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All shows are scripts-in-hand staged readings. Full-length plays will be followed by a postshow talk-back with the playwright. Admission is free, but donations will be graciously accepted to help defray production costs. Pay what you can.

2023 – 36 North Script-in-Hand Readings

• May 22 – The Gertrude Variations – by Wilma Chandler
• June 26 – Kandy Land – by Steve Capasso
• July 17 – A Summer in Hades – by Susan Forrest
• August 14 – Ink Leaving the Brush by Spike Wong
• September 18 – Works³ – by Gail Borkowski, Deborah Bryant and Kathy Chetkovich

2022 – 36 North playwrights’ Full Productions

• July – August 2022 – Santa Cruz Shakespeare presents The Formula  – by Kathy Chetkovich
• August 26 – 28 – White Sky, Falling Dragon by Spike Wong at SecondStage, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts

2020 – 36 North Script-in-Hand Readings on Zoom

• September 14 – Side x Side – three short plays by Jory Post

2018 – 36 North Script-in-Hand Readings

• February 19 – “Exactly” – by Tim Woods – Center Stage
• April 23 – “An Evening of Sins” – shorts and monologues by 36 North playwrights
• July 12 – Quartet-à-tête – Four one-act plays by 36 North playwrights
• December 3 – Going to the Dogs – 7 plays about dogs and their humans

2017 – 36 North Script-in-Hand Readings

• February 27 – “The Bureau of Surrealist Research” – by Deborah Bryant – Center Stage Theater
• April 24 – “Railing” – by Wilma Marcus Chandler – Center Stage
• June  26- “Four New Shorts” – by Steve Capasso – Center Stage
• August 21 – “No Public Access“ – by Ruth Elliott – Center Stage
• November 20 –  “Game Night“ – by JoryPost – Center Stage

2017 – Other Shows by 36 North Playwrights

• May 1st & 15 – “Monologues @ the Marsh,” San Francisco –
  Love, relationship, and spirituality play out on an empty stage when a janitor tells the story of a man on death row and is haunted by his own past.
  Ghost Light:  Written and performed by Steven Capasso.
  Go to themarsh.org  Click on Programs then Monday Night Marsh for more info.
  Hope to see you after the show.
• October 24 – “You Always Remember” by Steve Capasso – United Solo Festival in New York City at Theater Row – 410 W. 42nd Street

2016 – 35 North Script-in-Hand Readings

• June 27 – “Maritza’s Feast” – by Tim Woods – Center Stage
• July 25 – “The Silken Prison” – by Steve “Spike” Wong – Center Stage
• August 22 – “More, Please” – by Susan Forrest – Center Stage
• November 14 – Scripts-in-Hand Short Plays – by 36 North Collective Playwrights – Center Stage

All shows begin at 7:00 pm unless otherwise noted.
Center Stage Theater
1001 Center St, Santa Cruz