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
Lilly Schwartz
Executive and Artistic Director
Lilly Schwartz has enjoyed a career of more than 25 years in performing arts management, executive leadership, artistic planning, programming and performance production. She has a strong track record of engaging
diverse artists in ways that drive audiences, strengthen careers and advance the arts. She has served as the Artistic Director of SFJAZZ since 2013, where she has been responsible for all aspects of curating the programming consisting of more than 400 concerts annually in its mainstage series, San Francisco Jazz Festival and Summer Sessions. In addition, she was responsible for management and the production within the organization, including SFJAZZ’ annual $1.8 million gala fundraiser, The NEA Jazz Masters Awards concerts, and appointing the Resident Artistic Directors.
Prior to SFJAZZ, Schwartz was Director of Pops and Programming and Director of the Composers Institute at the Minnesota Orchestral Association. She began her career as Programming Manager at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. She has served as a consultant, speaker and panelist for many organizations including Carnegie Hall, Stonington Jazz Festival in Australia, , California Presenters Conference, Delaware Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival, Summer Music at Harkness and Jazz in Germany, among others. Schwartz earned a Master of Music degree in Musicology from Florida State University, a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from Philadelphia College of Performing Arts and is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy.
Jono Clay
Box Office Manager
Patty Ann Farrell
Production Director
Jeff Gregory
Technical Director
Max Gustafson
Senior Communications and Program Manager
Chris Kenney
Technical Director
Ben Krames
House Audio Engineer
Damon Pierson
Facilities Manager
Terilyn Steverson
Social Media Manager
Jen Tait
Director of Operations and Community Relations
Alessandra Waste
Production Assistant
Consultants
Scott Horton
Media Relations
Pete Jacobson
Archival Documentation
Terry Lorant
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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