Now that the Marin Theatre Company is celebrating its 40th anniversary season, it is interesting, inspiring and perhaps enlightening to look back at MTC’s past productions. Typically, MTC produces five shows each season on its Main Stage. There is a variety of contemporary plays, classics, comedies, dramas and musicals.
Love Song
Found Objects
Lovers & Executioners
said SAÏD
A Streetcar Named Desire
Love Person
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Orson's Shadow
Tartuffe
Frozen
The Good German
The Subject Tonight is Love
River's End
Splittin' the Raft
Killer Joe
Old Wicked Songs
Displaced
Beggar's HolidayLife x 3
Fortune
Bus Stop
Charlie Cox Runs with Scissors
Me and My Girl
The Pavilion
The Last Schwartz
My Old Lady
Communicating Doors
The Music Lesson
Wonderful Town
Fugitive Kind
Syncopation
Visions of Kerouac
2001 | 2002 Season
Misalliance, written by George Bernard Shaw
Moving Bodies, written by Arthur Giron (on Second Stage)
Lady in the Dark, written by Moss Hart/Music Kurt Weil
Sockdology, written by Jeffrey Hatcher
The Hairy Ape, written by Eugene O’Neill
Two for the Seesaw, written by William Gibson
2000 | 2001 Season
As Thousands Cheer, sketches by Moss Hart. Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Morning’s at Seven, written by Paul Osborn
Indiscretions, written by Jean Cocteau
The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller
Sacco & Vanzetti, written by Louis Lippa
1999 | 2000 Season
Spring Storm, written by Tennessee Williams
Pal Joey, written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Mister Schpill and Mister Tippeton, written by Gilles Segal
Candida, written by Bernard Shaw
The Woman in Black, adapted by Shephen Mallatratt from the book by Susan Hill
1998 | 1999 Season
Bleacher Bums, conceived written by Joe Mantegna and Organic Theatre Company
Blood Knot, written by Athol Fugard
The Puppetmaster of Lodz, written by Gilles Segal
Mere Mortals, written by David Ives
Cowgirls, written by Mary Moffit and Betsy Howie
1997 | 1998 Season
Company, written by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
Molly Sweeney, written by Brian Friel
The Turn of the Screw, from the story written by Henry James, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
The History of America (Abridged), produced by the Reduced Shakespeare Co.
The Bible (Abridged) produced by the Reduced Shakespeare Co.
The Real Thing, written by Tom Stoppard
1996 | 1997 Season
Becket, written by Jean Anouilh
The Old Lady’s Guide to Survival, written by Mayo Simon
The Lay of the Land, written by Mel Shapiro
Avenue X, written by Jon Jiler and Bay Leslee
1995 | 1996 Season
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, written by Dale Wasserman
Mississippi Delta, written by Dr. Endesha ida Mae Holland
Kindertransport, written by Diane Samuels
All in the Timing, written by David Ives
Picnic, written by William Inge
1994 | 1995 Season
Wilder, Wilder, Wilder, written by Thornton Wilder
Matthew, Margaret, Pat and Kate, written by Peter Glazer
Keeley and Du, written by Jane Martin
The Art of Dining, written by Tina Howe
A Perfect Ganesh, written by Terrence McNally
1993 | 1994 Season
Shadowlands, written by William Nicholson
Inspecting Carol, written by Daniel Sullivan
The Sum of Us, written by David Stevens
The Loman Family Picnic, written by Donald Margilies
Lips together, Teeth Apart, written by Terrence McNally
1992 | 1993 Season
The Women, written by Clare Boothe Luce
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, written by Lanie Robertson
A Shayna Maidel, written by Barbara Lebow
The Price, written by Arthur Miller
Lend Me a Tenor, written by Ken Ludwig
1991 | 1992 Season
Let Me Sing and I’m Happy, written by George and Ira Gershwin
Cobb, written by Lee Blessing
Born Yesterday, written by Garson Kanin
A Dream of Wealth, written by Arthur Giron
Arms and the Man, written by George Bernard Shaw
1990 | 1991 Season
Lemon Sky, written by Lanford Wilson
Passion, written by Peter Nichols
Orphans, written by Lyle Kessler
The Middle Ages, written by A.R. Gurney
And a Nightingale Sang, written by C.P. Taylor
1989 | 1990 Season
Modigliani, written by Denis McIntyre
Loot, written by Joe Orton
Glengarry Glen Ross, written by David Mamet
Becoming Memories, written by Arthur Giron
Room Service, written by John Murray and Allan Boretz
1988 | 1989 Season
Master Harold and the Boys, written by Athol Fugard
Noises Off, written by Michael Frayn
All My Sons, written by Arthur Miller
Daddy’s Dying, Who’s Got the Will, written by Del Shores
I Do, I Do, written by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
Broken Jug, written by Heinrich von Kleist
1987 | 1988 Season
The Marriage of Bette and Boo, written by Christopher Durang
Strange Snow, written by Stephen Metcalf
Uncle Vanya, written by Anton Chekov
Artichoke, written by Joanne M. Glass
Hedda Gabbler, written by Henrik Ibsen
On the Verge, written by Eric Overmeyer
Misalliance, written by George Bernard Shaw
Moving Bodies, written by Arthur Giron (on Second Stage)
Lady in the Dark, written by Moss Hart/Music Kurt Weil
Sockdology, written by Jeffrey Hatcher
The Hairy Ape, written by Eugene O’Neill
Two for the Seesaw, written by William Gibson
2000 | 2001 Season
As Thousands Cheer, sketches by Moss Hart. Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Morning’s at Seven, written by Paul Osborn
Indiscretions, written by Jean Cocteau
The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller
Sacco & Vanzetti, written by Louis Lippa
1999 | 2000 Season
Spring Storm, written by Tennessee Williams
Pal Joey, written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Mister Schpill and Mister Tippeton, written by Gilles Segal
Candida, written by Bernard Shaw
The Woman in Black, adapted by Shephen Mallatratt from the book by Susan Hill
1998 | 1999 Season
Bleacher Bums, conceived written by Joe Mantegna and Organic Theatre Company
Blood Knot, written by Athol Fugard
The Puppetmaster of Lodz, written by Gilles Segal
Mere Mortals, written by David Ives
Cowgirls, written by Mary Moffit and Betsy Howie
1997 | 1998 Season
Company, written by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
Molly Sweeney, written by Brian Friel
The Turn of the Screw, from the story written by Henry James, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
The History of America (Abridged), produced by the Reduced Shakespeare Co.
The Bible (Abridged) produced by the Reduced Shakespeare Co.
The Real Thing, written by Tom Stoppard
1996 | 1997 Season
Becket, written by Jean Anouilh
The Old Lady’s Guide to Survival, written by Mayo Simon
The Lay of the Land, written by Mel Shapiro
Avenue X, written by Jon Jiler and Bay Leslee
1995 | 1996 Season
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, written by Dale Wasserman
Mississippi Delta, written by Dr. Endesha ida Mae Holland
Kindertransport, written by Diane Samuels
All in the Timing, written by David Ives
Picnic, written by William Inge
1994 | 1995 Season
Wilder, Wilder, Wilder, written by Thornton Wilder
Matthew, Margaret, Pat and Kate, written by Peter Glazer
Keeley and Du, written by Jane Martin
The Art of Dining, written by Tina Howe
A Perfect Ganesh, written by Terrence McNally
1993 | 1994 Season
Shadowlands, written by William Nicholson
Inspecting Carol, written by Daniel Sullivan
The Sum of Us, written by David Stevens
The Loman Family Picnic, written by Donald Margilies
Lips together, Teeth Apart, written by Terrence McNally
1992 | 1993 Season
The Women, written by Clare Boothe Luce
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, written by Lanie Robertson
A Shayna Maidel, written by Barbara Lebow
The Price, written by Arthur Miller
Lend Me a Tenor, written by Ken Ludwig
1991 | 1992 Season
Let Me Sing and I’m Happy, written by George and Ira Gershwin
Cobb, written by Lee Blessing
Born Yesterday, written by Garson Kanin
A Dream of Wealth, written by Arthur Giron
Arms and the Man, written by George Bernard Shaw
1990 | 1991 Season
Lemon Sky, written by Lanford Wilson
Passion, written by Peter Nichols
Orphans, written by Lyle Kessler
The Middle Ages, written by A.R. Gurney
And a Nightingale Sang, written by C.P. Taylor
1989 | 1990 Season
Modigliani, written by Denis McIntyre
Loot, written by Joe Orton
Glengarry Glen Ross, written by David Mamet
Becoming Memories, written by Arthur Giron
Room Service, written by John Murray and Allan Boretz
1988 | 1989 Season
Master Harold and the Boys, written by Athol Fugard
Noises Off, written by Michael Frayn
All My Sons, written by Arthur Miller
Daddy’s Dying, Who’s Got the Will, written by Del Shores
I Do, I Do, written by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
Broken Jug, written by Heinrich von Kleist
1987 | 1988 Season
The Marriage of Bette and Boo, written by Christopher Durang
Strange Snow, written by Stephen Metcalf
Uncle Vanya, written by Anton Chekov
Artichoke, written by Joanne M. Glass
Hedda Gabbler, written by Henrik Ibsen
On the Verge, written by Eric Overmeyer