DAI represents at NY Clown Theatre Festival
September 3, 2010

Sept. 3 - 26, the New York Clown Theatre Festival includes a workshop with Founding Artistic Director Joan Schirle (9/11,12) and several performances by Dell'Arte alumni Adriana Chavez,
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Schirle guests at U of Colorado
August 31, 2010

Founding Artistic Director and School Director Joan Schirle is directing Goldoni's "The Ingenious Chambermaid" at the U. of Colorado Boulder. Translated by DAI founders Carlo and Jane
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Dell'Arte in Colombia
August 29, 2010

Dell'Arte International represents the USA at the Festival Internacional de Teatro de Caribe in Santa Marta, Colombia, with Under The Table's "the Only Friends We Have." This trio of Dell'Arte
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1980 - 1989
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Production History
 1980 - 1989

1980: WHITEMAN MEETS BIGFOOT

adapted from the R. Crumb comic book by Michael Fields, Donald Forrest, Joan Schirle, Jael Weisman
Music by Tony Heimer & Joan Schirle
Directed by Jael Weisman (1986 remount directed by Jane Hill)
Designer: Alain Schons
Lighting by Ted Vukovich

Tour 1980-1982: California; remount for EXPO '86 world's fair, Vancouver, B.C.

1981: PERFORMANCE ANXIETY

by Michael Fields, Donald Forrest, Joan Schirle, Alain Schons, Jael Weisman
Directed by Jael Weisman
Scenography by Alain Schons
Costumes by Mimi Mace

Toured: 1982 - 1987 California; People's Theatre Festival, San Francisco 1983; San Francisco New Vaudeville Festival, 1987

1982: YOU CAN BE REPLACED

by Michael Fields, Donald Forrest, Joan Schirle, Jael Weisman
Music by Joe DeAndreis
Directed by Jael Weisman
Scenography by Alain Schons;
Costumes by MaryAnn Scozzari

Toured: California 1983

1984: MALPRACTICE, or Love's The Best Doctor

adapted from Moliere by Michael Fields, Donald Forrest, Michele Linfante, Jael Weisman
Directed by Jael Weisman
Set by Andy Stacklin
Costumes by Mimi Mace

Toured: 1984 - 1990 Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival, 1985 NYC; California, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho;
Beau Gestes Festival, Vancouver B.C. 1987; International Movement Theatre Festival, Philadelphia 1987

1986: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN, A Scar Tissue Mystery

by Michael Fields, Donald Forrest, Joan Schirle, Jael Weisman
Music by Tony Heimer
Directed by Jael Weisman
Scenography by Ivan Hess;
Lighting by Michael Foster
Costumes by Nancy Betts

Toured: California, Oregon, Washington, West Virginia; remounted in 1991 in the trilogy "Redwood Curtain, the Scar Tissue Mysteries."

1987: THE BACCHAE

by Euripides
Music by David Winkler
Directed by Jael Weisman
Designed by Ivan Hess;
Lighting by Michael Foster;
Costumes by Jean Young

Toured: California

1988: RED NOSES

co-production with San Diego Repertory Theatre)
by Peter Barnes
Music by Gina Leishman
Directed by Jael Weisman & Sam Woodhouse
Lighting by Peter Maradudin;
Costumes by Nancy Jo Smith

Won 1988 Year's Best Production Award from San Diego Critics Circle.

1989: SLAPSTICK

by Michael Fields, Donald Forrest, Joan Schirle, Jael Weisman
Music by Gina Leishman
Directed by Jael Weisman
Designed by Alain Schons
Lighting by Michael Foster,
Costumes by Nancy Jo Smith

Toured 1989 - 1995 Arhus Festival, Denmark, 1989; Festival of Five Continents, Venezuela 1994; California, Oregon; VIth Critics Festival, Montevideo, Uruguay 1995.

 


 
 

 

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