The annual 10-minute play festival is one of the most anticipated and popular events of the theatre season in Santa Cruz. 

The Best of the Rest

Staged readings of the 8 runners up from each year's 8 Tens @ 8 Festival

Plays are performed script in hand by an ensemble cast, co-directed by 8 Tens directors.

Schedule:

Part 3 - The Best of the Rest Staged Readings (Feb 28 - March 9, 2025)

Directed by Rebecca Haley Clark and Cathy D. Warner

STOCKED by Serena Norr 

PT by Marc Littman

WHY WOMEN LIVE LONGER THAN MEN by Marjorie Williamson

THE TAROT READER by Jenny Boyle Penney

DARK MATTER by Donald Loftus

TELL ME by Gwen Mansfield

IT'S JUST A PAPERWEIGHT by Jerry Metzker

VASHTI: FALLEN QUEEN by Sydney Green

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Tickets:

Prices: $35 General | $32 Senior/Student

Parts 1 & 2 Package: $65 General | $60 Senior/Student

Parts 1, 2 & 3 Package: $75 General | $70 Senior/Student

Get 2 for 1 tickets on Thursday nights [Code = 2for1 (no spaces)]