Mountain Community Theater

Mountain Community Theater is a member-run nonprofit theatre company based at Park Hall in Ben Lomond, California. Founded by a collective of actors in 1982, it is the longest continuously operating community theatre company in Santa Cruz County.

The company’s adaptation of Miracle on 34th Street began in its inaugural season, when co-founders Peter Troxell and Rita Wadsworth created a stage version of Valentine Davies’ beloved holiday story. The adaptation became a recurring Mountain Community Theater tradition and was later revised and prepared for publication. In 1996, Dramatic Publishing began licensing the play for productions by other theatres. Now performed as Miracle on 34th Street, the Play, the adaptation has allowed the company’s work to reach audiences well beyond California’s San Lorenzo Valley.