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Tickets on sale now for 2026 line-up including one-night-only tribute bands, comedy, drag and local artistic collaborations March 25, 2026 — SANTA CRUZ, CA — Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), the nationally recognized professional theatre company with more than 40 years of history in Santa Cruz County, today announced the expansion

Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS) today announced its expansion in year-round programming with a special spring engagement of Vincent, the acclaimed one-person play by Leonard Nimoy. The 90-minute performance, starring SCS Artistic Director Charles Pasternak, will take place at the Veterans Memorial Building, 846 Front Street in Downtown Santa Cruz on

FROM SCS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CHARLES PASTERNAK: December 24, Christmas Eve, was the closing performance of our 2025 Christmas Carol. All weekend the has been windy and wet, with particularly strong gusts that evening. I stood outside the Vets Hall as I do before every performance — greeting people, wishing them

Five Summer and Fall Productions Connected by Theme of “’Til Death Do Us Part”; A Christmas Carol Returns for Winter Production August 26, 2025– SANTA CRUZ, CA— Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), celebrating 12 years as a nationally recognized non-profit professional repertory theater company with history in Santa Cruz County going