Private Lives by Noel Coward at Santa Cruz Shakespeare
Dates: 9/4/2026 - 10/4/2026
📍 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 Private Lives by Noel Coward, under the trees and stars of the Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park this summer.
Private Lives
By Noel Coward
Directed by Laura Gordon
If you think Beatrice and Benedick go at it in Much Ado, wait until you see Amanda and Elyot. Both on honeymoons with new spouses, having violently divorced years before, Amanda and Elyot discover each other sharing adjoining balconies in the same hotel. Well, one thing leads to another, and… sometimes the line between love and hate is so thin. In Noel Coward’s masterpiece, we witness two selfish, passionate, egotistical, madly in love people drive each other absolutely crazy. How can they possibly survive together? But more importantly, perhaps, how can they survive apart? With Coward’s searing wit, you’ll laugh until you cry while they scream until they kiss. And vice versa.
Private Lives will star Charles Pasternak as Elyot and Paige Lindsey White as Amanda.
Private Lives runs September 4 – October 4.
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.
- Friday, September 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM – preview
- Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM – opening
- Sunday, September 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
- Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
- Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
- Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM – pre-show dramaturgy
- Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
- Sunday, September 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM – all-ages matinee
- Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM
- Friday, September 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM – wine club
- Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM – post-show talk-back
- Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM
- Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
- Friday, October 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
- Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
- Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM – closing
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