Monterey performing arts events

Opera Classics 2013

Sunday, Jun 23 4:00p

Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center, Atherton

A gala concert to benefit West Bay Opera. A selection of best moments from your favorite operas, sung by a star-studded cast, with orchestra...

Strawberry Fields Forever!

Saturday, Jun 1 8:00p

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz

Rock guitars and classical strings come together for Strawberry Fields Forever, a musical fusion featuring the White Album Ensemble and Santa Cruz County Symphony...

West Bay Opera's Otello

Sunday, May 26 2:00p

Lucie Stern Community Theatre, Palo Alto

West Bay Opera's all new staging of Otello, a collaboration across the centuries by two great geniuses of the stage: Verdi and Shakespeare...

Cabrillo Theatre Arts presents Actors' Showcase

Monday, Jun 3 7:00p

Cabrillo College Crocker Theater, Aptos

Theatre Arts students perform scenes and monologues. Warning: may contain adult situations, content and language – parental discretion advised.

The Santa Cruz Improv Fest

Saturday, May 25 8:00p

Broadway Playhouse, Santa Cruz

Four weekends in May and June (Friday and Saturday) of improvised theater, featuring local and nearly local troupes performing styles ranging from short form to Armando to full-length plays...

Laughin' @ The Blue Fin

Sunday, Jun 9 8:00p

Blue Fin Cafe & Billiards, Monterey

Laughin' @ The Blue Fin is the hottest new comedy showcase on the Monterey Peninsula! Located right on Cannery Row, Laughin' @ The Blue Fin brings you the funniest up \& coming comics from all over...

MPC Orchestra Performance with Madeline Anderson, Pianist

Monday, May 27 7:00p

Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey

Location: MU101 On May 27th, Labor Day, she will play the first movement of the Grieg Piano Concerto with the MPC Orchestra, and she is spectacular!

Annual Santa Cruz Improv Festival

Saturday, May 25 12:00p

Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz

PSA PSA PSA For Immediate release: The Santa Cruz Broadway Playhouse announces that it is the host of the Annual Santa Cruz Improv Festival - May 10 to June 1 at the SCAL Theatre at 526 Broadway, ...

'Mr. Bruce, Do You Swear?'

Saturday, May 25 8:00p

The Paper Wing Theatre Company, Monterey

Presented in the Intimate Gallerie Theatre Synopsis: Lenny Bruce, the most important stand-up comedian of the 20th century, gets one more chance to defend his life on the witness stand...

Cabrillo Theatre Arts Improv Follies

Wednesday, May 29 7:00p

Cabrillo Black Box Theater, Aptos

Theatre Arts improvisation students perform fun and thought-provoking skits as their final exam.

A Play In A Day Challenge

Saturday, May 25 7:30p

Monterey High Campus Theater, Monterey

Produce a play in 24 hurs? That's the challenge facing the Monterey High Players. After school May 24th actors get the script for a famous Broadway show...

MPC Orchestra Concert

Monday, May 27 7:00p

Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey

The MPC Orchestra, directed by David Dally, will perform Beethoven's 8th Symphony...

Chautauqua 2013

Saturday, May 25 7:00p

UCSC Theater Arts Second Stage, Santa Cruz

Student run and performed various theater pieces.

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club: Agyar by Steven Brust

Tuesday, May 28 6:00p

Inklings Books & Things, Capitola

This month at Inklings Books & Things, join us as we read Agyar by Steven Brust for our Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club! Impossible to describe without giving too much away, Agyar is one you'll want to r...