Matinée with post-show talk — Mountain View

A Peninsula Youth Theatre staging of “Hansel and Gretel” will open with a 9:30 a.m. school matinée Friday in Mountain View, followed by a cast talk-back. (pytnet.org) The production runs April 24-25 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts SecondStage, 500 Castro St. in Mountain View. Friday school matinées are listed at 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., and Saturday public performances at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. (pytnet.org) Peninsula Youth Theatre lists Friday student matinée tickets at $7 each for groups of 10 or more, while Saturday general-admission tickets are $17. The company says the show runs one hour with no intermission. (pytnet.org) The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts describes the show as a modernized adaptation by Karen Simpson for Peninsula Youth Theatre’s “Stories on Stage” program. The venue says the story follows siblings lost in a forest who encounter a witch with an edible house. (mvcpa.com) The venue also says the post-show session is a live talk-back where audience members can ask questions of cast and production staff. Peninsula Youth Theatre separately describes the event as appropriate for all ages. (mvcpa.com) (pytnet.org) The Friday 9:30 a.m. performance appears in the Bay Area events calendar published April 20 by the East Bay Times. The center’s own event listings show the public opening on Saturday, April 25, at 11:30 a.m. (eastbaytimes.com) (mvcpa.com) Mountain View’s performing arts center uses 500 Castro St. as its ticketing and event address, while the East Bay Times calendar item lists 2500 Old Middlefield Way. The city’s performing arts website and Peninsula Youth Theatre box office both point ticket buyers to the Castro Street venue. (eastbaytimes.com) (mvcpa.com) (pytnet.org) For families looking for a weekend option instead of the school-day matinée, the same production returns Saturday with two public performances and the same one-hour format. (pytnet.org)