Production archive / 2026

 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

In the press

Smart, well-acted and laugh-out-loud funny, an impressive introduction to a new theatrical presence in Santa Cruz and proof that even the deepest questions can be awfully entertaining.

Jana Marcus · Lookout Santa Cruz

An artful inversion that Hayward and his talented cast pull off beautifully — this performance seeped into my subconscious and gave me strange dreams and much to think about well after the curtain call had ended.

Jake Thomas · Santa Cruz Sentinel

This farcical Shakespeare-adjacent tale isn't heavy with the ‘doths’ and ‘haths’ that permeate the Bard's works — the language is more modern, inviting the audience to become entangled in the pair's troubled logic and circular arguments without the need for an interpreter.

Christina Wise · Press Banner