Marin Theatre
Marin Theatre Company had modest grassroots beginnings. In 1966, 35 Mill Valley residents came together under the leadership of Sali Lieberman to create the Mill Valley Center for the Performing Arts [MVCPA]. The nonprofit organization brought arts as diverse as film, theater, poetry, dance and concerts of classical, jazz and folk music to Marin County for a decade. After a number of successful community theater productions, MVCPA began to exclusively produce and present theater performances in 1977.
The small group overcame many challenges to put on critically-acclaimed, award-winning plays in a golf clubhouse, a veterans’ auditorium and several schools and parks. To acknowledge the organization’s specialization in theater arts and expanded regional focus, MVCPA changed its name to Marin Theatre Company in 1984. This marked the beginning of a period of extraordinary growth.
By 1987, MTC had become a professional theater company, opening its own theater complex and joining with other local theaters to negotiate the first regional Actors’ Equity contract in the Bay Area. MTC then created a new play program to support emerging American playwrights, launching a New Works developmental workshop and public reading series in 2004 and establishing two new play prizes in 2007. MTC joined both the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and National New Play Network (NNPN) in 2008.
Now rechristened Marin Theatre, the company is the leading professional theater in the North Bay and premier mid-sized theater in the Bay Area. In the fall of 2023, Lance Gardner was appointed artistic director. Gardner is well known to Bay Area audiences for his many leading appearances on stage at Marin Theatre Company, as well as at Berkeley Rep, California Shakespeare Theater, Magic Theatre, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, and others. He served as president of the Board of Trustees at Aurora Theatre Company, and was live event producer at KQED, launching a series of public events for the acclaimed public broadcasting company, before assuming this role at Marin Theatre.
Upcoming Performances:
| December 12-15 | Transcendence Theatre’s Broadway Holiday |
| February 6-March 2, 2025 | Waste |
| March 19-30, 2025 | Mrs. Krishnan’s Party |
| April 16-May 4, 2025 | It’s True, It’s True, It’s True |
| June 5-29, 2025 | Do You Feel Anger? |
Marin Theatre
397 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley Ca
415.388.5200 | www.marintheatre.org
