As someone who has worked in the theater for many years, I’ve nearly always had a second job as a bartender to make ends meet. The hours can be exhausting, especially after a long day of rehearsals, but I’ve always believed that the best place to learn about human nature and social behavior is at [...]

Last Friday, the 7th and 8th grades at MLK Academy in Marin City took a field trip to MTC — to see their own classmates perform in MTC’s Lieberman Theatre. The drama class, taught by MTC Teaching Artist Mimi Baxter, spent the first six weeks of school writing and rehearsing their own play. [...]

Marin Theatre Company awards two play prizes each year to support the development of new work for the American stage. The first is the Sky Cooper New American Play prize, which is awarded to an emerging or established playwright and honors an outstanding new work, which will receive a full production in the coming season [...]

Here’s a news report showing some of our summer camp students performing for Carlos Santana last week.
Santana’s Milagro Foundation provides funding to Performing Stars of Marin, which connects children from underserved communities in Marin to performing arts organizations, including our summer camp.

The North Bay Bohemian is running a great story about MTC’s Nu Werkz program:
When a playwright finishes a draft of a new play, they just desperately want the thing to be done,” says up-and-coming New York playwright Sharr White. “The fact of the matter is, in nearly every single case, as much as the writer [...]

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. [...]