To Engage, Educate and Enrich the lives of Active Adults 50+
and their communities through Creative Arts Experiences.

We transform lives through creative expression for self-discovery, connection, and empowerment. We facilitate transformation by amplifying the innate social-emotional benefits of the arts.
By offering easily accessible learning programs we provide opportunities for community engagement and a legacy of improved health and happiness. Our theatre arts programs range from empowering students through storytelling, to helping seniors reclaim their dignity with creative expression. Our health and wellness programs offer hope and opportunity to people living with Parkinson’s.

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Year End Donations

NextStage thrived in 2024. We can certainly say that we left the pandemic behind and surged forward with enthusiasm and a cornucopia of programs to foster creative aging and involvement.

Help us to continue to dream and build. Please consider a year-end gift to NextStage Productions. Your gift, large or small, is so important, and every dollar goes to programs to enhance livingness. And all donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Please help us continue to make a difference.

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Readers Theater Tryouts

January 10, 1-3pm

Seacliff Mobile Home Park Clubhouse
2700 Mar Vista, Aptos

Contact Sally Bookman, 831 818-9959 for more information

Taiko for People with Parkinson's

NextStage sponsors a Taiko Drumming Class in conjunction with Watsonville Taiko and EASE PD (exercise, activity, support and education for Parkinson’s Disease) for people living with Parkinson’s. These classes, which are offered with full scholarships to students have been a great success for those residing in the Santa Cruz area.

The next 9 week session of Taiko Drumming & Movement Class for people living w/ Parkinson's starts on January 13, 2025 at Trinity Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, Santa Cruz

We are thinking of starting a class in Watsonville, so if you or anyone you know who is living with PD might be interested in joining this class, please contact Risa.

For more information or to register, email Risa at:
risa@nextstagesantacruz.org