Santa Cruz Shakespeare Announces New “Monday Night Revels” Featuring Music, Comedy & Drag Performances
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 on sale for its new Monday Night Revels series of highly acclaimed performances, including music, comedy and Shakespeare-inspired drag, each for one night only at The Audrey Stanley Grove in DeLaveaga Park in Santa Cruz.
“We are thrilled to expand our season offerings to include Monday Night Revels,” said Charles Pasternak, Artistic Director. “This is an opportunity to elevate and diversify The Grove experience with musical performances from Rockapella and the Surf City All-Stars Beach Boys tribute group, comedian Brian Kiley and a Shakespeare-inspired drag performance. We invite our community and the larger region to join us these special evenings this summer!”
Rockapella, a cappella Vocal Group
Monday, July 21 at 7 p.m.
Formed in 1986, Rockapella rocketed to stardom in 1993 with their hit single “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” (featured in the PBS TV series of the same name). Led by Scott Leonard’s signature high tenor voice and mind-blowing arrangements and Jeff Thacher’s one-of-a-kind vocal percussion, Rockapella has been a global phenomenon for nearly 40 years, setting the standard for all a cappella vocal groups. The “band” (famous for their ability to imitate the sounds of instruments with only their voices) has been featured everywhere from the Boston Pops to the Muppets, and their voices have been the soundtrack for everything from Folgers and Doritos to Aflac and HBO.
This is a family-friendly event, with kids tickets available. Tickets range from $40-80 and are available for purchase: https://santacruzshakespeare.org/book/?instance=73001
Brian Kiley, Emmy Award-Winning Comedian
Monday, July 28 at 7 p.m.
Brian Kiley is a two-time Emmy Award-winning comedian and writer who’s been a fixture in late-night TV for decades. He’s racked up nearly two dozen appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and he still performs at comedy clubs around Los Angeles. For 27 years, Brian was a staff writer for Conan (and head monologue writer for more than a decade), winning an Emmy in 2007 for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy/Variety Series and getting nominated 16 times. He also worked on the final season of Ellen, picking up a Daytime Emmy in 2022. In addition, Brian has had a special on Comedy Central, and his jokes have been featured everywhere from GQ and Reader’s Digest to the New York Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle.
This is a family-friendly event, with kids tickets available. Tickets range from $40-80 and are available for purchase here: https://santacruzshakespeare.org/book/?instance=73401
Pink Ladies of the Sonnets
Monday, August 4 at 7 p.m.
Theatre is the original home of drag — the Greeks started it, but Shakespeare mastered it. Presented in collaboration with Maggie’s Gurls (a non-profit dedicated to preventing suicide among LGBTQ+ youth), experience an evening of sparkling performances by some of the Bay Area’s most talented drag queens and kings, inspired by Shakespeare’s sonnets. Attendees are encouraged to put on their best drag outfit or just come as they are. But be prepared to have a fabulous time!
Tickets are Pay-What-You-Will and are available for purchase here: https://santacruzshakespeare.org/book/?instance=73601
Surf City All-Stars play the music of The Beach Boys
Monday, September 22 at 7 p.m.
The Surf City All-Stars are the only “tribute” group in which every member has played in The Beach Boys’ band. Experience an unforgettable night of music featuring all the favorite Beach Boys classics, complete with those rich harmonies that made the group famous.
This is a family-friendly event, with kids tickets available. Tickets range from $40-80 and are available for purchase here: https://santacruzshakespeare.org/book/?instance=73801
About SCS’s 2025 Summer and Fall Season
Tickets are on sale now for Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s 2025 season “No One is Alone”. Enjoy productions of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical, Into the Woods, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Pericles, as well as Athol Fugard’s “Master Harold”… and the Boys. Performances will take place July 13 through September 20 in the Audrey Stanley Grove at Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park. Tickets prices range from $20 to $75 and are available at santacruzshakespeare.org. The seasonal box office is open for phone orders Tuesday through Friday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 831-460-6399 and two hours prior to every performance.
About Santa Cruz Shakespeare
Featuring professional actors from around the country and inspired by deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, Santa Cruz Shakespeare stages bold productions of the plays of Shakespeare and other great playwrights that stimulate audiences’ senses and spark their imagination.
