Santa Cruz Shakespeare retains the enjoyable rolling into September!

Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s hit 2025 season continues with particular September-only choices. Don’t miss out on performances of the autumn manufacturing “Master Harold”… and the boys by Athol Fugard and the ultimate Monday Night Revel–new this yr– that includes Surf City All-Stars enjoying the music of the Beach Boys on September 22.

And that’s not all! ShakesEDU, SCS’s schooling program, will host a variety of vigorous fall courses, together with the mixture of hip hop and Shakespeare, poetry, a fall theatre camp and choices particularly for lecturers. There’s one thing for everybody and enrollment is open now. Read on extra for data! 

Fall Production: “Master Harold”…and the boys 

Don’t miss Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s fall manufacturing of “Master Harold”… and the boys by Athol Fugard. 

Following the epic sweep of its 2025 summer time productions with the theme “No One is Alone”, SCS’s fall manufacturing of “Master Harold” snaps us into the deeply intimate and intense apartheid period of South Africa. The manufacturing stars Corey Jones as Sam, Nick Rossi as Haley and Elliot Sagay as Willy.

Directed by Rebecca Haley Clark, the manufacturing will run Sep. 4 by way of 20 below the bushes and stars within the Audrey Stanley Grove at Santa Cruz’s DeLaveaga Park. Tickets costs vary from $20 to $75 and can be found at santacruzshakespeare.org. The seasonal field workplace is open for telephone orders Tuesday by way of Friday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 831-460-6399 and two hours prior to each efficiency.

About the manufacturing: Young Hally, who’s white, spends the afternoon after college in his household’s tea store with two of the household’s servants, Sam and Willy, who’re black. Over the course of 90 minutes, we bear witness to the shifting relationship between all of them: a relationship constructed each on love and respect, in addition to one constructed on bigotry and institutionalized racism. Fugard’s autobiographical masterpiece is each joyous and brutal, with an ending that may depart you each surprised and impressed. It brings house the season theme “No One is Alone” with a good looking recognition – one that may lead Fugard to turning into one of many nice playwrights of the twentieth century.

Monday Night Revels: Surf City All-Stars 

Tickets are on sale now for the ultimate Monday Night Revel on September 22. This follows a sequence of extremely acclaimed performances from Rockapella, comic Brian Kiley and a Shakespeare-inspired drag efficiency. 

Surf City All-Stars play the music of The Beach Boys

Monday, September 22 at 7 p.m. Get your tickets!

What higher place to have fun the legacy of Surf Rock than the browsing capital of the world? The Surf City All-Stars are the one “tribute” group through which each member has performed in The Beach Boys’ band.  Experience an unforgettable evening of music that includes all the favourite Beach Boys classics, full with these wealthy harmonies that made the group well-known.

ShakesEDU: Enrollment now open for Fall Classes

ShakesEDU, a program of Santa Cruz Shakespeare, presents a wide-range of theatre courses working September by way of November. ShakesEDU gives college students of all ages with all kinds of alternatives to find out about Shakespeare in a enjoyable and fascinating surroundings, together with appearing, writing, manufacturing and even a style of hip-hop.

Enrollment closes as soon as courses are full. Don’t delay! Enroll now for courses at https://santacruzshakespeare.org/classes/. 

Shakeschool

Sunday, September 13
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Location: Veteran’s Memorial Building, Downtown Santa Cruz

An expert improvement workshop to equip lecturers with sensible instruments for bringing Shakespeare’s works to life within the classroom. Continuing schooling credit score is accessible by way of the University of the Pacific. For lecturers solely, price is $225. 

Bust a Rhyme

September 22-26, Monday by way of Friday
4:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Show: September 26 at 6 p.m.

Location: Veteran’s Memorial Building, Downtown Santa Cruz 

Unlock the facility of rhythm and stream—hip-hop type. Learn use beat, meter, and rhyme to craft bars and specific your self! From the roots of Shakespeare to the hearth of Kendrick, it’s all about proudly owning your voice. For ages 10-17, price is $295.

Budding Bards

September 29 – October 29, Monday and Wednesdays
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Show: October 29 at 6 p.m.

Location: Veteran’s Memorial Building, Downtown Santa Cruz 

Calling all younger poets and storytellers! Sharpen your writing expertise and convey your inventive imaginative and prescient to life in verse, monologues, scenes, or a brief story. Be included in SCS’s new youth publication The Quill. For ages 10-17, price is $395.

Fall Theatre Camp: Macbeth by William Shakespeare

September 30 – November 20
Tuesday and Thursdays, 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (Ages 6 – 11)
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. (Ages 11 – 17)
Show: November 20 

Location: Veteran’s Memorial Building, Downtown Santa Cruz 

A Scottish normal pushed by prophecy and ambition, Macbeth descends into homicide, insanity, and mayhem to grab the throne. Develop your creative expertise, from appearing and motion to singing and vocal manufacturing. Build confidence and be taught teamwork as you lead the cost to carry out on this wonderful drama. Cost is $595 for ages 6-11 and $695 for ages 11-17. Enrollment closes Sept. 15. 

Shakes on the Move Returns in September! 

Shakes on the Move returns on Sept. 1 with productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and a bilingual Romeo and Juliet.

The dynamic, 45-minute adaptation of Romeo and Juliet infuses Shakespeare’s unique language with a multicultural twist, celebrating the fantastic thing about various storytelling. By mixing languages and cultural influences, this manufacturing makes Shakespeare accessible, related and deeply partaking for contemporary audiences. 

For those that missed A Midsummer Night’s Dream within the Grove, this high-energy adaptation brings music, humor and coronary heart of Shakespeare’s beloved comedy instantly into colleges, libraries, retirement communities and different venues.Book shortly earlier than the tour fills up! To be taught extra about reserving Shakes on the Move go to or e-mail schooling@santacruzshakespeare.org.