SCS In The Press

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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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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Mike Ryan as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol

Cast & Production Team Announced For A Christmas Carol, a New Holiday Tradition by Santa Cruz Shakespeare

November 12, 2024

Production runs Nov. 23 – Dec. 24 in Downtown Santa Cruz; Tickets now on sale Nov. 12, 2024– 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 cast and production team for Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. A…

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Mike Ryan as Scrooge in Santa Cruz Shakespeare's A Christmas Carol

Tickets on Sale Now for A Christmas Carol, a New Holiday Tradition Produced by Santa Cruz Shakespeare

October 16, 2024

Scrooge to be played by Mike Ryan OCT. 16, 2024 – Santa Cruz, CA – Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), a nationally recognizedprofessional repertory theatre company staging imaginative productions for more than adecade, debuts a new holiday tradition for the whole family with its production of CharlesDickens’ A Christmas Carol, starring Mike Ryan as Ebeneezer Scrooge.…

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Press Photos

September 13, 2024

The Glass Menagerie Directed by Charles Pasternak Hamlet Directed by Susan Dalian The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Directed by Paul Mullins As You Like It by William Shakespeare Directed by Carey Perloff If you are having trouble viewing or downloading these images, you may also visit the Google Drive press folder here.

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Side-view of the Importance of Being Earnest Performance Stage

Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s Production of American Masterpiece The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Opens Sept. 1

September 3, 2024

Santa Cruz, CA (Sept. 3, 2024) – Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), a nationally recognized professional repertory theatre company staging imaginative productions for more than a decade, today announced its production of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, will open September 13 at 8p.m. Directed by Santa Cruz Shakespeare Artistic Director, Charles Pasternak, the production will run…

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