MTG began in 1949 as a CYO program for teens.
Under the stewardship of co-founder Fr. Anthony Zoghby, MTG swiftly grew into a full-fledged community theatre by 1954. In 1958 his mother donated the theatre that is today its home on Lafayette Street.
Father Zoghby's directorship was followed by Tom Pocase in 1972 and Mike McKee in 1984. Under Mike's direction, MTG focused on smaller-scaled plays and has won regional, national, and internatonal recognition.
Click thumbnails for larger view.
Above left to right: 1 - Father Anthony Zoghby; 2 - Scriptreading in the CYO years; 3 - Jimmy Sweat and Marguerite Pugh in the 1956 Anastasia. 4 - Dolly Deroux-Dauphin and Kevin O'Neill in Michael Gazzo's A Hatful of Rain which dealt with the subject of drug addiction. Mobile Press-Register critic John Fay called it, "an emotionally charged theatrical experience that will probably haunt its audience for days." .
Above, left to right: 1 - Harry Mateei and Joe Power face off as a the communist mayor of an Italiian town and the local priest in The Little World of Don Camillo; 2 - Reclining Figure,Harry Kurnitz's comedy about a painting and a soft drink tycoon; 3 Guy Zoghby and Margaret Hincken in Medea, 1963; 4 -1967 program art showing MTG's theatre by an artist identified only as Roseanne
Read more history in a 2001 interview with MTG artistc director Mike McKee in the online magazine Harbinger.
Past Shows
History