The moment has finally come for Santa Cruz’s Jewel Theatre Company. After announcing last year that its current season would be its last, Jewel prepares for its final show.
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Perfect for the winter chill: A guide to Santa Cruz summer fun ahead
The 100th birthday of the grand old Giant Dipper at the Beach Boardwalk and a record-breaking season of theater at Santa Cruz Shakespeare are among the things to look forward to in the summer of 2024.
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Halloween thrills, audio theater, Tom Stoppard: Santa Cruz County theater stages a fall comeback
Santa Cruz County theater companies are making a strong comeback this fall with a lineup that ranges from “The Thin Place,” a chilling play about life after death at the Actors’ Theatre, to Tom Stoppard’s “Rough Crossing,” which opens Jewel Theatre Co.’s farewell season.
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With Jewel prepared to take final bow, what’s the future of theater, other performing arts in Santa Cruz?
Where Jewel Theatre Company struggled to revive its audience numbers after the COVID shutdown, Santa Cruz Shakespeare had a banner season in 2022. Indoors vs. outdoors is certainly a factor, but what of shifting demographics, economics, attention spans in the smartphone age? And is there a secret sauce in local audiences’ tolerance for new or unfamiliar styles? Wallace Baine explores.
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Citing post-lockdown challenges, Jewel Theatre says it’s shutting down in 2024
With even some loyal subscribers not returning after the COVID pandemic shutdown and costs higher than ever, Santa Cruz’s Jewel Theatre Company announced that the 2023-24 season will be its last.
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A clown at heart, actor Patty Gallagher ‘works like a demon’ on Santa Cruz stages
Patty Gallagher went back to her childhood to capture Corita Kent for Jewel Theatre’s new production — and found a surprise connection to her character. Esteemed for her work by her peers and much of her audience, Gallagher pays tribute to the support she’s received. “My colleagues have supported and loved me into an artistic career,” she says. “I have this enormous karmic debt to UCSC and to Santa Cruz as an artistic community.”
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News from the stage: ‘8 Tens’ reboots for fall, Cabrillo Stage seeks next leader & Jewel opens new season
Actors’ Theatre rebounds from COVID and other turmoil with a different spin on its signature short-plays festival, the search is on for a new artistic director at Cabrillo Stage and Jewel Theatre Company ramps up for its 2022-23 slate. Wallace Baine rounds up the state of theater in Santa Cruz.
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Fresh as the war in Ukraine, ancient as Greece’s early storytelling
Jewel Theatre Company’s “An Iliad” updates the Homeric epic and confronts us with timeless truths in a production opening May 20.
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Homegrown Kate Hawley spins a new tale of middle-age angst
Jewel Theatre is set to give Santa Cruz playwright Kate Hawley a world premiere of “Remains to Be Seen.” It’s the third time the company has debuted her work.
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Q&A: Julie James looking for jewels from local playwrights
Jewel Theatre Company artistic director Julie James says she has one goal: To produce one new play a year.