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Lend your support through Santa Cruz Gives!
Actors’ Theatre is very excited to be participating in Santa Cruz Gives for the first time this year. For our “Big Idea 2026,” we are shining a spotlight on our Young Directors’ Endowment Project. You can support us with a donation HERE. Read more about it in our most recent blog post. Thank you so much for your support!
Coming Soon
The 2026
8 Tens @ 8
Short Play Festival
The annual 10-minute play festival is one of the most anticipated and popular events of the theatre season in Santa Cruz.
Jan 16 - Feb 15
Th, Fri, Sat, Sun @ 8 pm
Sat, Sun @ 2 pm​
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The Oberufer Shepherds Play
Sponsored by the Santa Cruz Monterey Bay Anthroposophical Branch
The Oberufer Shepherds play is a unique community Christmas event that has been performed every year since medieval times by people around the world. It takes the Christmas story from the point of view of the shepherds in a unique, humorous, and warm-hearted way, with amateur local actors and musicians. The special community feeling engendered by this event will be palpable to everyone.​
Friday, Dec 12
@ 7 pm​
Suggested donation:
$20 adults; $40 family
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