Get Involved

There are many ways to get involved in Marin Theatre Company. One of the best ways to get involved is by volunteering. Internships are also available for those with various qualifications both during the school year as well as during the summer. You can also apply for a job here or, if you are a professional actor, you may wish to send your materials in to our casting director. If you are a playwright and are interested in submitting a play, please read our policy on script submissions below.


MTC is always looking for volunteers for either a few hours a week on a regular basis, for special projects (particularly mailings) and for ushering.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer usher, please call or e-mail the box office at 415.388.5208 or boxoffice@marintheatre.org.

If you are interested in volunteering in our administrative offices, please e-mail info@marintheatre.org or call 415.388.5200 x3373. Please let us know if you are interested in volunteering on a regular basis or just for special projects in a certain time frame.


MTC's internships are designed to provide experience and preparation for beginning a career in the professional theatre. Interns work closely with members of MTC's artistic and administrative staff, attending departmental meetings, interacting with patrons, and taking on real responsibilities in connection with MTC's programs and productions. In addition, interns participate in special workshops and seminars and attend theatrical performances around the Bay Area. MORE INFO


If you are a professional actor and are interested in being considered for a role at MTC, please forward your resume and headshot digitally to MTC’s Casting Director at casting@marintheatre.org.

Announcing Equity Principal Auditions!
Monday, March 14, 2011 | 9am - 5pm
No appointment necessary - Actors will be seen on a first come, first serve basis. Non-Equity actors are welcome to attend and will be placed on a wait-list. Equity performers will be seen first.

Preparation: Please prepare two contrasting monologues - each actor will have three (3) minutes. (Please no songs...there will NOT be an accompanist available.)

No phone calls please.


Marin Theatre Company accepts full scripts of plays and musicals for season consideration when submitted by an agent; playwrights may submit a letter of inquiry that includes a play synopsis and resume. Due to the high volume of submissions, response time for full scripts is approximately six to nine months. Submission via email is encouraged. Please send scripts via email to literarymanager@marintheatre.org, or via USPS to Literary Manager, Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941. Marin Theatre Company has an open script submission policy for our two annual new play prizes. Please click here for more information.

Play Prizes

Now in it's fifth year, Marin Theatre Company's two new play prizes were established to in 2007 to celebrate the work of the American playwright and to encourage the creation of bold, powerful new voices and plays for the American stage. The Sky Cooper New American Play Prize is awarded to an emerging or established playwright for an outstanding new work, and is given a $10,000 cash prize and option for production on MTC's main stage. The David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize is awarded to a professionally unproduced playwright for a new work that shows outstanding promise and a distinctive new voice, and is given a $2500 cash prize and a workshop as part of MTC's New Works Reading Series. These prizes serve to further MTC’s commitment to the development of new plays as a central component of its artistic programs. For more information on these awards and guidelines for submitting entries for the 2012 prizes please click here.

Photos: David Fischer