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  • May 2026

  • Sat 23

    Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production

    May 23 @ 7:30 pm Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
    Second Stage Second Stage, Santa Cruz, CA

    Through their belief in Ifá and the divine, three generations of women grow their relationships with each other and navigate living within their African diasporic identities.

  • Sat 23

    Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

    May 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez
    Experimental Theater Theater Arts Center, Santa Cruz, CA

    Blending Euripides’ classic Medea with Mexican folklore, Luis Alfaro examines the tragedy behind America’s immigration system and the destiny of one family caught in its grip. Directed by Kinan Valdez. — ADVISORIES – This presentation is an estimated 90 minutes with no intermission. – Seating is limited at this venue and is expected to reach […]

    Free – $20
  • Sun 24

    Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production

    May 24 @ 2:00 pm Who Can I Run To?, by Alyssa Windom—2026 Dharma Grace Creative Writing Award and Theatrical Production
    Second Stage Second Stage, Santa Cruz, CA

    Through their belief in Ifá and the divine, three generations of women grow their relationships with each other and navigate living within their African diasporic identities.

  • Sun 24

    Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

    May 24 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez
    Experimental Theater Theater Arts Center, Santa Cruz, CA

    Blending Euripides’ classic Medea with Mexican folklore, Luis Alfaro examines the tragedy behind America’s immigration system and the destiny of one family caught in its grip. Directed by Kinan Valdez. — ADVISORIES – This presentation is an estimated 90 minutes with no intermission. – Seating is limited at this venue and is expected to reach […]

    Free – $20
  • Wed 27
    Spotlight on stage

    Arts Dean’s Speaker Series

    May 27 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
    Digital Arts Research Center 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

    Save the date for the Arts Division Dean’s Speaker Series event. For UCSC affiliates only. Information to be announced.

    FREE and open to UCSC affilates
  • Thu 28

    Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

    May 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez
    Experimental Theater Theater Arts Center, Santa Cruz, CA

    Blending Euripides’ classic Medea with Mexican folklore, Luis Alfaro examines the tragedy behind America’s immigration system and the destiny of one family caught in its grip. Directed by Kinan Valdez. — ADVISORIES – This presentation is an estimated 90 minutes with no intermission. – Seating is limited at this venue and is expected to reach […]

    Free – $20
  • Thu 28
    Orpheus hero image

    UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld

    May 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld
    Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    A rollicking and irreverent spoof of the Orpheus myth, Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld is most famous as the origin of the “gallop infernal”—the music now strongly associated with the can-can dance. This operetta follows the unhappy (and unfaithful) union of Orpheus and Eurydice, as the latter’s love affair with the god of the […]

  • Fri 29

    UCSC MEIP XXIII, May 29, 30, and 31st, at 7:00 PM in the Stevenson Event Center-Performances in French, Japanese and Spanish. FREE-ALL WELCOME

    May 29 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm UCSC MEIP XXIII, May 29, 30, and 31st, at 7:00 PM in the Stevenson Event Center-Performances in French, Japanese and Spanish. FREE-ALL WELCOME
    Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    fully-staged performances in French, Japanese, and Spanish, with English super-titles projected above the stage. The program will be directed by Language lecturers and performed by Language students.

    French: Dur dur la torture (Pure Torture), written by the students, directed by Renée Cailloux.

    Japanese: “きぼうのうた” (Song of Hope), directed by Naoko Yamamoto.

    Spanish: “Noble campaña” (A Lofty Cause), Based on a short story by Gregorio López y Fuentes directed by Carolina Castillo-Trelles and Sandra Malone.

    Free
  • Fri 29

    Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

    May 29 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

    Blending Euripides’ classic Medea with Mexican folklore, Luis Alfaro examines the tragedy behind America’s immigration system and the destiny of one family caught in its grip. Directed by Kinan Valdez. — ADVISORIES – This presentation is an estimated 90 minutes with no intermission. – Seating is limited at this venue and is expected to reach […]

    Free – $20
  • Fri 29
    Orpheus hero image

    UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld

    May 29 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld

    A rollicking and irreverent spoof of the Orpheus myth, Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld is most famous as the origin of the “gallop infernal”—the music now strongly associated with the can-can dance. This operetta follows the unhappy (and unfaithful) union of Orpheus and Eurydice, as the latter’s love affair with the god of the […]

  • Sat 30
    Ronaldo V. Wilson

    Office Hours Under the Sea

    May 30 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United States

    Join Ronaldo Wilson and special guests for a site-specific, endurance performance as part of there are no words, but melodies. The exhibition emerges at the intersections of Black poetics, performance, and visual art toshuttle between verbal and non-verbal forms of language, rendering the boundaries of identity and meaning slippery. Drop in and visit Wilson’s office […]

  • Sat 30

    Arts Staff Live!

    May 30 @ 2:00 pm
    Digital Arts Research Center 407 McHenry Rd, Santa Cruz, CA

    UCSC Arts Staff Live! 2

    FREE and open to the public
  • Sat 30

    Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

    May 30 @ 7:30 pm Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

    Blending Euripides’ classic Medea with Mexican folklore, Luis Alfaro examines the tragedy behind America’s immigration system and the destiny of one family caught in its grip. Directed by Kinan Valdez. — ADVISORIES – This presentation is an estimated 90 minutes with no intermission. – Seating is limited at this venue and is expected to reach […]

    Free – $20
  • Sat 30
    Orpheus hero image

    UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld

    May 30 @ 7:30 pm UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld
    Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    A rollicking and irreverent spoof of the Orpheus myth, Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld is most famous as the origin of the “gallop infernal”—the music now strongly associated with the can-can dance. This operetta follows the unhappy (and unfaithful) union of Orpheus and Eurydice, as the latter’s love affair with the god of the […]

  • Sun 31

    Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

    May 31 @ 2:00 pm Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, directed by Kinan Valdez

    Blending Euripides’ classic Medea with Mexican folklore, Luis Alfaro examines the tragedy behind America’s immigration system and the destiny of one family caught in its grip. Directed by Kinan Valdez. — ADVISORIES – This presentation is an estimated 90 minutes with no intermission. – Seating is limited at this venue and is expected to reach […]

    Free – $20
  • Sun 31
    Orpheus hero image

    UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld

    May 31 @ 3:00 pm UCSC Opera—Orpheus in the Underworld

    A rollicking and irreverent spoof of the Orpheus myth, Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld is most famous as the origin of the “gallop infernal”—the music now strongly associated with the can-can dance. This operetta follows the unhappy (and unfaithful) union of Orpheus and Eurydice, as the latter’s love affair with the god of the […]

  • June 2026

  • Mon 1

    UCSC MEIP XXIII, May 29, 30, and 31st, at 7:00 PM in the Stevenson Event Center-Performances in French, Japanese and Spanish. FREE-ALL WELCOME

    June 1 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm UCSC MEIP XXIII, May 29, 30, and 31st, at 7:00 PM in the Stevenson Event Center-Performances in French, Japanese and Spanish. FREE-ALL WELCOME
    Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    fully-staged performances in French, Japanese, and Spanish, with English super-titles projected above the stage. The program will be directed by Language lecturers and performed by Language students.

    French: Dur dur la torture (Pure Torture), written by the students, directed by Renée Cailloux.

    Japanese: “きぼうのうた” (Song of Hope), directed by Naoko Yamamoto.

    Spanish: “Noble campaña” (A Lofty Cause), Based on a short story by Gregorio López y Fuentes directed by Carolina Castillo-Trelles and Sandra Malone.

    Free
  • Tue 2

    Chamber Music Concert with UCSC Music Ensembles —Percussion, Celtic, Classical Guitar, Horns, Central Asian, Experimental

    June 2 @ 7:00 pm

    Audiences are invited to a free spring quarter chamber music concert featuring a variety of student ensembles. — ADMISSION – Attend in person at the Music Center Recital Hall at UC Santa Cruz – UCSC Affiliates only – Open seating (no ticket required). – Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start […]

    FREE
  • Wed 3
    Close-up view of musicians' hands playing trumpets. Focus on the foreground.

    UCSC Jazz Combos

    June 3 @ 7:30 pm
    Music Center Recital Hall 400 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    UCSC Jazz Combos present a spring quarter concert

    Free – $12
  • Thu 4

    UCSC MEIP XXIII, May 29, 30, and 31st, at 7:00 PM in the Stevenson Event Center-Performances in French, Japanese and Spanish. FREE-ALL WELCOME

    June 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm UCSC MEIP XXIII, May 29, 30, and 31st, at 7:00 PM in the Stevenson Event Center-Performances in French, Japanese and Spanish. FREE-ALL WELCOME
    Stevenson Event Center Stevenson Service Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    fully-staged performances in French, Japanese, and Spanish, with English super-titles projected above the stage. The program will be directed by Language lecturers and performed by Language students.

    French: Dur dur la torture (Pure Torture), written by the students, directed by Renée Cailloux.

    Japanese: “きぼうのうた” (Song of Hope), directed by Naoko Yamamoto.

    Spanish: “Noble campaña” (A Lofty Cause), Based on a short story by Gregorio López y Fuentes directed by Carolina Castillo-Trelles and Sandra Malone.

    Free
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