8 Tens @ 8 Short Play Festival

Santa Cruz Actors’ Theatre returns to live performances with the 26th Annual 8 Tens @ 8 Short Play Festival opening January 14 and plays through February 6, at the Center Stage Theater in downtown Santa Cruz. The 2022 Festival will stage eighteen award-winning short plays from the 2020/21 International Playwriting Contests as well two winners from the Young Playwrights’ Contest that took place last summer. The eighteen plays will perform in repertoire over the four-week festival with 9 plays on “A” Night and 9 different plays on “B” Night.
The Center Stage Theater at the Art Center in downtown Santa Cruz has been newly renovated with a CDC-recommended Hepa HVAC system that circulates fresh air every seven minutes. The company is putting safety first with a fully vaccinated staff, including performers, and a theater that will be sanitized after every performance. Patrons must show proof of vaccination to be admitted to the theater.