The ever-popular 8 Tens @ 8 Festival returns in January with all-new plays!

?Two nights of short-plays chosen from hundreds of entries in our 2022 International Short-Play Contest offer a varied night of theater, with pieces guaranteed to encourage laughter, evoke emotion, and explore issues to both challenge and entertain.

Actors' Theatre's annual 10-minute play festival is one of the most anticipated and popular events of the theatre season in Santa Cruz. Eight different short plays make for an engaging, entertaining and ever-changing evening of theater.

Schedule:
Part 1
Man's Best Friend by Tim Lehnert
The Most Precious Thing by Amy Dellagriarino
Wonder People by Madeline Puccioni
Honest 'Abe' Mazulu by Stephen Cooper
Youth for Dark by Keith Whalen
Father Michael's Doing Mass by Kevin Broccoli
The Tree by Barbara Anderson
Confessions, a Deux by Stephen Cooper

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Part 2
Everything Happens for a Reason, Right? by William J Royce
Unreasonable Situations by Lindsey Brown
An Awkward Conversation in the Shadow of Mount Moriah by John Bavoso
Something Holy in Croatia by Steven Haworth
Death Brings a Casserole by Dan Borengasser
Eddy and Edna by Donald Loftus
Slave Trade by Ian Patrick Williams
An Adventure in Forms by Christian Neuhaus

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Date: January 20 - February 19, 2023

Location: Center Stage Theater - 1001 Center Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Tickets:
$32 general
$29 students/seniors
Package deal to see both shows for $58/$54.

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