Macbeth at Santa Cruz Shakespeare
Dates: 7/12/2026 - 8/30/2026
📍 Theatre: Santa Cruz Shakespeare
501 Upper Park Rd
Santa Cruz, CA
Phone: (831) 460-6399
Tickets: $25-$98
Santa Cruz Shakespeare invites you to experience Shakespeare’s Macbeth, under the trees and stars of the Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park this summer.
Macbeth
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Paul Mullins
Dark, bloody, brutal, and magnificent, Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of the greatest plays ever written. Its central couple, ironically, is one of Shakespeare’s happiest. At least at the beginning. Where Much Ado shows us the coming together of antagonists, Macbeth explores what we become when our second half is ripped away. A powerful unit, wildly in love with each other, the Macbeths follow the insinuations of the witches - the famous weird sisters - and commit murder in the name of their shared ambition: the throne of Scotland. But even with their goal achieved, Macbeth’s paranoia and guilt lead him further down the road of blood. The central unit tears apart under the shadow of its deeds. Who are these two without each other? Slowly and surely, the play shows us society's ruin in the form of its leading pair.
Macbeth will star Dan Donohue in the title role and Paige Lindsey White as Lady Macbeth.
Macbeth runs July 12 - August 30.
Tickets available for purchase starting May 1. More information at https://santacruzshakespeare.org/tickets/
Seasonal box office hours beginning May 1 are Tuesday through Friday from 12p.m. to 4p.m. Call 831-460-6399.
Performance Dates:
- Sunday, July 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM – preview
- Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM – preview
- Friday, July 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM – opening
- Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
- Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 8:00 PM
- Sunday, July 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
- Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
- Sunday, August 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
- Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM – pre-show backstage tour (ticket required)
- Sunday, August 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
- Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM – wine club
- Friday, August 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
- Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM – post-show talk-back
- Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM – pre-show dramaturgy
- Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
- Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM – all ages matinee
- Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM
- Saturday, August 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
- Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM – closing
Authors
Tony Awards and Nominations for Macbeth
| Year | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Best Revival of a Play | Nominated |
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