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 …
Dell’Arte awarded Orchard Project Residency
The Orchard Project in Saratoga Springs, NY is one of the preeminent theatre laboratories in the United States. It is designed to fuel innovation in performance and support bold voices and big new ideas. Each summer, it supports more than 100 artists, working on more than 20 separate projects. Dell’Arte’s founding artistic director Joan Schirle will be in residence at the …
KCACTF and Summer Scholarship Winner
Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre participated in each Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) region throughout the country in 2017. Dell’Arte faculty lead workshops, responded to devised initiatives, and served as selectors for the Irene Ryan Scholarship. This marks Dell’Arte’s 10th year of ongoing partnership and participation with KCACTF. “Started in 1969 by Roger L. Stevens, the Kennedy Center’s founding chairman, the Kennedy …
A Year of Theatre at Pelican Bay Prison
Faculty members Janessa Johnsrude and Zuzka Sabata wrap up their first year of teaching at Pelican Bay State Prison this April through a new partnership between Dell’Arte and the William James Association (WJA), which serves California communities in a variety of ways including the The Prison Arts Project. The WJA contracts with professional artists for the project to provide in-depth, …
Dell’Arte International Scholarship for Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
In the interest of social justice, and in an effort to assist materially the representation of all people on stage (both at Dell’Arte itself and across the US and world), Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre is excited to announce the implementation of a half-tuition-and-fees scholarship to the Professional Training Program and to the first year of the Master of …
Dell’Arte Welcomes Sayda Trujillo
Dell’Arte is pleased to welcome home alumna Sayda Trujillo as a full time faculty member. Sayda Trujillo was born in Montreal and grew up in Canada, Guatemala and the USA. She is an actress, and theatre-maker/educator specializing in voice and movement, as well as devising original physical theatre performances. Her performance and teaching experience abroad includes work in Guatemala, Ecuador, Singapore, Spain, Germany, Colombia, …
Dell’Arte Declares State of Jefferson
*Dell’Arte continues to evolve this project. Visit the project webpage for up to date information. Dell’Arte will declare the establishment of a State of Jefferson this June at the Mad River Festival. What 5 things belong in its Charter? Email us at jefferson@dellarte.com with your answers. Dell’Arte is looking to the public for their input in our creation process for …
Dell’Arte to mentor TCG grant recipient Jamie Van Camp
Dell’Arte is excited to announce that MFA graduate Jamie Van Camp is one of eight recipients of the Theatre Communications Group Leadership U[niversity] One-on-One Grants and will be joining Dell’Arte in 2016/17 to be mentored by our Producing Artistic Director, Michael Fields. The grant, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, aims to strengthen the field by developing individuals at …
“Mary Jane – A Musical Potumentary” wins BEST MUSICAL at OIFF
In partnership with Emmy-nominated filmmaker John Howarth, Dell’Arte International transformed its highest-grossing stage production, Mary Jane: the Musical, into a “Musical Potumentary,” combining elements of the live show with footage of real-life issues facing Northern California. Mary Jane – A Musical Potumentary had its world premiere during the 2016 Mad River Festival and has continued on with entry into …
Dell’Arte 2nd Year MFA Students Present Community Based Arts Projects
Dell’Arte 2nd Year MFA Students Present Community Based Arts Initiatives in Partnership with Humboldt Domestic Violence Services, Humboldt Literacy Project, and CASA One of Dell’Arte International’s deepest values is engendering the relationship between art and place and artists in their community. As part of their MFA studies, students of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre work with community partners to …