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Local Santa Cruz is thrilled to feature Cathy Warner – one of the five Honorees being celebrated at the 22nd Annual Gail Rich Awards. Held at the Rio Theatre on March 13, 2018, the “Gailies” is a free annual event produced by the Arts Council Associates. The awards ceremony is named after the late Gail Rich, whose […]
Summer is officially in full swing when lights go up on Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s outdoor theatre performances. This month kicked off the Santa Cruz Shakespeare 2017 Summer Festival, with performances that began July 5th and run through September 3rd. For the 2017 season, SCS is presenting two Shakespeare plays that the company last produced more […]
Most of us would agree that relations can be creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky, but none are as altogether “ooky” as The Addams Family. The charmingly sinister clan has now taken up residence at the Crocker Theater, in a Cabrillo Stage musical comedy that opened last Thursday night. This gleefully ghoulish musical is the latest […]
Time is of the essence in the next few weeks – don’t miss out on the remaining performances of the 22nd annual 8 Tens @ Eight Play Festival! The 8 Tens Festival brings together local playwrights, designers, directors, actors and audiences in Santa Cruz through original plays for the stage. Founded by Artistic Director Wilma […]
Live theater is one of the most powerful ways in which art communicates the human condition. If ever a show has captured the complexities of the psyche and the complicated moods of family members, it is the multi-award winning musical Next to Normal, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. […]
There is something unique and nostalgic about being entertained in a theater that celebrates a bygone era. Despite the challenges that many vintage venues face, the multi-purpose Rio Theatre has managed to maintain its classic décor, as well as remain a Santa Cruz beacon for locals to experience all forms of performing art. When it first […]
Interview with Santa Cruz Shakespeare artistic director Mike Ryan Just over a year ago, Santa Cruz Shakespeare artistic director Mike Ryan received some distressing news: his theater company’s lease on Sinsheimer-Stanley Festival Glen, the spot in the UCSC redwoods that has been the site of Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s summer presentations since 1981, had not been […]
As we approach a new season with Santa Cruz Shakespeare in the Summer of 2016, we bid farewell to the festival setting that entertained us for many years at UCSC, and prepare to welcome a revived version of it in its new home at Upper DeLaveaga Park. The lease is signed, the ground is broken, […]
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