http://marintheatre.org/mtcblog a look inside Marin Theatre Company Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:25:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://marintheatre.org/mtcblog/?p=356 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 ... http://marintheatre.org/mtcblog/?p=350 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 ... http://marintheatre.org/mtcblog/?p=341 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, ... http://marintheatre.org/mtcblog/?p=339 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 ... http://marintheatre.org/mtcblog/?p=338 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 ... http://marintheatre.org/mtcblog/?p=337 Actor Gloria Garayua on Lydia: Tonight was interesting. It was our first official preview but our second audience altogether. They seemed very responsive. They were generous with their laughter and engaged in the more dramatic moments as well. I thought I heard a few sniffles in the audience here and there. ... http://marintheatre.org/mtcblog/?p=335 Actor Gloria Garayua on Lydia: So tonight we had a producer's preview. We thanked the peeps who gave us money by giving them a dinner and giving them a private preview of our dress rehearsal tonight. It went great! It was nice to sense people in the audience. It's always interesting ... http://marintheatre.org/mtcblog/?p=334 Actor Gloria Garayua on Lydia: We've been running out of time lately and so since last Thursday, we haven't been able to run the whole show. It's frustrating because working scenes so choppy doesn't help. Not for me. I need, at least at this point, the fluidity of a run through. ... http://marintheatre.org/mtcblog/?p=333 Actor Adriana Gaviria on Lydia: This will be my first blog entry EVER! It's been a lot of fun getting to know Mill Valley, especially for an East Coaster. In the first few days, I saw a skunk, got lost in the mountains driving to rehearsal, kept on running into deer, ... http://marintheatre.org/mtcblog/?p=332