Santa Cruz Shakespeare invites you to experience August Wilson’s Fences , under the trees and stars of the Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park this summer. Fences By August Wilson Directed by Susan Dalian August Wilson joins the Santa Cruz Shakespeare stage for...
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...
Santa Cruz Shakespeare invites you to experience Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing , under the trees and stars of the Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park this summer. Much Ado About Nothing By William Shakespeare Directed by Charles Pasternak One of...
Santa Cruz Shakespeare invites you to experience the musical The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown, under the trees and stars of the Audrey Stanley Grove in Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park this summer. The Last Five Years By Jason Robert Brown Directed by Laura Gordon Music...
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...
The Little Shop of Horrors 40th Anniversary Tour with Ellen Greene at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre answered that question with an evening overflowing with nostalgia, laughter, and plenty of love for one of musical theatre’s most enduringly strange creations.…
What happens when dinner, circus, cabaret, and a trip back in time all collide under one tent?…
What happens when innovation moves faster than our ability to understand its consequences?…
What happens when three possible fathers, one determined bride-to-be, and the irresistible music of ABBA collide on a Greek island?…
ORPHEUS DESCENDING remains painfully relevant. Tennessee Williams’ southern gothic play intertwines wisps of Greek myth with the racist Mississippi of the Jim Crow era. The lines are drawn, the expectations are set, but some people will choose their own lot rather than what’s handed to them. Des…
What happens when water becomes a privilege—and rebellion comes with a price?…
THE FULL MONTY at Woodminster Summer Musicals is full of laughs, groves and moves, and even poignant moments. When an everyday Joe faces his challenges with a crazy idea, friends by his side, and a whole lot of courage, audiences respond. Show up for the laughs, stay for the joy. This show is one yo…
What happens when six ordinary men decide they'll do just about anything to reclaim their confidence?…
What did our critic think of URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL at The Barbary Stage?…
Set during a Broadway audition, A Chorus Line strips away elaborate scenery and spectacle, allowing the performers—and their stories—to take center stage.…
Join Santa Cruz Shakespeare in its beautiful outdoor theater under the trees in The Audrey Stanley Grove at DeLaveaga Park in Santa Cruz for its 2023 Summer Festival and its 10th anniversary of thrilling and imaginative theater. This year’s production of King Lear will explore...
Join Santa Cruz Shakespeare in its beautiful outdoor theater under the trees in The Audrey Stanley Grove at DeLaveaga Park in Santa Cruz for its 2023 Summer Festival and the production of Lauren Gunderson’s The Book of Will. A play that tells the funny and moving story of the...
Join Santa Cruz Shakespeare in its beautiful outdoor theater under the trees in The Audrey Stanley Grove at DeLaveaga Park in Santa Cruz for its 2023 Summer Festival and its 10th anniversary of thrilling and imaginative theater. In one of Shakespeare’s most raucous comedies, The...
World Premiere of The Formula by Kathryn Chetkovich, directed by Ellen Maguire, Co-Production with Blissfield. "A wonderful new play" George Saunders, in the New Yorker: https://rb.gy/sjvpdq In The Formula, inspired by William Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream, an anxious...
Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, directed by Paul Mullins. Twelfth Night introduces us to Viola who is shipwrecked physically, and then introduces her to a cast of characters who are shipwrecked emotionally. Stuck in old ideas of love and grief that have grown so stale as...
The Tempest, by William Shakespeare. Directed by Miriam Laube. SCSs second Shakespeare play also begins with a shipwreck, though this is one created by designmore specifically, by the magic of Prosperos tempest. Determined to destroy those who banished her to the island...
by Jessica KubzanskyLive at The Grove (Streaming Option Available)The story that sets the Wars of the Roses in motion, Jessica Kubzanskys adaptation of Shakespeares Richard II tells the story of that kings ill-fated reign using only three actors. What is our responsibility when...
by Mat SmartLive at The Grove (Streaming Option Available)This play, by Mat Smart, tells the story of Fredrick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony. Over the forty-five volatile years that they knew one another, they were friends, allies, and adversaries. Their hopes and dreams for...
As part of our Undiscovered Shakespeare series, in partnership with The Humanities Institute at UCSC, we will present a virtual reading of Troilus & Cressida.This three-part virtual reading of one of Shakespeares most unusual tragedies continues our Undiscovered Shakespeare...
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Julius Caesar Marin Shakespeare Company (8/14-9/13) |
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Pickleball Hillbarn Theatre (8/20-9/13) |
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William Shakespeare's Antony+Cleopatra Red Morton Park (8/15-8/31) |
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The Fall Show Shotgun Players Ashby Stage (9/26-10/25) |
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Dev Cuny’s Assigned at Birth: My Funeral Part 1 The Marsh Berkeley (8/19-8/22) |
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Steel Magnolias Town Hall Theatre (9/10-10/03) |
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Fences by August Wilson Santa Cruz Shakespeare (7/28-8/28) |
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Sherry Glaser’s Life & Death: A Love Story The Marsh Berkeley (8/21-8/22) |
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DRACULA ORINDA STARLIGHT VILLAGE PLAYERS (9/04-9/26) |
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THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST Terra Nova Theater (8/23-8/30) |
