Each week the comradery and joy are evident, and what they say about the health benefits of music and movement is true.

The Santa Cruz Shakespeare production of Hamlet is everything one could hope it would be.

Trap is an unnerving and interactive horror play that follows a mysterious event.

Under the consummate comedic instincts of director Paul Mullins, this disarming cascade of wit romps along smartly.

“As You Like It” filled the Grove with the sounds of merriment, silliness, and slapstick at Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s opening night.

“In the Heights” is a gem of collaboration, from the slick dance moves choreographed by Chris “Boogy” Marcos to the righteous hip hop direction of RJ Wayne.

Always … Patsy Cline is the brainchild of musical entrepreneur Ted Swindley, and this musical show fits the talents of lead performer and Jewel founder Julie James from her bouffant hairdo down to her kitten heels.

While the rest of us were busy looking for the right yoga pants, or flirting with the guy across the bar, Kate Hawley was...

Williams, 67, founded the UCSC African American Theater Arts Troupe (AATAT) in 1991, a student-run organization meant to give a voice to the small African American population at the school. However, his story begins earlier when he founded his first theater group while attending Michigan State, called the Last Minute Hookup Theater Company

Much like flash fiction, 10 minute plays loaded with fresh energy seem to captivate without sagging.

Songwriter Laura February Strange and her music partner and arranger, Scott Kail, give us an inspired and gritty album of ten rock songs that are the soundtrack of the comedy rock opera Karen with a K. Karen is the meme for middle-aged white women who have become infamous...