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Tickets on sale now for outdoor productions of Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ and ‘Macbeth’, and ‘Fences’ by August Wilson and fall productions of ‘Private Lives’ by Noël Coward and ‘The Last Five Years’, a musical by Jason Robert Brown. June 24, 2026 – SANTA CRUZ, CA—Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS),

Five Main Stage Productions Presented July through October at the Audrey Stanley Grove in DeLaveaga Park April 28, 2026 – 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

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

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