Theater Arts
- November 08, 2012
Shakespeare Santa Cruz holiday show opens Nov. 16
Shakespeare Santa Cruz and the UCSC Theater Arts Department kick off their 14th annual holiday co-production on November 16 with Honk!--a musical re-telling of “The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian Andersen.
- October 03, 2012
UCSC alumna thrives promoting arts and humanities in Obama White House
“I often say, only partly facetiously, that I have the best job in Washington D.C.,” notes UC Santa Cruz alumna Rachel Goslins, executive director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, an advisory committee to the White House on cultural issues.
- September 28, 2012
Shakespeare performance to benefit education and intern programs, Oct. 14
How does a 24 year-old fisherman with a thick New York accent become a Shakespearean actor? You can find out at Shakespeare Santa Cruz’s third annual fall benefit show--supporting the company’s education and internship programs—on Sunday, October 14.
- September 21, 2012
Arts alum to present sneak preview of feature film at UCSC
UC Santa Cruz arts alumnus Jacob Estes ('94 Media Studies) will present a special advance screening of his latest film "The Details" on Thursday, October 4, at UCSC's Media Theater.
- September 04, 2012
UCSC taps Tang Museum director to lead innovative museum project
The UC Santa Cruz Arts Division announced today that John Weber—currently Dayton Director of the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York—has been hired to guide the development of a new institute of the arts and sciences.
- July 27, 2012
Swords, wigs, and corsets: Shakespeare Santa Cruz by the numbers
Have you ever attended a Shakespeare Santa Cruz performance and wondered, "How on Earth do they do it?" Can the magic of Shakespeare Santa Cruz be broken down into cold, hard statistics?
- July 19, 2012
Spike Lee hires UCSC alum as designer for Mike Tyson solo Broadway show
Erik Pearson, a 2001 graduate of UC Santa Cruz in Film and Digital Media, has been chosen by director Spike Lee to design the media for "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth," opening July 31 on Broadway
- July 17, 2012
Shakespeare Santa Cruz launches new season July 24
Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC) will kick off its 31st season on Tuesday, July 24. Nearly 60 UCSC students and alumni help make it happen.
- June 13, 2012
Year of the Slug: Great UCSC moments in 2011-12
From the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame to cancer research to its ranking as one of the top “young” universities in the world, UCSC stood in the spotlight this year.
- June 08, 2012
‘Chimichangas and Zoloft’: alumna earns raves for off Broadway debut
UCSC alumna Fernanda Coppel has been garnering rave reviews for her latest play Chimichangas and Zoloft, now at the Tony Award-winning Atlantic Theater in New York City.
- June 01, 2012
A summary of summery things to do at UCSC
When the summer fog rolls in, UC Santa Cruz and its off-campus facilities roll out a long list of things to do and see. From Shakespeare to sea stars to exotic plants and astronomy, there is always something interesting and fun to experience at UCSC.
- May 29, 2012
Shakespeare Santa Cruz announces new collaboration with local theater
In an effort to expand its programming and partnerships in the community, Shakespeare Santa Cruz will collaborate with Jewel Theater Company in spring 2013 to co-produce two one-act plays by Harold Pinter.
- April 30, 2012
Teaching luminaries share classroom secrets at Academic Forum
The large crowd that attended the Academic Forum at the Humanities Lecture Hall —one of the cornerstones of the UCSC Alumni Reunion Weekend—had a rare opportunity to hear these and other teaching secrets of renowned educators, ranging from social psychologist Elliot Aronson to noted feminist studies professor Bettina Aptheker.
- February 21, 2012
New Theater Arts drama a ‘grand experiment’ in arts and technology
The Thinning Veil—an unusual new play at UCSC featuring some of Greek tragedy’s most prominent characters—literally takes place in two different worlds.
- February 10, 2012
Black History Month continues at UCSC
A video of the recent Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, featuring a keynote presentation by acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni, can now be viewed. A podcast of the event is also available. A number of other exciting events are taking place at UCSC during Black History Month. All of them are sponsored by UCSC's African American Resource and Cultural Center.
- February 01, 2012
Shakespeare Santa Cruz announces lineup for 2012 season
Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC) artistic director Marco Barricelli today announced the line-up for the acclaimed UCSC theater company’s 31st season--including the premiere of a new play commissioned by SSC.
