alumni
Dell’Arte International graduates go on to produce their own theatre companies, work and tour with acclaimed companies, teach and coach, win Emmy and Tony awards, and so much more.
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![Amelia Van Brunt – PTP 2011]()
Amelia Van Brunt
PTP 2011. Actor-Creator, Clown, Teacher, Dancer, Fire Spinner
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![Andrew Phoenix & Kate Braidwood]()
Andrew Phoenix & Kate Braidwood
Wonderheads Co-founders
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![Carlos Alexis Cruz]()
Carlos Alexis Cruz
Associate Professor of Physical Theatre
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![Carlos Gallegos – PTP 2018]()
Carlos Gallegos
PTP 2018. Actor, Teacher, Playwright, Director
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![Erica Fladeland – PTP 2010 Conduit Theatre Founder]()
Erica Fladeland
PTP 2010. Conduit Theatre Founder
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![Guillermo Calderón – PTP 1999 Award-Winning Screenwriter, Director & Playwright]()
Guillermo Calderón
PTP 1999. Award-Winning Screenwriter, Director & Playwright
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![Heidi Rider – PTP 2008 Artist, Clown, Actor-Creator, Curator, Educator]()
Heidi Rider
PTP 2008. Artist, Clown, Actor-Creator, Curator, Educator
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![Lloyd Nyikadzino – PTP 2012 Zimbabwe Theatre Academy Founder & Artistic Director]()
Lloyd Nyikadzino
PTP 2012. Zimbabwe Theatre Academy Founder & Artistic Director
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![Ross Travis – PTP 2010 Circus Artist, Bouffon, Artistic Director of "Antic in a Drain"]()
Ross Travis
PTP 2010. Circus Artist, Bouffon, Artistic Director of Antic in a Drain
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![Sarah-Jane Moody – PTP 2006 Lead Clown Coach of Wise Fool]()
Sarah-Jane Moody
PTP 2006. Lead Clown Coach of Wise Fool
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![Shannan Calcutt – PTP 1998 Cirque du Soleil Clown Coach Cirque du soleil "ZUmanity" performer]()
Shannan Calcutt
PTP 1998. Cirque du Soleil Clown Coach, Cirque du soleil ZUmanity performer
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![Tony Fuemmeler – PTP 2003 Mask Maker, Puppeteer, Director, Teacher]()
Tony Fuemmeler
PTP 2003. Mask Maker, Puppeteer, Director, Teacher
Did You Know?
We have a total of 1,051 alumni, which grows every year.
One-third of our alumni are international!
Among our alumni, there have been many achievements, including one Tony win, four Emmy wins, eight Emmy nominations, one Golden Globe nomination and one Chicago International Film Festival winner.
Our alumni hail from six continents, 38 countries, and 41 states in the U.S.
For a copy of your PTP or MFA transcripts please email transcripts@dellarte.com
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ALUMNI / ALUMNI COMPANIES
U.S.A.
Jeff Raz (founder of The Medical Clown Project)
Gabriel McKinney & Elizabeth Nelson (featured in Absinthe, Las Vegas)
Stephanie Thompson (Managing Director at Ten Thousand Things)
Joe Krienke (co-founder of Soma Studios)
Stephen Buescher (Acting Faculty, UC San Diego)
Tony Fuemmeler, Mask Maker
The Hinterlands, (Liza Bielby, Richard Newman)
Ross Travis (Antic in A Drain)
Hannah Kenah (of Rude Mechs)
Nathaniel Justiniano (Founder and Artistic Director, Naked Empire Bouffon Company; Professor, Emerson College)
Sabrina Wenske, Program Director , Naked Empire Boufffon Company
Heidi Rider (Clown, Absinthe)
Artemis Pebdani (featured in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
Stephanie Roberts (Physical Theatre Professor at UMKC)
The Submarine Show (Slater Penny and Jaron Hollander)
Acrobuffos (Seth Bloom and Christina Gelsone)
Audrey Finkelstein
Jeff Raab (Performer and Professor, SCSU)
Jordan Rosin (founder & co-artistic director, The Ume Group; theatre faculty, The Northwest School)
Tushar Mathew (Co-founder, Otherland Theatre Ensemble; Professor, Emerson College)
Dr. Dour & Peach (Toby Mulford)
Playhouse Arts (David Ferney)
Ithaca Integrated Arts (Freddy Villano)
Barbara Geary (Producing Artistic Director, Pennsylvania Renaissance Festival)
Cleo Z. DeOrio (Artistic Director, Ferndale Repertory Theatre)
Genesee Spridco (Assistant Teaching Professor at University of Illinois)
Amy Virginia Buchanan (co-founder of Spring Street Social Society)
Noah Bremer (performer in Cirque du Soleil’s Beatles LOVE)
Wyckham Avery (co-founder of dog & pony dc)
Nick Trotter (Circo de Nada)
M. Graham Smith (Director, Educator, Producer)
Trash Mash-Up (Bridget McCracken, Managing Director; Jessie McCracken, Artistic Director)
Shenoah Allen (Pajama Men, Breaking Bad)
Sheila Bandyopadhyay (Director of Training, Shakespeare & Company)
Dangerous Productions (Tyler Olsen)
Terry Brennan (Tribe of Fools)
Matthew Kerrigan (Historic Alberta House)
Jane Doe in Wonderland (touring production)
Jaron Hollander (Kinetic Arts Center)
Zafiria Dimitropoulou (Peoples Theatre Project)
Comedy Sportz Las Vegas (Maura Dickson)
Todd Espeland (Fort Wayne Youtheatre)
B4 the Other Creations, Christopher Beaulieu
Noel Williams – puppeteer/ clown/ physical theatre
Jenny Lamb, Movement Professor Penn State University
Henry the Juggler (Henry Lappen)
Jef Lambdin – Mime, Mask & Variety artist
Lucius Robinson
CANADA
Xstine Cook (CAOS – Calgary Animated Objects Society)
Emmanuelle Lambert-Lemoine (Conductor, Ottawa Youth Symphony Orchestra)
Peter Carl Anderson – performer, poet & playwright
Firefly Theatre & Circus (Annie Dugan)
CHILE
CHINA
JAPAN
Osugi Musical Theatre (Gart Westerhout)
DENMARK
Danica Curcic (Royal Danish Theatre)
Teater Baubo (Anne Kjær Wæhrens)
Jens Kloft (Teatret Brændede Kærlighed)
Stephan Vernier & Linda Fallentin (Teatret Thalias Tjenere)
Claus Mandoe (De Rode Heste)
Hannalora Eder Ferdinand, (MovenAct Theatre School)
Ole Brekke (The Commedia School)
Trine Wisbech (Det Lille Teater/Marionet Teatret)
NORWAY
Ida Fugli, (AD, Flux Manøver; Associate Professor, University of Agder)
MEXICO
Deshuesadero Suite, Alfredo Romero
NETHERLANDS
Suzanne Bakker, MFA
SCOTLAND/MOLDOVA
ENGLAND
Joe Dieffenbacher & Minna Matilda (Nakupelle)
SOUTH KOREA
Eunjin Lee & Jaeuk Shim
GERMANY
INDIA
Mad Ball Co. (Kathryn & Deepal Doshi)
ITALY
Gaia Mencagli-Theatre Maker, Marionettist, Educator
Philip Radice (Atelier Teatro Fisico in Turin, Italy)
PUERTO RICO
Carlos Alexis Cruz (Professor, UNC Charlotte)
SWEDEN
ZIMBABWE
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