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).

Marin Theatre Company’s Teen Advisory Board has selected eight finalists from the thirty plays submitted by Marin high school students for the Marin Young Playwrights Festival.
Each submitted play was read by at least three members of the Teen Advisory Board, and the process was blinded — the readers did not know the playwright’s [...]

It’s the last day of MTC’s 2009 Summer Camp. 91 students from grades 2 to 12 performed in 4 different plays in our 2 theatres during the 8 weeks of camp, and 12 interns assisted our 25 teaching artists. Classes included playwriting, freestyle rap, costume and set design, circus skills, and much more. Thanks to [...]

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 [...]

A huge thank you to our Perspectives guest, Patricia Gill, for her incredibly informative lecture before the matinee performance of Lydia on Thursday, April 2.
Patricia is the Executive Director of Marin Brain Injury Network, a rehabilitation and support organization for traumatic brain injury survivors and their families, serving Marin and Sonoma counties since 1983.
During the [...]

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 [...]

Over the course of the last three weeks, I have been leaving the office for part of the day on Wednesday and Thursday to make the rounds to several high schools in the Bay Area, mostly Marin County, but also into the East bay. The purpose of my return to high school was to be [...]