The School Tour production of Animal vs. Animal: an Aesop’s Fables mashup is up and running at elementary schools (there are public performances at MTC the last two weekends of March).
Here’s the stage manager’s performance report from this morning’s show, along with some production photos:
Animal vs. Animal
By Steve Yockey
Directed by Josh Costello
Marin Theatre [...]

Our School Tour production of Animal vs Animal: an Aesop’s Fables mashup opens next week. Here are a couple of rehearsal photos showing some of the wonderful animal masks designed by Dorothy Vollendorf, MTC Production Intern and Production Designer for this show. The actors are Danielle Levin and Patrick Jones (members, AEA).

MTC is commissioning emerging playwright Steve Yockey to write a new adaptation of Aesop’s Fables for our 2010 School Tour production. Steve’s work (for adult theatregoers) has recently been seen in the Bay Area at Magic Theatre, Encore Theatre, and Impact Theatre. The SF Chronicle calls Steve Yockey “a fiercely imaginative and finely [...]

Due to popular demand, we are adding four more public performances of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Last weekend’s shows were packed with laughing children (and adults), and we look forward to more of the same on Saturday and Sunday, March 14 and 15, at 1pm and 3pm. Please note that [...]

The San Francisco Chronicle listed our public performances of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as one of the top 5 events for families this weekend. Our first two performances on Saturday were fantastic — the packed house at the 1pm show called the actors back for a second bow. Our last [...]

Our second School Tour production of the season opened today at Marin Primary & Middle School. It’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, performed by two amazing actors playing all the roles. The stage manager provides all the sound effects, and the whole play is under 45 minutes long. We’re performing [...]

Our School Tour production of A Short History of Nearly Everything wraps up this week — the last two performances are at Marin Primary on Thursday and Lagunitas Middle School on Friday. We performed for over a thousand middle and high school students at a dozen schools all over Marin.
We’re gearing up now for [...]

A Short History of Nearly Everything begins touring to schools this week, and performs October 18 and 19 at 11am and 1pm at MTC in performances open to the public. Here are a few photos from our final dress.

All photos by Ian Joseph.

Here’s actor Danielle Levin writing about the first days of rehearsal for our School Tour production of A Short History of Nearly Everything:
My mind is spinning (or expanding exponentially?) with concepts of science, both familiar and new to me. After 2 days of Short History rehearsals, I’m feeling invigorated, knowledgeable, and, frankly, a little confused. [...]

Rehearsals begin this week for A Short History of Nearly Everything, our School Tour production. In addition to performing at middle and high schools around Marin, we’ll have four performances open to the public on October 18 and 19 at 11am and 1pm, in MTC’s Lieberman Theatre. You can purchase tickets here.
A Short [...]