Our Mission
The mission of the Presidio Theatre is to ensure that the magic of live performance is accessible to the entire community. By reawakening an architectural jewel in the Presidio and creating a professionally run venue that reflects the rich diversity of the Bay Area, the Presidio Theatre encourages artists to grow and flourish.
History
The Presidio Theatre is a modern performing arts center, originally built in 1939 by the U.S. Army with funding from the Works Progress Administration.
Partners
Presidio Trust
Marin Community Foundation
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Board of Directors
Peggy Haas
Board Chair
Peggy Haas brings a lifelong passion for art and theatre to her role as Presidio Theatre Board Chair. As a longtime member of the Children’s Theatre Association San Francisco, Peggy is a performer and avid supporter
of artists and artistic institutions. In fact, her role as a performing artist gave Peggy first-hand experience with the challenges of finding affordable and modern spaces for small productions in San Francisco. Her vision for the Presidio Theatre emerged in the quest to find a truly community-based theatre, bringing her to a gem in the Presidio that had been shuttered for more than 20 years. Peggy’s tenacious commitment to breathing new life into the Presidio Theatre, and especially to providing San Francisco, its artists and audiences with a beautifully restored performing arts hub, is the lifeblood of the Theatre’s mission.
Jane Foster
Vikki Garrod
Valerie Malone Raskin
Staff
Robert Martin
Executive Director
Robert Martin is the Executive Director of the Presidio Theatre. He led the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico for 16 years, where he developed the Lensic Presents series featuring more than 45
theatre, dance, music, and film events each year that reflected the cultural diversity of Santa Fe and supported local, national and international artists. Prior to that, Bob directed programming for the Cowell and Bayfront Theatres at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. He was an online producer for the Statue of Liberty Celebration’s Harbor Festival, among other historic events in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Bob earned a Bachelor of Arts with highest honors in political sociology at UC Berkeley and pursued graduate work at UC Santa Cruz, where he taught a course on the history of political theatre in America.
Jen Tait
Director of Operations and Community Relations
Matthew Keefe
Director of Development and Communications
Jeff Gregory
Technical Director
Patty Ann Farrell
Production Manager
Max Gustafson
Marketing and Programs Manager
Alessandra Waste
Production Assistant
Damon Pierson
Facilities Manager
Jono Clay
Box Office Manager
Ben Krames
House Audio Engineer
Chris Kenney
House Deck, IATSE Local 16 Union Steward
Consultants
Scott Horton
Media Relations
Terry Lorant
Archival Documentation
Pete Jacobson
Archival Documentation
Key Advisors
Walter A Haas III
Patrick McCabe
Shartsis Friese LLP
Parker Phillips
Argonaut Securities
Project Team
ARCHITECT
Hornberger + Worstell
San Francisco
PROJECT MANAGER
Pacific Union Development Company
San Francisco
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
Plant Construction Company
San Francisco
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc.
San Francisco
MEP CONSULTANT
Guttmann & Blaevoet Consulting Engineers
San Francisco
THEATRE DESIGN CONSULTANT
Auerbach Pollock Friedlander
San Francisco
HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONSULTANT
Knapp Architects
San Francisco
CIVIL ENGINEER
Sherwood Design Engineers
San Francisco
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Rhaa
Mill Valley
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
O’mahony & Myer/omm
San Rafael
ACOUSTICS CONSULTING
Paoletti Consulting
San Mateo
GEOTECHNICAL CONSULTANT
Langan, Treadwell & Rollo
San Francisco
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Auerbach Glasow
San Francisco
INTERIOR DESIGNER
Phyllis Martin-Vegue
San Francisco
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