Is Marin’s aging population a concern?
At first, it concerned me a lot. I think that’s one reason the directors were interested in me as artistic director. My taste is toward newer works from younger American playwrights, it’s a little edgier, maybe more adventuresome. Some patrons have been thrilled with this shift; to others, it wasn’t their cup of tea. That happens when a new director arrives. However, we’re now seeing more people coming to us than we’re losing. When shows are extended, it’s a sign something is going right. The folks attending an extended performance aren’t, as a rule, a theater’s season subscribers—they’re mostly new patrons. And there are lots of them. Come to a MTC performance now and you’ll see a different demographic than before. In closing, what’s does the future—short and long term—hold for the Marin Theatre Company? I can tell you that our 2009-10 program starts this September with the West Coast premiere of My Name is Asher Lev, based on the novel by Chaim Potok. MTC’s performance precedes the p
