Dear Mountain Play Family,
What a show! Triumphantly we returned to our home on Mount Tamalpais with a stunning production of The Wizard of Oz. Wowing audiences with its gorgeous set, and tremendous talent, every performance of OZ ended with a thunderous standing ovation.

If you attended you saw an impressively spectacular show. Our renewed focus on sustainability successfully invested in the artistic product while cutting back on behind-the-scenes expenses. Our struggle to create this show with fewer resources was invisible to the audience and yet it was working.
But one thing we did not plan for was a new war and its impact on the economy — especially fuel costs. High gas prices hit every part of our mountaintop production. Increases on recycling, sanitary service, materials and of course the shuttle buses severely impacted nearly every line of the budget.

So what we’re asking now is for all of our heartfelt friends and true believers, all our courageous and persistent supporters, to consider this:

What if, after 113 years of families enjoying live theatre on top of Mount Tamalpais, introducing music and performance to children for six generations, after creating the longest continuous theatre productions in the west, … after making history,…what if increased expenses forced us to just let this unique tradition go?

It would be a tragic loss for our county, and for the Bay Area!

But, what if it just took a bit more resolve, and a smidge more funding, to make the numbers work? Wouldn’t we be proud to be a part of the effort that preserved this unique cultural tradition?

Compared with a lot of problems nowadays, ours is a relatively small nut to crack – but we need everybody who cares about our community arts scene to step up in a bigger way.

Don’t sit back and hope others will do this!

If YOU care about preserving the Mountain Play, please dig deep and give generously so we can amaze another generation of kids into loving live theatre.

Thank you so much for your many contributions this season. If you have the ability to give a little more, you can make all the difference.

With heartfelt thanks for your support,

Eileen Grady