Continuing at Actors' Theatre 'til June 28

Rave Reviews:
"A skillfully crafted script, a stunning cast and excellent direction add up to an evening of theater so richly satisfying that you may want to see it again...Arcadia continues to surprise you with its clever developments and a plot that unfolds with extraordinarily well-crafted precision, and Friends of Gus has another splendid production to add to its resumé."    ...Ann Bennett, Santa Cruz Sentinel

"Local theater group Friends of Gus...sets a new standard of excellence for the Santa Cruz theater scene, in both the choice and execution of the play...Amber Davis is luminous as the innocent prodigy Thomasina... Douglas Ambort is outstanding as Nightingale...Suzanne Shrag is perfect as the enigmatic and repressed Hannah...Jon Moore's Valentine Coverly is excellent...We don't often have the chance to see such a display of virtuosity."   ...Joyce D. Mann, Watsonville Register Pajaronian

"For hard-core theatergoers who are hungry for some serious stage work, and can't wait until Shakespeare Santa Cruz opens this summer, your hunger will be satisfied with the current production of Arcadia at Actors' Theatre.  It's a fantastic play, the closest thing to a SSC-quality show on the small stage, and it's being produced by beloved theater group, Friends of Gus."   ...Christa Martin, The Good Times

"All in all, Arcadia is an excellent production put on by Friends of Gus, a women-owned company committed to presenting challenging, thought-provoking productions that explore the art of the playwright and offer strong roles for women."   ...Cindy Campo, Metro Santa Cruz

Friends of Gus presents ARCADIA,   included in The Actors' Theatre First Annual Subscription Season!

Tickets on sale at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium Box Office, 307 Church St. in downtown Santa Cruz, or by phone: 831-420-5260,
subject to service charge.

"Arcadia deserves a tip of the hat from every rationalist who has fumed at Hollywood's two-dimensional scientific non-characters, such as the chaos theorist who stumbles through Jurassic Park. Arcadia’s verbal virtuosity rests on a respectful, even sympathetic, examination of the way modern science looks at the world." 
...Tim Beardsley, Scientific American.

"With Arcadia, (Stoppard) has fabricated a work as simple as a perfect cube and as complex as the physics of a breaking wave. Or make that the physics of the turbulent air in a room where many people are  clapping."  ...Brad Leithauser, Time

Actors' Theatre is located at 1001 Center Street, Santa Cruz