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On the landmark occasion of the first year of legalized marijuana in California, The Dell’Arte Company is excited to announce that Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary will now be available to the world on VOD 4.20 from Green Apple Entertainment. Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary is presented in widescreen with an aspect ratio of 16×9 (1.78) and Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 and is available on Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, DISH/ Sling TV, DirecTV, FandangoNow, …

Funded by the California Arts Council’s Artists in School Engagement Grant “Run Hide Repeat”  was an Arts Integration collaboration between the Arcata Arts Institute and Artists from Dell’Arte International. Dell’Arte International’s Pratik Motwani lead this project along with James Peck, Laura Muñoz, Tim Gray and Lynnie Horrigan. The team worked with the students of the Arcata Arts Institute in helping …

Co-facilitator of Dell’Arte’s Pelican Bay Prison Project in partnership with the William James Assoc., Janessa Johnsrude, received a grant from the Center of Cultural Innovation for the California Art Leaders Investment (CALI) Program to attend the 2018 Shakespeare in Prisons Conference at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego this past weekend. The conference offered Prison Arts Practitioners the opportunity to share their collective experiences working with incarcerated …

Over Christmas, the care packages purchased with the funds raised by Humboldt Can Help- A Fundraiser for Puerto Rico were delivered to our partners in Puerto Rico! These include 889 Non-Perishable Food Items, 25 Boxes of Medical Supplies, 161 Boxes of Personal Care Items, 30 Headlamps and Solar LED Lights, 7 Solar Chargers, and 93 Boxes of Household Items! Mano …

Dell’Arte is excited to announce three new scholarships for potential students! These include: For the Future: An award of $2000-4000 is offered to one student whose intention is to utilize their training to affect social and/or political change. To be considered: please submit, upon acceptance to the school, a one- to two-page statement which explains how you intend to put …

A note by Arts Engagement Director and CASA Advocate Zuzka Sabata  CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate and I have been a CASA, supporting children in foster care, for two years now. I remember arguing with my best friend when I was sixteen about whether or not adopting a child is “better” or “worse” than having a biological child, …

On November 4, 2017, Dell’Arte International in association with Mano a Mano Puerto Rico hosted an outdoor theatre and music festival at the Rooney Amphitheatre at Dell’Arte, for Humboldt Can Help- A Fundraiser for Puerto Rico. With over $5000 raised, Dell’Arte is excited to dive into the final phase of sending supplies to our partners in Puerto Rico. This wouldn’t have been possible without …

School Director Lauren Wilson recently spent two weeks in Harare, Zimbabwe, teaching workshops for the Zimbabwe Theatre Academy (ZTA), a new training program for actors founded by Dell’Arte alumni Lloyd Nyikadzino and Teddy Mangawa. Now in its inaugural year, ZTA is a full time, one-year professional program launched this September in partnership with Dell’Arte International and Pamberi Trust. The program …

This year’s 27th anniversary festival welcomes a vast variety of exciting performances from ‘around the world and down the block’. The lineup includes original Dell’Arte Company work, a family big-top series, an experimental theatrical laboratory, a tantalizing late night cabaret, a week of local music with the Humboldt Folklife Festival, and more! Dell’Arte International continues to present the work of …