SCS In The Press
Santa Cruz Shakespeare + Santa Cruz Gives = Bringing Shakespeare to Every Student November 19 – December 31, 2025 Minimum gift: $5 Link to give: https://santacruzgives.org/nonprofit/santacruzshakespeare This year, Santa Cruz Shakespeare is honored to once again be part of Santa Cruz Gives, our community’s remarkable grassroots campaign supporting the nonprofits that make this county such…
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Favorites Mike Ryan and Julie James return to cast along with new actors Nov. 10, 2025– Santa Cruz, CA – Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), a nationally recognized professional repertory theatre company staging imaginative productions for more than a decade, today announced the full cast for its annual adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. The production runs from…
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Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS) is proud to announce that it has been recognized by the Santa Cruz community with two top honors in Lookout Santa Cruz’s inaugural 2025 Lookout List: Favorite Theatre Company and Favorite Venue for Local Theatre for its outdoor home, The Audrey Stanley Grove at DeLaveaga Park.
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Production runs Nov. 26 – Dec. 24 in Downtown Santa Cruz Oct. 1, 2025– Santa Cruz, CA – Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), a nationally recognized professional repertory theatre company staging imaginative productions for more than a decade, today announced that tickets are on sale for its annual adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. The production opens on…
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August 27, 2025 – SANTA CRUZ, CA—Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), a nationally recognized professional theatre company in Santa Cruz County with deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, today announced its production “Master Harold”… and the boys by Athol Fugard opens on Sept. 5 at 8 p.m. Directed by Rebecca Haley Clark,…
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Five Summer and Fall Productions Connected by Theme of “Till 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 back more than 40 years,…
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Acting, writing, production and a taste of hip-hop offered August 5, 2025 – SANTA CRUZ, CA—Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), a nationally recognized professional theatre company in Santa Cruz County with deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, today announced enrollment is open for ShakesEDU fall classes and theatre camp. Additionally, bookings are…
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Tickets on sale now for one-night only guest performances this summer at The Audrey Stanley Grove in DeLaveaga Park July 2, 2025 – SANTA CRUZ, CA—Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), a nationally recognized professional theatre company in Santa Cruz County with deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, today announced tickets are now…
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Tickets on sale now for outdoor productions of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Pericles, the musical Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, and Athol Fugard’s “Master Harold”… and the Boys June 17, 2025 – SANTA CRUZ, CA—Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), a nationally recognized professional theatre company in Santa Cruz County with…
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Shakespeare Play On (later to be known as Santa Cruz Shakespeare) was forged in 2013 when the University of California, Santa Cruz felt it could no longer host our predecessor organization, Shakespeare Santa Cruz. A small but intrepid group of community members met to determine how to continue the Shakespeare Festival and all its rich…
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