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

Scrooge to be played by Mike Ryan

OCT. 16, 2024 – Santa Cruz, CA – Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), a nationally recognized
professional repertory theatre company staging imaginative productions for more than a
decade, debuts a new holiday tradition for the whole family with its production of Charles
Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, starring Mike Ryan as Ebeneezer Scrooge. Audiences can
expect a theatrical and music-filled adaptation of this classic play.

The production will run from November 23 through December 24, 2024, at the Veterans
Memorial Hall at 846 Front St in Downtown Santa Cruz. There will be 28 performances,
including shows at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

“It will be a wonderfully theatrical production, with five professional actors and two local
kids playing all the parts in Dickens’ beautiful story,” said SCS Artistic Director, Charles
Pasternak. “It is my sincere hope that we are creating a new holiday tradition for our
community with A Christmas Carol — one you can share with your children and
grandchildren.”

The show will be directed by Pasternak and star Santa Cruz favorites Mike Ryan as Scrooge
and Julie James as, among many roles, the Ghost of Christmas Present. Luke Shepherd will
serve as the production’s music director and sound designer for a show filled with music
and carols throughout.

Ticket prices range from $20 to $60. The show is 90 minutes with no intermission. Tickets are
available at www.santacruzshakespeare.org or through the seasonal Box Office, 831-460-
6399, open Tuesday through Friday from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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. For more information about SCS, visit santacruzshakespeare.org, Facebook,
Instagram or Twitter.