• Kathy Kenan and Alan Daniel

    How far would you go for great theater? For Kathy Kenan and Alan Daniel, the answer is 2,500 miles. Since 2003 these dedicated Shakespeare Santa Cruz supporters have made an annual, whirlwind trip from their home in Hawaii, on the island of Kauai, organizing their trip around seeing all the summer season plays.

     

  • Featured Donor Marti Noxon

    A graduate of UC Santa Cruz, Noxon currently lives in Hollywood with her two children and continues to be an outspoken philanthropic supporter of the Arts Division at UC Santa Cruz, personally supporting the Arts Fund for Excellence.

     

  • George Ow and Gail Michaelis-Ow

    From the first Shakespeare Santa Cruz performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1982, George Ow and Gail Michaelis-Ow knew they were on to something big. “Our good friend, Carolyn Reynolds, was working at UC Santa Cruz and said that Shakespeare Santa Cruz was going to be great, and we should support it,”recalled George. “She was right. Shakespeare Santa Cruz is still great and Carolyn is still our valued friend.”

     

  • Brannon Braga

    Emmy-nominated Brannon Braga most recently served as an Executive Producer on “Terra Nova."  Prior to that he was an executive producer and writer on the award-winning drama series “24.” Brannon also created “FlashForward” with David S. Goyer and served as an executive producer on the series. Brannon and Goyer previously worked together as writers and executive producers on the sci-fi drama series “Threshold.”

  • David Kaun

    You can read the story of Professor David Kaun’s life through his philanthropy: his passion for music; his commitment to education, teaching, and students; and the sheer joy he takes in giving back.  “It’s wonderful fun,” he said in describing his experiences as a donor.  “I’ve helped some students, which is really a great pleasure.

     

  • Rowland and Patricia Rebele

    The Rebele's are pillars for the Arts at UC Santa Cruz, the
    University as a whole and the Santa Cruz County community, giving
    valuable financial and volunteer support to a broad array of programs
    and causes for many years.

     

  • Audrey Stanley

    Audrey Stanley, whose very name is synonymous with UCSC's celebrated Shakespeare Santa Cruz festival, has given generously to the Arts on our campus since becoming a founding faculty member in 1969. The first woman to direct Shakespeare at the celebrated Oregon Ashland Festival, Stanley joined forces with Karen Sinsheimer (wife of the UCSC Chancellor at the time) to combine the best of Shakespeare scholarship with the best of performance, all in a unique and spectacular redwood setting near the campus theater.