As recent conversations debating the spiralling economy, consumer confidence, and stimulus packages swirl around, art and culture fades into the background as pressing issues take center stage. But in a recent Perspectives piece on KQED, my good friend Marc Vogl astutely reminds us that culture is a vital and important part of the economy.
To listen, [...]

SF Chronicle review:
“Devilishly fine entertainment… It wouldn’t be fair to reveal how that game turns out except to note that as comically meaningful and offbeat fare for the holidays, McPherson’s “Seafarer” succeeds in filling an inside straight.”
KGO Radio review:
“FROM A DOWNRIGHT TYPICAL IRISH COMEDY THAT’S ABSOLUTELY LOADED WITH LAUGHS, IT DEVELOPS INTO A SURPRISING, [...]

Here are Jasson Minadakis, Kent Nicholson, and Dan Whitten discussing Jacques Brel and Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. We opened last night — get your tickets before they sell out!

Here’s a link to MTC’s YouTube page, with video from all the productions this season.

MTC’s new Managing Director Ryan Rilette just moved here from New Orleans. He spoke today at our Afterwords event (following the Sunday matinee preview of A Streetcar Named Desire) about Tennessee Williams and New Orleans.

Clips from rehearsals for A Streetcar Named Desire.

Ryan Rilette, our new Managing Director, has been working part-time and off-site for a while now, but he is now out of New Orleans and working full-time at MTC.
He joins MTC after six years as Producing Artistic Director at Southern Rep Theatre, the premiere professional theater of New Orleans. During his tenure, Southern Rep underwent [...]

Clips from the second week of rehearsals for A Streetcar Named Desire, with actors Arwen Anderson, Daniel May, and Carrie Paff, and director Jasson Minadakis.

Our Performance Guide for A Streetcar Named Desire is now available for download. Here’s an excerpt; this is scenic designer Robert Mark Morgan talking about his process.
I find visual research to be tremendously important in creating a design. I tell my students at UC Berkeley that it’s the fuel that gets you through [...]

Here’s Marjorie Crump-Shears writing about rehearsals for A Streetcar Named Desire:
One of the fascinating and challenging experiences for me in this production is developing distinct characters ~ one of which is quite drunk and in need of sexual attention, one of whom is a neighborhood member who is “a fixture”, and one who is severe [...]

Here’s Arwen Anderson, playing Stella, writing about the first week of rehearsals for A Streetcar Named Desire:
It’s day four and we’re up on our feet just ripping it. It’s awesome – and I mean that in the traditional sense of the word. What a ride this is going to be!
Days 1 through 3 [...]