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  In the third week of April, 2018, James and I were getting ready for a trip back to the Chicago suburb of his boyhood for...

All systems are 'go' in Hamlet , the centerpiece production of this year's Santa Cruz Shakespeare season. The acting is impressi...

Courtly Cousins: Munson and Takayo SCS launches season with lively rustic comedy As You Like It Art imitated life in Santa Cruz this weeken...

Whenever anyone is fool enough to ask me for writing advice, I'm sure my responses are vague or cryptic at best. But h...

Graduation Day, 1974 In celebration of the (ack!) 50th anniversary of my graduation from UCSC, here's what I cobbled together for the on...

Hey, folks, check out The Colour Room , now streaming on Amazon Prime. It's a drama about the early career of the wonderful Clarice Clif...

 SCS stages smart, witty story of the actors who saved Shakespeare You couldn't imagine a better production to capture the spirit of thi...

Complicity, not compliance, highlights spirited SCS offering There's a telling moment near the end of Santa Cruz Shakespeare's curr...

Shakespeare season is now in full swing in Santa Cruz, with the premiere of King Lear last week joining The Taming of the Shrew and The Boo...

I was clearing out James' toy cabinet when, just like a box of Crackerjacks, I found a surprise inside. Tucked away behind the monster m...