Stage | Good Times

Students rehearse an energetic group number for UCSC’s production of The SpongeBob Musical.

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November 12, 2025

Aye, Aye, Captain

The most lovable sponge in the universe is coming to UCSC. The SpongeBob Musical is set to premiere on Nov. 14, with performances continuing through the 23rd. It’s a wacky play with subversive undertows.

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October 29, 2025

Eternal Questions

In 'Metamophosis' a collection of vignettes runs its ensemble through a gauntlet of characters, transforming from gods to men and back again. At the Black Box Theater, November 1–16

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August 13, 2025

Challenge Accepted

Bravo to a director who trusts the intelligence of his audience and offers us ‘Pericles,’ the rarely performed work of a Renaissance genius, writes theater critic Christina Waters.

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August 12, 2025

Reading Rainbow

Mountain Community Theater’s annual New Works Weekend returns to Park Hall Aug. 15–17, offering three nights of script-in-hand staged readings spotlighting local playwrights.

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August 6, 2025

Regency Romance

Midsummer Ensemble is returning with a fresh and humorous exploration of Pride and Prejudice under the direction of company veterans Molly Craft and Molly Meyers.

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July 23, 2025

Enchanting ‘Woods’

Santa Cruz Shakespeare has taken Stephen Sondheim’s great gift to musical theater literally ‘Into the Woods’ with a production that is brisk, clever and loaded with the texture of human fears and dreams.

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July 9, 2025

Expansion Mode

Charles Pasternak talks about Santa Cruz Shakespeare's first musical offering, Pericles, adding a fourth play, and expanding the season.

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July 2, 2025

Peddling Influence

Jennifer Kehl's one-woman show pokes fun at not only the social media craze but also how the crass consumerism of internet culture affects the environment.

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June 25, 2025

Lending Support

Renegade Theater Co. is back with another fundraiser: Stop Kiss, a play about two women falling in love against the backdrop of a violent hate crime.

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June 18, 2025

Too Fast to Live

An old favorite Broadway play has gotten a facelift. Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean: A New Musical is being produced by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley.

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May 14, 2025