8 Tens to Return September 9

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8 Tens to Return September 9

The Santa Cruz Actors’ Theatre, which earlier this year had almost permanently closed its doors, has instead creative, inventive and communal creatures. It is this spirit that we are re-launching, rejuvenating and rebooting Actors’ Theatre to regrouped to produce a live “reboot” of eight selections from of its 8 Tens @ 8 Short Play Festival.

It will restage eight selections from the short play lineup, originally scheduled in January, to now run at the Actors’ Theatre from Sept. 9 through Oct. 2. Tickets are on sale at www.santacruzactorstheatre.org/ tickets. The presence the COVID-19 outbreak coincided with the resignations of the company’s artistic director, company co-founder, promotion director and board of directors, and led to the cancelling of 8 Tens in January.

“However,” said new board president Suzanne Schrag, “we humans are resilient, continue to be a vibrant and vital part of the Santa Cruz Arts community.” A new board of directors has also been assembled and other positions are being filled. All productions will be in the Actors Theatre in the Santa Cruz Art Center, 1001 Center Street. Most of the directors and actors are from the original production scheduled in January. The four-week run, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, will feature: “Are You One of Those Robots,’ by Dierdre Gerard, directed by Gail Borkowski. “Me and Him,” by Michael John McGoldrick, directed by Suzanne Schrag. “Old Aquatics,” by Steven Kobar, directed by Gerry Gerringer. “Slow Dating,” by Adam Szudrish, directed by Buff McKinley.

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