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A scene from "Master Harold" ...and the Boys

Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s Production of “Master Harold”…and the boys by Athol Fugard Opens Sept. 5

August 27, 2025

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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Santa Cruz Shakespeare Announces 2026 Season Expansion

August 26, 2025

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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A group of kids with their Santa Cruz Shakespeare instructors and the Shakes EDU logo

Enrollment Open for Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s “ShakesEDU” Fall Classes for Local Youth

August 5, 2025

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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Monday Night Revels

Santa Cruz Shakespeare Announces New “Monday Night Revels” Featuring Music, Comedy & Drag Performances

July 2, 2025

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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Portraits of the actors and directors featured in the 2025 SCS Summer Season

Santa Cruz Shakespeare Announces Cast & Production Team for 2025 Summer and Fall Season

June 17, 2025

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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Our Story So Far…

May 25, 2025

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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An audience filling the seats of the audrey stanley grove for a play

Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s 2025 Summer and Fall Festival Tickets on Sale May 1 

April 15, 2025

Four Productions, Including a Musical, Offered July through September at the Audrey Stanley Grove April 15, 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 will go on sale May 1 for…

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Santa Cruz Shakespeare Launches Traveling Troupe “Shakes on the Move”

April 3, 2025

Now booking for spring and fall performances of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ April 1, 2025 – SANTA CRUZ, CA – Santa Cruz Shakespeare announced today that it has launched Shakes On The Move, its traveling troupe that features a 45-minute adaptation of Shakespeare’s timeless comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Currently running…

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Two running kids holding scripts

Santa Cruz Shakespeare Launches “ShakesEDU” Year-Round Education Program for Local Youth

March 24, 2025

Enrollment open for spring classes and summer intensive program March 24, 2025 – SANTA CRUZ, CA -Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), celebrating 12 years as a nationally recognized non-profit professional repertory theatre company with history in Santa Cruz County going back more than 40 years, today announced the launch of “ShakesEDU” its expanded education program. “ShakesEDU”…

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Mike Ryan (Scrooge)

A Christmas Carol Press Photos

November 27, 2024

A Christmas Carol  Directed by Charles Pasternak If you are having trouble viewing or downloading these images, you may also visit the Google Drive press folder here.

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