142 Throckmorton Theatre Youth & All-Ages Theatre Programs

142 Throckmorton Theatre Youth & All-Ages Theatre Programs takes place within a theatre company that produces a season of theatre including both youth and all-ages in its casting. In addition to theatre productions, the organization also produces concerts, a weekly comedy show, master classes and workshops, fine art exhibitions, and spoken word events.

• Ages: 5–18 years old

The program is part of a theatre described as a “people’s theatre” where everyone can come together in an intimate space to imagine, take risks, laugh, and begin to more deeply understand each other. Its programs are described as being designed to foster creative thinking outside the molds of everyday life. The organization’s broader mission emphasizes creativity, reaching high, magic, and a driving interest in all people and the natural world.

The theatre’s history includes its origins as The Hub Theater, a vaudeville and silent movie theatre that opened in 1912, where Charlie Chaplin appeared and young Hattie Krausegill accompanied silent films on piano and organ, with admission at 20 cents and Saturday matinees costing a nickel. The space later served as a meeting hall for the Odd Fellows Lodge, which rented it to the Mill Valley Film Festival (then called Saturday Night Movies) in the 1970s, becoming the first home of the Festival. The leadership team includes Lucy Mercer (Artistic Director), Steve Coleman (Head Scenic Designer), Reba Gilbert (Programs Director), JP Larosée (Technical Director), Barb Nimmons (Box Office Manager), Nelly Furgiule (Concessions Manager), Patti Melin (Volunteer Manager, Box Office Staff), Luis Galindo (Graphic Design/Concessions), Beni Shinohara (Curator for Noon Concerts), and Gaby Mercer Slomoff (Marketing/Website Design Consultant).

Last updated March 23, 2026.