Articles and Resources

If you are doing research on the company, the school, on physical theatre, Carlo Mazzone-Clementi, etc. you may find the following list helpful; it lists most of the print references, articles, interviews, reviews, award announcements, etc. in books, newspapers, and websites where information about us can be found.

Dell’Arte International archives are now housed at the Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute at Ohio State University (Special Collections of the Thompson Library). Scripts, posters, playbills, music recordings, design renderings, directors’ notes, photographs and more are available to researchers. Our thanks to Dr. Beth Kattelman, Associate Professor/Curator of Theatre  at OSU’s libraries.

Recent Additions

Arcata Chamber of Commerce Business Leadership Award: Non-Profit of the Year 2020.

2019 “Best of Humboldt”  award to Dell’Arte International as “Best Place To See A Play!”  by The NorthCoast Journal.

Dell’Arte receives 28th Annual award for Civic Contribution from League of Women Voters, Humboldt County, CA. April 12, 2019

Brokamp, Emily. Discover the artiFACTS!: Scars, Scandals, and Society in the Redwoods:  The Dell’Arte Players’ infamous lady detective. (Researched at the Dell’Arte archives at Ohio State University)

“Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary,” our film directed by John Howarth based on our stage play, is available online: https://greenappleent.com/project/mary-jane-a-musical-potumentary/
Online review: https://trustmovies.blogspot.com/2018/04/love-musicals-try-john-howarth-and.html

Learn about our Prison Project at Pelican Bay State Prison.
Cejnar, Jessica. Dell’Norte Triplicate.  http://www.triplicate.com/news/6141964-151/artists-in-residence

Ya-Chu Cowhig, Frances. “A Playwright’s Journey Through a Year of Physical Theatre Training at Dell’Arte”. American Theatre (2015)

“The 25th Mad River Festival: How it All Got Started,” by Joan Schirle, Emerald Magazine online edition:http://theemeraldmagazine.com/2015/05/25th-mad-river-festival/

The Routledge Companion to Commedia dell’Arte. Ed. Judith Chaffee & Oliver Crick, Routledge, London & New York 2014. Two essays by Joan Schirle: “Arlecchino Appleseed, or How Carlo Mazzone-Clementi Brought Commedia to the New World,” pp 386 – 398 and “Commedia Women Onstage–And In The Wings.” pp. 457-463

Claire Canavan. “Created by the Ensemble: Generative Creativity and Collective Creation at the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre.” Theatre Topics 22.1 (2012): 49-61. Project MUSE. Web. 20 Mar. 2012. http://130.102.44.245/journals/theatre_topics/v022/22.1.canavan.html

Dell’Arte Bibliography

Original Writing by Dell’Arte Personnel:

Mazzone-Clementi, Carlo, and Jane Hill. “Commedia and the Actor.” The Drama Review 18 (1974). Online at John Towsen’s Physical Comedy blog
Buckley, Peter. “Creativity and the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre.” Theatre Topics 15 (2005): 41-47. Essay on collaboration
Dell’Arte Company, “Mad Love, Dell’Arte International.” Ensemble Works, An Anthology. Ed. Ferdinand Lewis. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 2005. 219-254. Play script, ensemble-written.
Dell’Arte Players. “Intrigue at Ah-Pah.” Ed. Rick Foster. West Coast Plays 8 (1981): 121-162. Playscript, with photos.
Fields, Michael. “New Eyes.” International Theatre Institute Newsletter Summer 2000: 1-2.
Hill, Jane. “Physical Theatre Training: The Next Wave.” Call Board Mar. 1987.
Schirle, Joan. “Arlecchino Appleseed, or How Carlo Mazzone-Clementi Brought Commedia to the New World,” The Routledge Companion to Commedia dell’Arte. Ed. Judith Chaffee & Oliver Crick, Routledge, London & New York 2014. pp 386 – 398
Schirle, Joan “Commedia Women Onstage–And In The Wings.” The Routledge Companion to Commedia dell’Arte. Ed. Judith Chaffee & Oliver Crick, Routledge, London & New York 2014. pp. 457-463
Schirle, Joan. “Potholes on the Road to Devising.“ Ed. Joan Herrington. Theatre Topics 15 (2005): 91-102. Essay on devising strategies.
Schirle, Joan. “Movement Training: Dell’Arte International.” Movement for Actors. Ed. Nicole Potter. New York: Allworth P, 2002. 187-195. Core philosophy of Dell’Arte training.
Schirle, Joan. “Space, Scale, Relationship: Writing For The Physical Theatre.” TCG Circle
Schirle, Joan. “Walking the Talk: Artists Connecting with Community.” Community Arts Network. Mar. 2000. Dell’Arte International.
Schirle, Joan. “Preparing a Role.” Alexander Techworks. Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre.
Schirle, Joan. “The Alexander Technique and the Performer.” Alexander Techworks. Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre.
Schirle, Joan. Video of Joan’s Conversation with FM Alexander’s niece, Marjory Barlow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYH_xpoDkBM
Schirle, Joan. “Woodshedding in the Performing Arts.” City County Miner: Some Northern California Veins. Ed. Michael Helm. Berkeley: City Miner Books, 1982. 203-207.

Books with Sections or Chapters About Dell’Arte

Deborah Bell, Mask Makers And Their Craft, MacFarland & Co, North Carolina, 2010 with bibliography and illustrations, pp 159 -167
Brockett, Oscar G/Ball, Robert J. The Essential Theatre, Ninth Edition. Boston : Thomson Wadsworth, 2006: 116
Burnham, Linda Frye. Ed. Performing Communities, The Grassroots Ensemble Theatre Research Project, By Robert H. Leonard and Ann Kilkelly, with an introduction by Jan Cohen-Cruz. New Village Press 2005
Cohen-Cruz, Jan, comp. Local Acts: Community-Based Performance in the United States. Rutgers UP, 2005: 103, 115, 116-117, 153-158, 192.
Lewis, Ferdinand, ed. “Mad Love, Dell’Arte International.” Ensemble Works, An Anthology. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 2005. 219-254.
O’Quinn, Jim, David Rooks, Ferdinand Lewis, and Michael Fields. “The Dentalium Project.” Critical Perspectives, Writing on Art and Civic Dialogue. Ed. Caron Atlas and Pam Korza. Washington, DC: Americans for the Arts, 2005. 1-51.
Berson, Misha. “The Dell’Arte Players of Blue Lake, California.” Popular Theatre: A Sourcebook. Ed. Joel Schecter. London, New York: Routledge, 2003.
Kerrigan, Sheila. The Performer’s Guide to the Collaborative Process. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2001. See index.
Annette Bercut Lust, Movement Training and The Actor, Scarecrow Press, Maryland, 2011
Rudlin, John, and Olly Crick. Commedia Dell’Arte: A Handbook for Troupes. London and New York: Routledge, 2001. Players: 100-103, School: 100,101,112, Mazzone-Clementi: 99-100,137.
Leabhart, Thomas. Modern and Post-Modern Mime. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1989. Photograph #37 of Ronlin Foreman.
Lust, Annette. From the Greek Mimes to Marcel Marceau and Beyond: Mimes, Actors, Pierrots and Clowns. Lanham, Maryland and London: The Scarecrow P, 2000: 15, 199, 200-201, 234. Photo by Richard Duning of Joan Mankin in ‘Malpractice.’
McKenna, Mark. “Case Study: The Dell’Arte Company,” 2001 from Performing Communities by Robert H. Leonard and Ann Kilkelly, Edited by Linda Frye Burnham with an introduction by Jan Cohen-Cruz. New Village Press
Rudlin, John. Commedia Dell’Arte: An Actor’s Handbook. London and New York: Routledge, 1994. School: 3, Carlo Mazzone-Clementi: 56, 62, 212, 214.
Bermel, Albert. Moliere’s Theatrical Bounty: A New View of the Plays. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1990. Photos by Richard Duning: 128-129: “Malpractice, or Love’s the Best Doctor.”
Most, Stephen. “The Ah-Pah File.” West Coast Plays 8 (1981): 163-171.
Rolfe, Bari. Mimes on Miming, Carlo Mazzone-Clementi.

Online Articles About Dell’Arte

ANIMATIONS Online, AO30, Summer 2010, “Bali Moon,” shadow puppetry in DAI’s Bali program, by Dorothy Max Prior.

ANIMATIONS Online, AO31, Autumn 2010 “Of Kings & Clowns,” DAI’s Bali program, by Dorothy Max Prior

Baldwin, Jane “Collective Creation’s Migration from the Cote d’Or to the Golden Hills of California:The Copiaus/Quinze and the Dell’Arte Company“
Bell, Deborah. “Experiencing Bruce Marrs’ Mask Making Workshop.” The Costume Research Journal (2002).
Bell, Deborah. “Bruce Marrs‘ Masks.” The Costume Research Journal (2002).
Brady, Sara. “Looking for Lecoq: A Master’s Legacy Lives On.” American Theatre 1999.
Cohen-Cruz, Jan. “The Ecology of Theater-in-community: A Field Theory.” Oct. 2002 Performing Communities: Introduction, Nov. 2002
Community Arts Network: Reading Room (link is to archive at Indiana University)
Davis, Marilyn, ed. “The Man with a Thousand Faces.” Perspectives Fall 2003.
DeNobriga, Kathie. “The Dentalium Project Case Study: Dell’Arte. Americans For The Arts, Animating Democracy project. http://animatingdemocracy.org/publications/case-studies
Doran, Bob. “Behind the Mask.” North Coast Journal 16 Nov. 2000.
Ellis, Kate. “Bali: Reverence For Art, the Artist & Performance.” TD&T (Theatre Design & Technology), Vol.49,No. 4 (fall 2013)
Gournan, Emily. “Dell’Arte Turns 30.” North Coast Journal 8 July 2004.
Ladd-Wilson, Lisa. “Coming of Age in Blue Lake.” North Coast Journal June 1995.
Leonard, Robert H. Damn Good Theater – What It Is and How To Get It In Blue Lake, California Thoughts on the Dell’Arte Company. 2002
Leonard, Robert H. “Performances at the Festival of Ensemble Theatres.” Aug. 1999
Mauro, Lucia. “Dell’Arte’s Daniel Stein.” PerformInk Online 11 May 2001.
Naversen, Ronald. “Learning to Carve Masks in Bali.” Theatre Design and Technology Winter 2004.
“About the Artist: Dell’Arte International, ‘With Joan Schirle in Second Skin’” The Kennedy Center: Millennium Stage.
“Visiting Director Brings Italian Comedy to CU,” interview with Joan Schirle and review of Goldoni’s The Ingenious Chambermaid, Oct 18. 2010. http://cuindependent.com/2010/10/18/ingenious-chambermaid-on-campus-stage/
Joan Schirle receives TCG/Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship 2006 http://www.tcg.org/about/press/release.cfm?rel=48; http://www.tcg.org/grants/fox/fox_recipients.cfm
“Ensemble Theatre Festival set for June.” San Francisco Examiner 4 May 1999.
Schirle, Joan. “Space, Scale, Relationship: Writing For The Physical Theatre.” TCG Circle
Schirle, Joan. “Walking the Talk: Artists connecting with community.” Mar. 2000 Community Arts Network, Reading Room
Winn, Steven. “Carlo Mazzone-Clementi.” San Francisco Chronicle 14 Nov. 2000.
O’Quinn, Jim. The Dentalium Project, Dell’ Arte, Project Overview. “Notes on Wild Card”, Rooks, David. “To save paradise they put up a parking lot”, Lewis, Ferdinand. “The Arts and Development: An Essential Tension,” Fields, Michael.

In-Print Articles

Prior, Dorothy Max, “Dell’Arte Abroad” TOTAL THEATRE Magazine, Summer 2010 Vol. 22 Issue 2: 18 – 20
Bell, Deborah MASKS OF TRANSFORMATION, Theatre Design &Technology, pub. USITT Vol. 42 No. 2 (Spring 2006)
Tilghman, Romalyn. “Casting the Net.” Inside Arts Nov.-Dec. 2005: 48-50.
Rodriquez, Emil. “High Demand for MFA degree causes Dell’Arte to lay projections for additional building.” The Lumberjack, Humboldt State University. 30, Nov. 2005. sec. Scene: 19.
Shields, Isabella. “Los Puentes builds bridges.” Eureka Times-Standard 17 Nov. 2005, sec. Northern Lights: 10+.
Kowinski, William. “Puente de risas.” North Coast Journal 10 Nov. 2005: 18.
Savage, Jennifer. “Working on a building.” The Arcata Eye 25 Oct. 2005, sec. Scene: 12.
Hurwitt, Sam. “Laugh, Clown.” San Francisco Chronicle 23 Oct. 2005: 24.
Jones, Andrew J. “Humboldt Holiday: Seas, trees and myriad activities delight visitors.” Horizon Air Oct. 2005: 10-18.
Burnham, Linda Frye. “A place in the Sun.” American Theatre Sept. 2005: 69-71.
Astump, Simon. “500 kilometer til teaterskole.” Nordjyske Stiftstidende 21 Aug. 2005: 8.
Vogel, Meghan. “Dell’Arte: Full throttle.” Eureka Times-Standard. 3, July, 2005: e1.
Beltz, Ellin. “From the Lost Coast to the Edge.” North Coast Journal 7 July 2005: 1.
“Face Value.” Eureka Times-Standard 6 July 2005, sec. Cover Photo: a1+.
“Rural Arts, Global Identity.” The Palette June-July 2005: 20+.
Beltz, Ellin. “Theatre, Theatre Everywhere.” North Coast Journal 30 June 2005: 1.
Hodgson, Judy. “Dell’Arte cast, crew bare all.” North Coast Journal 30 June 2005.
Vogel, Meghan. “National Ensemble Theatre Festival: Dell’Arte to host first event of its kind.” Eureka Times-Standard 12 May 2005, sec. Northern Lights: 3.
“Ensemble Theatre Festival.” Humboldt Advocate 25 May 2005: 9.
Standing, Sarah Ann. “From the Redwood Forest… to the Stages of Northern California’s Festival of Ecodrama.” American Theatre Feb. 2005: 65-69.
Beltz, Ellin. “Sanity is a playground for the unimaginative.” North Coast Journal 9 Dec. 2004: 22.
Butler, Wendy. “What is this thing, ‘Dell’Arte’” The Eureka Reporter 15 July 2004.
Vogel, Meghan. “A perfect pair: Dell’Arte celebrates 30 years in Blue Lake.” Eureka Times-Standard 8 July 2004, sec. Northern Lights: 11+.
Gurnan, Emily. “Dell’Arte turns 30.” North Coast Journal 8 July 2004: 8-11.
“Dell”Arte students and staff take part in Eureka peace rally.” North Coast Journal 25 Mar. 2004: 6.
Mizer, Shane. “Hiding behind the artwork of theatrical masks.” Eureka Times-Standard 26 Feb. 2004, sec. About Town: 6.
“Bring in the Clowns: Blue Lake.” The Palette 2004: 22-23.
McKenna, Mark. “Dell’Arte announces new MFA degree program.” Eureka Times-Standard 27 Nov. 2003, sec. Northern Lights: 11.
“Actors’ School is the Ticket for Blue Lake Revival.” North Coast Journal 23 Oct. 2003, sec. Prosperity! Special Insert: 4.
“‘Maskibition’ winners revealed.” The Arcata Eye 14 Oct. 2003, sec. Scene: 12.
Hoover, Kevin L. “Beyond all expectations.” The Arcata Eye 24 June 2003, sec. Scene: 13.
Blake, Barry. “Wild Times and Insights.” North Coast Journal 4 July 2002: 16.
Arnot, Sally. “An exciting new era for the arts has begun.” Eureka Times-Standard 27 Feb. 2000, sec. Horizons: e5.
Horwitz, Simi. “Spotlight on Summer Training.” Back Stage 11 Feb. 2000: a14.
Trauth, Beti. “Fall sees Dell’Arte at its best.” The Arcata Eye 24 Nov. 1998, sec. Scene: 12.
Gelb, Hal. “Intrigue at Ah-Pah, The Road Not Taken, Fear of Falling.” The Nation 6 Apr. 1992, sec. Theater.
Jacobson, Lyn. “Confessions of an Eco-Reporter.” American Theatre Feb. 1992: 17+.
Berson, Misha. “The Dell’Arte Players of Blue Lake, California.” The Drama Review 27 (1983): 61-72.
Plesmid, Kamilla. “Local Theatre Begins Tour.” Life and Times, Eureka, CA 31 Mar. 1977.
Flinn, John. “Mime students ham it up for laughs.” The Lumberjack, Humboldt State University 6 Apr. 1977: 16.
Jon Foley Sherman, The Practice of Astonishment: Devising, Phenomenology, and Jacques Lecoq, Theatre Topics, Vol.20 No. 2 Sept. 2010, Johns Hopkins University Press (ATHE), pp 90, 96, 99

Interviews

Forrest, Donald. Interview with Mark McKenna on community interaction. Community Arts Network, Reading Room.
Schirle, Joan. Interview with Mark McKenna on community interaction. Community Arts Network, Reading Room. “Performing Communities.”
Forrest, Donald. Interview with Ralph Deliberate. The Pickle Clowns: New American Circus Comedy. Carbondale & Edwardsville: Southern Illinois UP, 2001: 111-117.
Foreman, Ronlin. Interview with Davis Rider Robinson. The Physical Comedy Handbook. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1999: 121-126.

Previews and Reviews

The Liar (Peer Gynt)
Carlson, Marvin. “The Liar. Dell’Arte Company and Jomfru Ane Theatre.” Ibsen News and Comment, by the Ibsen Society of America. Vol. 26, 2006: 13 – 15
Johnson, Dylan. “Dell’Arte tackles Ibsen’s ‘Peer Gynt’.” Eureka Times-Standard. 15, Dec. 2005. sec. Northern Lights: 10

The Golden State
Connema, Richard. “A slap happy production of The Golden State.” Talkin’ Broadway.
Hurwitt, Robert. “Moliere meets slapstick in ‘Golden State’” San Francisco Chronicle 1 Nov. 2004. James Sims, Dell’Arte Company Makes Rare LA Appearance in February http://losangeles.broadwayworld.com/article/ Dec. 14, 2007 Preview of “The Golden State”

Three Pigs
“And this little piggy went to Blue Lake…” The Arcata Eye 23 Nov. 2004, sec. Scene: 11.
Dooley, John. “Dell’Arte presents ‘Three Pigs’” Eureka Times-Standard 9 Dec. 2004, sec. Northern Lights: 1+.
“Three Pigs: A Comic Tail with a Twist.” Humboldt Advocate 24 Nov. 2004: 7.
Vogel, Meghan. “Huffin’ and Puffin’” Eureka Times-Standard 25 Nov. 2004, sec. Northern Lights: 8.

The 30 Show
“Happy hits of yesteryear.” The Arcata Eye 18 May 2004, sec. Scene.
Shields, Isabella. “Clown Staying Power: ‘The 30 Show’” Eureka Times-Standard 1 July 2004, sec. Northern Lights: 11-13.

Penthesilea
Kovacich, Katherine. “Dell’Arte presents a Greek Tragedy with ‘Penthesilea’” Eureka Times-Standard 22 Jan. 2004, sec. Northern Lights: 10.

In the Land of the Grasshopper Song
Marsh, Larry. “Dell’Arte Plays In the Land of the Grasshopper Song.” The Lumberjack 3 Dec. 2003, sec. The Scene: 17+.
Savage, Jennifer. “‘Grasshopper’–Dell’Arte style.” The Arcata Eye 4 Nov. 2003, sec. Scene: 12.
Stewart, Amy. “In the Land of the Grasshopper Song.” North Coast Journal 13 Nov. 2003, sec. Opening Night.

Casanova:Animal Instinct
Butler, Wendy. “‘Casanova’–An ambitiously sexual and historical journey.” Eureka Time-Standard 3 July 2003, sec. Northern Lights: 6+.
Stewart, Amy. “Sultry sensual instinct.” North Coast Journal 3 July 2003: 14.

Second Skin
McBain, Leslie. “Joan Schirle shines in Second Skin.” Gulf Islands Driftwood 7 Feb. 2002.

Paradise Lost
Butler, Wendy. “The Devil Made Them Do It: God and Satan Square Off on Scientific Grounds in Dell’Arte’s 21st Century Paradise Lost.” American Theatre Oct. 2002: 38-40,134,135.

Shotgun Wedding
Lust, Annette. “Moliere Transported to Blue Lake Via Schirle’s ‘Shotgun Wedding’” Commuter Times 22 June 2000.

Original Instructions
Hobbs, Dawn. “Karuk, Hmong tales told in innovative show.” The Union 13 Oct. 1994, sec. Arts.
Slapstick
Avery, Marybeth. “‘Slapstick’ a Vaudevillian Masterpiece.” Gay and Lesbian Times, San Diego 26 May 1994: 48.
Schneider, Christopher. “Playwrights meld family, slapstick and psychobabble.” La Jolla Light 19 May 1994.
Shirley, Don. “‘Slapstick provocatively seeks sources of violence.” Los Angeles Times 8 Feb. 1991, sec. Stage Review.
Smith, Jeff. “Low comedy and high drama twice combined.” San Diego Weekly Reader 19 May 1994: 69.
Smith, Jeff. “Time is the Enemy.” The San Diego Reader 19 May 1994, sec. Calendar/Theater: 69-70.
Stein, Pat. “Serious spin on ‘Slapstick’ at San Diego Rep.” North County Blade-Citizen 20 May 1994, sec. Onstage.
Stevens, Rob. “Slapstick at the Lyceum Stage.” Backstage West 26 May 26, sec. Reviews: 11.
Weingartner, Nancy. “‘Slapstick hits a chord with audience.”
Daily Californian 19 May 1994.
Welsh, Anne Marie. “‘Slapstick’ fun has dark edge of old pain.” San Diego Union-Tribune 13 May 1994.
Berson, Misha. “Getting Physical: Laurel and Hardy meet Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in ‘Slapstick’” San Francisco Bay Guardian 25 Oct. 1989.

Performance Anxiety
Centell, Linda. “Double good fun with ‘Performance Anxiety’” The Union, Arcata CA 25 June 1981.
Gibbs, Cheryl. “No anxiety about Performance Anxiety.” Eureka Times-Standard 25 June 1981.

Student Shows
Beltz, Ellin. “Halt! Who goes where? Nights of melodrama and absurd comedy.” North Coast Journal 17 Mar. 2005: 16.
“Chock full of emotion.” The Arcata Eye 15 Mar. 2005, sec. Scene: 15.
“Clown masters.” The Arcata Eye 30 Sept. 2003, sec. Scene: 12.
“Dell’Arte Finals.” The Arcata Eye 25 May 2004.
“Those masked clowns.” The Arcata Eye 15 Feb. 2005, sec. Scene: 10.
“Vice, Virtues and Grand Emotions.” Humboldt Advocate 16 Mar. 2005, sec. Scene and Heard: 14.

Youth Academy
“The Crenshaw Experiment.” .” Eureka Times-Standard. 15, Dec. 2005. sec. Northern Lights: 2.
“Clowns and kids and the Bard in Blue Lake.” The Arcata Eye 23 Mar. 2004, sec. Scene.
Machale, Barry. “Circo Stupendo gives youth a leg up.” Eureka Times-Standard 10 Nov. 2005, sec. Northern Lights: 13.
“Stupendo Specatular.” Eureka Times-Standard 14 Nov. 2005: a3.

NET Festival
Smith, Linda. “Ensemble Theatre Festival: National theatre community descends on Blue Lake.” Eureka Times-Standard 16 June 2005, sec. Northern Lights: 11, 12.
“Editor’s Pick: Ensemble Theatre Festival.” Theatre Bay Area June 2005: 3.

Mad River Festival
“MRF 2004 Finale.” The Arcata Eye 20 July 2004, sec. Scene: 13.
Vogel, Meghan.

“Rockin’ with the Bands Out Back.” Eureka Times-Standard 14 July 2005, sec. Northern Lights: 11-12.
Bishop, Brenda. “Mad River Fest shines with Lume.” Eureka Times-Standard 13 July 2000: 2.
Edgefest
“Mad River Fest marches on: ‘Edge Fest’–Dell’Arte grads show off.” The Arcata Eye 12 July 2005, sec. Scene.
Butler, Wendy. “On the fringe with Edge Fest: Dell’Arte Mad River Festival premieres latest showcase of amazing talent.” EurekaTimes-Standard 4 July 2002, sec. After 5: d1+.
“They’re ‘Edgy’: Dell’Arte’s Mad River Festival continues.” The Eureka Reporter 13 July 2005: b7.
Beltz, Ellin. “The Cutting Edge.” North Coast Journal 16 June 2005: 17.
Other
“Dell’Arte Players open new comedy.” Eureka Times-Standard 17 June 1981.

Awards

Dell’Arte receives 28th Annual award for Civic Contribution from League of Women Voters, Humboldt County, CA. April 12, 2019

Joan Schirle receives 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Movement Theatre Educators, (ATME) August 4, 2018.

Joan Schirle receives TCG/Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship 2006 http://www.tcg.org/about/press/release.cfm?rel=48; http://www.tcg.org/grants/fox/fox_recipients.cfm

“Eureka author, Dell’Arte win 2006 endowment awards.” Eureka Times-Standard 12 Dec. 2005: a2.

Dell’Arte receives PRIZE OF HOPE, 2005. Northcoast Journal. http://www.northcoastjournal.com/calendar/events/prize-hope/

National Theater Conference Award for Outstanding Theater recognizing outstanding achievement in non-profit theaters, 2005

“Otto Rene Castillo Award for Political Theatre.” All Stars Project Inc.: Theatre for the Whole City. 2005

Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Commendation for 30 Years of Cultural Service to the Community, June 2004.

“Theatre communications Group announces Grant Recipients in the National Theatre Artist Residency Program.” The Pew Charitable Trusts. 6 May 2002.

“Dell’Arte awarded ‘Cornerstone’ grant by Irvine Foundation.” The Arcata Eye 25 July 2000, sec. Scene.

“Dell’Arte Awarded ‘Cornerstone’ Grant.” The Humboldt Beacon 20 July 2000.

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