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 announces new scholarships!
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 …
Humboldt CASA partners with Dell’Arte
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, …
Humboldt Can Help- A Fundraiser for Puerto Rico
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 …
Zimbabwe Theatre Academy in partnership with Dell’Arte
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 …
The 2017 Mad River Festival
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 …