Dell’Arte to Operate at Reduced Capacity Over the Summer

by Kali Cozyris on June 11, 2020 at 4:04PM

Dell’Arte International announced Wednesday that due to the impact of COVID-19 and the cancelations of the school's Mad River Festival, Summer Intensive and other events, it will be operating at a reduced capacity over the summer in an effort to remain financially viable. In a press release from the school, Managing Director Alyssa Hughlett says, “We hope that by dimming our lights these next few months we’ll be in a stronger position to welcome our students and community back to our studios, stages and all the spaces that have come to signify Dell’Arte.” The release states the school is not ceasing operations entirely and will be offering summer workshops over digital platforms.

Dell'Arte-Wiyot Rural Residency in Place

by Kali Cozyris on May 17, 2020 at 5:34PM

Dell'Arte International's rural residency program has adapted itself for the times. The 10-day program normally sees Dell’Arte students living and camping in a rural community, engaging in a cultural and artistic exchange with residents.

Front Window: Janessa Johnsrude's Sheltering in Places portraits

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on April 18, 2020 at 7:06PM

In one of Janessa Johnsrude's photos, a mother and daughter sit perched in an open window, smiling at one another, a big, milky-eyed dog between them. Their tableau, framed by the window of the house, is overlaid with the branches of an apple tree bright with pink blossoms and a set of copper wind chimes shine at their right.

The Show Must Go Online: Dell'Arte's Virtual Season

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on April 16, 2020 at 6:46PM

Despite the Mad River Festival being pushed back to September and a handful of scheduled performances canceled due to shelter-in-place orders, Dell'Arte International is not sitting idle. In a press release, Artistic Director Michael Fields says, "Uncharted times call for innovative creativity and collaboration."

Culture Cancel: COVID-19 Nixes Local Events

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on March 12, 2020 at 5:42PM

The old theater adage is that the show must go on. But this time it may have to go on a bit later.

Swing Time Travel: Photos and Video from the Taiko Swingposium

by Mark Larson on February 9, 2020 at 11:41AM

Last weekend, the San Jose Taiko Swingposium Immersive Theater Experience's On the Road show transformed the Bayside Community Hall into a World War II-era dance hall in a Japanese-American incarceration camp. While under armed guard and having lost their homes, possessions and rights as Americans, those in the camps played music and held dances like these within their barbed-wire confines to maintain a sense of hope and community.

Photos: Dell'Arte's 'Return to Oz'

by Mark Larson on December 7, 2019 at 3:00PM

The 39th annual Dell'Arte 2019 Holiday Show: Return to Oz is now at one of the many traveling and free venues coming up before its return to Blue Lake in two weeks. The storyline of Dorothy as an angst-ridden, friendless, guitar-playing teenager (you likely know one or used to be one) begins with her unhappiness at being back in Kansas, missing her Oz friends.

Photos from Dell'Arte's Tim Gray Tribute

by Mark Larson on June 25, 2019 at 1:02PM

Photos from the Beaver Sisters

by Mark Larson on December 19, 2018 at 6:26PM

Off on a Tangent: An interview with Steven Wright

by Dev Richards on October 16, 2018 at 1:50PM

If you don’t know his name, you know his visage and presence. His cadence and playful monotony have made him a stalwart of the standup comedy scene for nearly four decades.