Private Lives

by Noël Coward
Directed by Laura Gordon

While on honeymoons with their new spouses, having violently divorced years before, Amanda and Elyot discover each other sharing adjoining balconies in the same hotel. Well, one thing leads to another, and… sometimes the line between love and hate is so thin. In Noël Coward’s masterpiece, we witness two selfish, passionate, egotistical, madly in love people drive each other absolutely crazy. How can they possibly survive together? But more importantly, perhaps, how can they survive apart? With Coward’s searing wit, you’ll laugh until you cry while they scream until they kiss. And vice versa.

Private Lives stars Charles Pasternak as Elyot and Paige Lindsey White as Amanda.

Tickets will go on sale to members on April 1, and to the general public on May 1.

PERFORMANCES:

• Friday, September 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM – preview
• Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM – opening
• Sunday, September 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
• Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
• Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
• Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM – pre-show dramaturgy
• Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
• Sunday, September 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM – all-ages matinee
• Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM
• Friday, September 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM – wine club
• Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM – post-show talk-back
• Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM
• Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
• Friday, October 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
• Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
• Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM – closing

RUN TIME:

• 2 and 1/4 hours with one 20-minute intermission

TICKETS: 

• TBA
• Call the SCS box office at 831-460-6399, open Tuesday through Friday from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m

VENUE: 

• Santa Cruz Shakespeare main stage
  Audrey Stanley Grove in DeLaveaga Park
  501 Upper Park Road, Santa Cruz, CA