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April 14, 2003
Shakespeare Santa Cruz announces new season
By Scott Rappaport
Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC) has just announced the lineup for its 2003
Summer Festival. Noel Coward’s Private Lives will join Shakespeare’s
Hamlet and The Comedy of Errors for a six-week run from
July 15 to August 24 on the UCSC campus.
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| Noel Coward's Private Lives is the
first play in the Summer Festival lineup.
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"This is a season of the classics, entertaining plays that have
shaped how we look at the world," noted Managing Director Marcus
Cato. "These are all must-see plays."
Private Lives, Coward’s stylish and hilarious examination
of love and marriage, kicks off the repertory season at the UCSC Mainstage.
Directed by Kent Gash, this elegant and sharp-witted comedy will also
feature Jonathan Brody at the piano singing Noel Coward songs.
Confusion, chaos, and comedy will ensue when Shakespeare’s lively
story of two sets of twins, The Comedy of Errors, hits SSC’s
Festival Glen. Director William Partlan celebrates Santa Cruz by setting
this production in our very own locale.
UCSC’s unparalleled outdoor theater will also be the scene of
Shakespeare’s great psychological masterpiece, Hamlet,
directed by SSC Artistic Director Risa Brainin.
"Shakespeare Santa Cruz is one of the few repertory companies
in the country," Cato observed. "The fun of ‘rep’
is in seeing the same actors in two different roles—sometimes in
the same day—or seeing the Festival Glen in two completely different
moods. The plays reflect off each other, offering new and surprising
insights."
SSC will also offer a newly commissioned world premiere of The Emperor’s
New Clothes for its holiday shows in November and December. Based
on the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, this production will also
be directed by Brainin.
For ticket information, visit the Shakespeare Santa Cruz web
site or call the UCSC Ticket Office at (831) 459-2159.
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