A LOOK BACK AT THE TRIALS
AND TRIUMPHS—AND
THE SHARED JOY OF MTC’S 2021–2022 SEASON
Like many theatres and performing arts organizations, Marin Theatre Company faced neverbefore-experienced challenges during its 2021–2022 season. Again and again, leadership and staff pivoted in the face of surge delays (before 2020, who had ever heard of a surge?), audience and actor concerns, reduced ticket sales income and attending economic woes. But through it all, MTC remained steadfast in its commitment to new American theatre, and the resulting work was some of the finest in this company’s history. Here is a look back at the 2021–2022 season. We hope you were able to share all of these shows with us, and we’re looking forward to our new season that begins this fall, and to sharing the amazement, discovery, and joy that is theatre.
A holiday gift to our audiences
Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon’s final installment in their beloved Christmas at Pemberley series extended Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice storyline into the frontier of women’s rights with, of course, a marvelous love story at its heart. Critics raved about the play and the MTC production, calling it “Delightful!” (TalkinBroadway.com) and “a feast for actors” (San Francisco Chronicle), and praising the work of the show’s designers, many of whom were old friends of MTC— including the extraordinary costume designer Fumiko Bielefeldt, whose work you will see in this performance of The Sound Inside.
PICTURED ABOVE (L–R):
Lauren Spencer, Alicia M.P. Nelson, Aidaa Peerzada, Madeline Rouverol. PICTURED LEFT:
Lauren Spencer and Zahan F. Mehta Photos by Kevin Berne
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