SCS In The Press

Santa Cruz Shakespeare Announces Opening Nights for 2023 Summer Festival

July 6, 2023

Tickets on sale now for outdoor productions of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear and Lauren Gunderson’s The Book of Will Santa Cruz, CA (July 6, 2023) – Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), a nationally recognized professional repertory theater company celebrating its 10th anniversary, today announced opening nights for its 2023 Summer Festival productions…

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Santa Cruz Shakespeare Announces Cast & Production Team for 2023 Summer Festival

May 30, 2023

Tickets on sale now for outdoor productions of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear and Lauren Gunderson’s The Book of Will Santa Cruz, CA (May 30, 2023) – Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), a nationally recognized professional repertory theater company celebrating its 10th anniversary, today announced cast and production team for its 2023 Summer…

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Santa Cruz Shakespeare 2023 Season, “A Summer of Legacy”, Promises to Captivate and Delight Audiences

April 12, 2023

Tickets On Sale May 1 for Outdoor Productions of King Lear, Taming of the Shrew and Lauren Gunderson’s Book of Will Santa Cruz, CA (April 12, 2023) – Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), a nationally recognized professional theater company in Santa Cruz County celebrating its 10th anniversary, today announced tickets go on sale to the public…

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Santa Cruz Shakespeare Unveils Summer 2023 Productions

August 23, 2022

Delve into what lurks just below the surface of a “civilized” society Santa Cruz, CA (August 23, 2022) — Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), a nationally recognized professional theater company in Santa Cruz County with deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, today announced the selection of three plays for its Summer 2023 repertory season:…

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Santa Cruz Shakespeare Opens 2022 Summer Festival This Weekend

July 1, 2022

July 15th World Premiere of The Formula By Santa Cruz Playwright Kathryn Chetkovich Includes Nationally Recognized Actor Dion Graham Santa Cruz, CA (July 1, 2022) –Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), an inspired professional theatre company with deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, today announced its summer season of live, outdoor performances, opens this weekend with…

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Santa Cruz Shakespeare Announces World Premiere of the Formula on July 15 at Summer Festival

June 6, 2022

Written by Kathryn Chetkovich, directed by Ellen Maguire, co-produced with Blissfield, inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and called “a wonderful new play” by George Saunders, in the New Yorker. Santa Cruz, CA (June 6, 2022) – Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), an inspired professional theatre company in Santa Cruz County with deep local roots that go back…

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Santa Cruz Shakespeare Tickets on Sale Now for Summer

May 2, 2022

Performances Include Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Twelfth Night, As Well As World-Premiere of The Formula, by Kathryn Chetkovich Santa Cruz, CA (May 2, 2022) – Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), an inspired, professional theatre company in Santa Cruz County with deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, announced today tickets are on sale…

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Solidarity Statement

April 2, 2021

Black Lives Matter.  As our nation wakes up to the ongoing, systematic, institutional racism that is woven into the fabric of American life, Santa Cruz Shakespeare is actively reexamining the role that it and other theatre companies have played in perpetuating racist systems. We acknowledge and are grateful for the work done by Black, Indigenous,…

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