Morning theater talkback at Mountain View
- Matinee performance with a post-show audience Q&A. - 9:30 a.m. on April 24 at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 2500 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View. - Listing and ticket details: eastbaytimes.com
A Friday morning theater outing in Mountain View comes with a built-in talkback: Peninsula Youth Theatre’s 9:30 a.m. student matinee on April 24 includes a post-show audience question-and-answer session. (pytnet.org) The production is *Hansel & Gretel*, a world-premiere adaptation by Karen Simpson for Peninsula Youth Theatre’s “Stories on Stage” program. The company lists additional student matinees that day at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., with public performances set for Saturday, April 25, at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. (tickets.mvcpa.com) The show runs about one hour with no intermission, and Peninsula Youth Theatre says the talkback happens directly after the performance. The company lists student matinee tickets at $7 each for groups of 10 or more and says the show is appropriate for all ages. (pytnet.org) The talkback format turns a school-day performance into part show and part live lesson. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts says audience members can ask questions of the cast and production staff after the show. (mvcpa.com) The event listing in circulation points readers to 2500 Old Middlefield Way, but Peninsula Youth Theatre says that address is its studio and rehearsal site. The company says its musical and “Stories on Stage” performances take place at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro Street in downtown Mountain View. (pytnet.org) That venue detail matters on a Friday morning because the downtown theater has its own parking and transit setup. The city says free parking is available in the Civic Center garage under the theater, with extra parking nearby, and the site is a five-block walk from the Downtown Mountain View Transit Center. (mvcpa.com) Visitors also face a changed parking map this season. The city says Lot 12 across from the performing arts center closed to public use in January 2026 for an affordable housing project, and a southbound lane on Bryant Street is closed during construction. (mvcpa.com) For families and school groups, the morning draw is simple: a one-hour fairy-tale retelling, followed by a chance to ask the people onstage how they built it. (pytnet.org)
