Colligan Theater

10/07/2026

The Librarians film showing and Q&A was truly breath taking this evening at the Colligan Theater. A packed house full of community members, students ya and local librarians. Thank you Santa Cruz for coming out !

09/03/2026

The Girl of the Golden West opera performing 4 shows at the Colligan Theater.

09/03/2026

A sneak peek at the next event on the Colligan stage - we welcome Thomas Clark’s “Girl of the Golden West” opera with only 4 performances.

Friday 9/4 at 7pm
Sunday 9/6 at 2pm

Friday 9/11 at 7pm
Sunday 9/13 at 2pm

https://www.thomasclarktenor.com/ggwmain

01/28/2026

Join us at the Colligan for this beautiful event!

01/08/2026

Join us for a special one night event. The Twight Zone

Continuing the artistic action against authoritarianism and fascism, ResisTheater presents a FREE reading of Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone”

Cast :-
Lucien Leutzinger
Ward Willats
Karin Babbit
Brad Roades
Joyce Michaelson
Lindsey Chester
Ian Dyer
Miguel Reyna
Peter Gelblum

11/22/2025

JOIN US TODAY 11/22 AT 2 PM AT THE COLLIGAN THEATER FOR A FREE READING OF ORWELL'S "1984."

Fall of Freedom is a nationwide call to action against authoritarianism and fascism by artists of all media, this weekend.

https://www.falloffreedom.com/

As part of that action, a group of Santa Cruz theater folks will present a reading of excerpts from "1984," George Orwell's famous novel about a frightening authoritarian society where the truth is swallowed by lies, history is erased, there is constant surveillance, the populace is urged to hate and violence, and language itself is altered in service of the regime.

The FREE event will be at the Colligan Theater at the Tannery Arts Center, 1010 River Street in Santa Cruz, on November 22, at 2:00 pm.

The reading will last about an hour. Readers include Peter Gelblum, Lindsey Chester, Lillian Bogovich, Sarah K. Michael, Bernadette Glenn, Bianca Chestnut, Joyce Michaelson, David Leach, Miguel Reyna, and Michele Estrin-Gelblum.

The reading will highlight Orwell's prescience and illuminate some of the issues we are dealing with today.

There will be time after the reading to discuss some of those issues and actions we can all take to resist fascism and authoritarianism.

https://www.falloffreedom.com/

11/20/2025

Santa Cruz Gives 2025 has begun!



Let’s work together the

https://santacruzgives.org/nonprofit/colligan-aat/

We envision operating the Colligan for many years. We need additional leadership to coordinate community efforts and, crucially, build a sustainable fundraising platform. This will help us focus on our mission of making the theater more accessible to local talent.

Your donation is vital for achieving our 2026 goals: producing more professional and youth theater, hosting more diverse community rentals, and presenting more culturally-focused and disability-inclusive performances.

https://vimeo.com/allabouttheatre/2025-colligan-fundraiser

Let’s work together and raise another $10,000 by the end of the month! If you all share this post with 25 people and everyone donates $25-50 we could blow that out of the water.

Theatre 831, the operator of The Colligan Theater, is seeking to raise money this season.