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MTC's Student Matinees are special weekday morning performances of plays we're presenting in our regular season – the same plays that are delighting audiences, earning rave reviews, and contributing to the cultural fabric of our community.  This is a unique opportunity for students to experience accomplished artists telling compelling stories in an intimate professional theatre.

Over 800 middle and high school students from 18 schools attended student matinee performances at MTC in our 2009/10 Season. The Shenson Foundation provided discounted and free tickets to schools that otherwise would not have been able to participate.

Student matinee performances begin at 11am at our theatre in Mill Valley. Each performance is followed by a lively question-and-answer session with the cast and often the director.  MTC can send a teaching artist into the school to prepare the students for the production with a series of participatory workshops.  These workshops might include acting exercises, group games designed to immerse the students in a particular historical period, and discussions of challenging issues raised in the play.  In 2010/11, we will have special workshops prepared specifically for In the Red and Brown Water and Seagull, with limited funding available to provide these workshops at a discounted rate or for free for qualifying schools.

A preview Performance Guide, with a synopsis and dramaturgical information on each production as well as suggestions for classroom exercises, will be available soon.

Scroll down for more details, download a booking form from the right side of this page to reserve tickets, or contact us at education@marintheatre.org for more information.

2010-2011

The Brother Sister Plays:
In the Red and Brown Water
West Coast Premiere By Tarell Alvin McCraney
Directed by Ryan Rilette
Student Matinees September 16 & 28, 2010 11am

Oya can run faster than anyone, but not fast enough to escape her fate. When pressed to choose between her dying mother and her dreams of escape, she makes a life-changing decision. Her journey from the promise of youth to the complicated yearnings of womanhood is a joyous, raucous, brazenly theatrical experience. Visit www.brothersisterplays.org for more information.

This play contains mature language and situations.

Seagull | World Premiere Adaptation
By Anton Chekhov | Adapted by Libby Appel
Directed by Jasson Minadakis
Student Matinees February 3 & 15, 2011 11am

Experience a sleek, sexy production of this 20th century classic in a world premiere adaptation by former Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Libby Appel. When famed actress Arkadina returns to her country estate with her young lover, the writer Trigorin, the romantic entanglements, artistic conflicts and jealousies that erupt threaten to tear her family apart. With newly discovered material from Chekhov’s original manuscripts and a fresh perspective on one of theater’s most elegant and enduring stories, this is Chekhov like you’ve never seen him before.

Call 415.388.5200 x3310 or email education@marintheatre.org for more information or to book tickets for a student matinee performance.