And the next amazing member of our 2025 company! Festival favorite Allie Pratt, @alliejeanpratt, returns as Hermia in Midsummer and Marina in Pericles. Allie has been on stage with Santa Cruz Shakespeare in The Glass Menagerie, The Importance of Being Earnest, Hamlet, The Book of Will, King Lear, The Formula, Pride and Prejudice, and The Winter’s Tale. She will return to Sierra Repertory Theatre this fall for Constellations and Of Mice and Men. Locally, Santa Cruzans saw Allie in The Jewel's Arms and the Man. Regionally, Allie's worked with Thin Air Shakespeare, Seattle Shakespeare, Shakespeare by the Sea, Book-It Repertory, Taproot Theatre and others. Allie is a motion capture actor with 2K Games and an educator. She trained at PCPA, earned her BFA from Cornish College of the Arts, and holds an MA in Theater Arts from UCSC. (fb)

Returning for 2025, the wonderful Jono Eiland, @jonoisland will play Francis Flute in Midsummer (he'll have to shave that beard) and Cerimon in Pericles. Jono feels so fortunate to be returning to SCS. He is a founding member of Sojourn Theatre and a company member of LA-based classical company The Porters of Hellsgate. Jono’s past credits include: Hamlet (Ensemble Theatre Company); Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 (Porters of Hellsgate); The Book of Will, As You Like It (Santa Cruz Shakespeare); The Inheritance (Geffen Playhouse); Miss You Like Hell (Baltimore Center Stage). He graduated from Virginia Tech with a B.A. in Theater Arts. As always, Jono gives thanks to his family, teachers, and Renée. (fb)