band will also play before the show. Jessica Warchal-King’s JCWK Dance Lab is an ongoing partner in this project.
The Reading Theater Project is a locally-focused, professional theater company, based in Greater Reading/Berks County, P A. We value collaboration and creative challenges and believe theater is an inclusive experience that can reveal our shared human condition. For more information, visit readingtheaterproject.org or call 484-706-9719.