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DAI represents at NY Clown Theatre Festival
September 3, 2010

Sept. 3 - 26, the New York Clown Theatre Festival includes a workshop with Founding Artistic Director Joan Schirle (9/11,12) and several performances by Dell'Arte alumni Adriana Chavez,
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Schirle guests at U of Colorado
August 31, 2010

Founding Artistic Director and School Director Joan Schirle is directing Goldoni's "The Ingenious Chambermaid" at the U. of Colorado Boulder. Translated by DAI founders Carlo and Jane
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Dell'Arte in Colombia
August 29, 2010

Dell'Arte International represents the USA at the Festival Internacional de Teatro de Caribe in Santa Marta, Colombia, with Under The Table's "the Only Friends We Have." This trio of Dell'Arte
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Stephanie Thompson
Associate School Director, 1996 PTP graduate

Stephanie has performed throughout the US and abroad as a clown, puppeteer, stunt double, and commedia performer with companies such as The New Pickle Circus, The Lyric Opera of Chicago, Kenneth Feld Productions, California Revels, Tears of Joy Theatre Company, and Partners in Mime. She has also co-created and performed in several original theatre productions in the styles of mask, clown and commedia dell'arte. A graduate of Dell'Arte and Case Western Reserve University, Stephanie is very happy to be teaching at Dell'Arte after spending five years as part of the core faculty of the MFA Actor Training Program at University of Missouri – Kansas City. Stephanie is a member of SAG and AFTRA and has worked periodically in radio, TV and film.