Pasadena Showcase House Tickets Available

Tickets are now available for the 2006 Pasadena Showcase House of Design. This year’s Pasadena Showcase House will be open from April 23 to May 21. This year’s new entry hours are 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays and from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Tickets are priced at $30 in advance for Prime Time (weekday mornings from 9 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. and weekends from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) and $25 in advance for Weekday Matinee (Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Wednesday through Friday from 2 to 6:30 p.m.) The 2006 Pasadena Showcase House Tickets are available through Pasadena Showcase House for the Art’s (PSHA’s) website www.PasadenaShowcase.org or by calling (714) 442-3872. Additional information about the 2006 Showcase House and PSHA, as well as ticket order forms for mail or fax orders can be accessed on line at www.PasadenaShowcase.org. Call (626) 578-8500 for recorded Showcase information or (626) 229-0840 to leave a message at the PSHA Ticket Office. (The Pasadena Showcase House is closed on Mondays.)

Built in 1928 for Mr. and Mrs. Stanton W. Forsman and their four children, the 2006 Pasadena Showcase House is 12,500 square feet and is on 2.2 acres of land. The house, located in the estate area surrounding the Huntington Library, was designed by Reginald D. Johnson and was featured in Architectural Digest in 1931. The exterior of this Monterey Colonial home features thick walls simulating adobe, overhanging balconies and authentic shutters. The interior is Georgian. Original plans for the house included 11 bedrooms for the Forsmans and their large staff.

In 1941, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Griffith moved into the house with their two children and added an elevator, swimming pool and a second four-car garage. Several families have owned the house since that time and, in the 1980’s, a tennis court was built and, later, a family room was added in an area of the house that once was servants’ quarters.

The Pasadena Showcase House property is not handicap accessible and is not a child-safe venue. Infants and children under 12 will not be admitted. Parking and continuous shuttle service will be available from the Pasadena Rose Bowl. Guests will be shuttled to the 2006 Pasadena Showcase House where they can tour the estate and its gardens, dine al fresco at The Restaurant, and shop at The Marketplace, which contains a variety of boutiques. The gardens, restaurant and marketplace may be visited without a ticket.

The Pasadena Showcase House of Design is one of the largest and oldest projects of its kind in the United States. PSHA, through proceeds from this annual benefit, has donated almost $14 million to youth music and symphonic programs, in addition to presenting its own programs: the Pasadena Showcase House Music Mobile(TM) program, the Pasadena Showcase House Youth Concert and the Pasadena Showcase House Instrumental Competition.