Artistic Director
Marco Barricelli (Artistic Director) takes on the role of artistic leader for SSC beginning January 2008. Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Marco Barricelli is a graduate of The Juilliard School and has been an actor, director and educator since 1982, honing his craft in Shakespearean performance as well as classic and modern works. He spent eight seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival as an actor. From 1997 to 2005, he was an Associate Artist at the American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.) in San Francisco, acting, directing, and teaching in the Master of Fine Arts program. Teaching acting has also taken him abroad working with the Accademia Silvio D’Amico in Rome and the Prima del teatro in Tuscany.
An award-winning actor on both coasts, Marco Barricelli had this to say about taking on the creative leadership of SSC: “I would just like to say how delighted I am to be given the unique and joyous opportunity of taking on the artistic reins of Shakespeare Santa Cruz. The remarkable tenure of Mr. Whitworth has brought this theatre to unprecedented artistic heights -- and now it is my intention to honor that outstanding achievement while guiding Shakespeare Santa Cruz into a future filled with exciting plays, magnificent artistry, and imaginative storytelling … all the while keeping the words of William Shakespeare as our inspiration.”
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