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Arts & Culture

Hot Picks 01.22.26

  • Jan 22, 2026

Santa Catalina Theatre Arts take on Shakespeare’s iconic play in fine style.
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Santa Catalina Theatre Arts take on Shakespeare’s iconic play in fine style.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Jan 15, 2026

Go big or go home. That’s the thinking behind a bold move to stage Hamlet at Santa Catalina School in Monterey, where it can be seen for a han…

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  • Jan 15, 2026

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Enchantrix Theatre’s staging of 'The Elephant Man' brings a weighty subject to an unusual space.
Theater

Enchantrix Theatre’s staging of 'The Elephant Man' brings a weighty subject to an unusual space.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Jan 8, 2026

It is a merry and warm theater set on a rainy night, and even though the content of the play – The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance – is heav…

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  • Dec 25, 2025

A story about theater, sign language and accessibility takes center stage.
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A story about theater, sign language and accessibility takes center stage.

  • Dave Faries
  • Dec 6, 2025

Sometimes a story appeals to me because of the turn of a phrase. News events—soil test results from the Vistra battery storage fire in Moss La…

ASL-interpreted performances at PacRep open the theater experience to new audiences.
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ASL-interpreted performances at PacRep open the theater experience to new audiences.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Dec 4, 2025

The lights are the brightest on the Founders Theatre stage inside the Golden Bough Playhouse in Carmel, where actors are grooving to the beat …

PacRep’s Community Voices program debuts with the unique 'Chekhov Or Not.'
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PacRep’s Community Voices program debuts with the unique 'Chekhov Or Not.'

  • Agata Popęda
  • Nov 27, 2025

Dr. Kheal by Cuban-American playwright Irene Fornés (1930-2018) and Swan Song by Ukrainian-Russian playwright Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) have n…

A play at Monterey High explores a powerful feminist stand against corporate abuse.
Theater

A play at Monterey High explores a powerful feminist stand against corporate abuse.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Nov 13, 2025

Workplace safety is the subject of Radium Girls, by contemporary playwright D.W. Gregory. And it’s a gripping tale.

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