PIERSON BUILDING CENTER presentsDELLARTES 26th ANNUAL

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Water. Clean water. It is the source of life for everything on this planet. And this year it is the focus of DellArtes season. We recently started a collaboration with the Wiyot tribe. In the process, we have titled this years festival The River, Our Home. In Wiyot, Lalilh Jouwra Hinarr Daduk. (You will see all of the signage at DellArte this summer in both English and Wiyot). From the Mad River (Baduwat) that flows just down the road to the Pacific Ocean, we take inspiration from this place, its peoples, its stories, its nature when we create original work that we call theatre of place.

Ping Chong, a great theatre artist wrote in his World Theatre Day message this year:

The very act of theatre-making is a fundamentally utopian act. Creating ensemble is creating community in the rehearsal room; performance is creating community in public. Artists and audiences share collective human experience, contact, curiosity, and today perhaps more urgently than ever, connection. In this time of profound discord and disconnection, of grave injustice around the world (and the resistance to same) and of economic and ecological imbalance, how do we in the theatre, we foot soldiers of conscience, help to shepherd in a new century of hope, compassion, and reconnection? By doing what we do best. By turning our investigative lens on the issues of our time, by using our art to create safe spaces to discuss and resolve conflict and by providing the saving grace of humor, empathy, and understanding in the face of all obstacles. What we do, what we can do, is more urgently needed than ever before.

What we will do this summer is to bring you some trademark DellArte comedy in a new work about water called The Big Thirst, by founding artistic director Joan Schirle. Our big top tent will be home to a family series, we will experiment with new work in our Mad Lab, we will heat up the place with a Red Light cabaret, and will be host to the Humboldt Folklife Festival and the Eureka Symphony.

We will award the 2016 Prize of Hope to Cornerstone Theater from Los Angeles, an international award that DellArte and the Danish Institute For Popular Theatre award every year. The Prize of Hope is summed up in a single sentence: It is given to an individual or theatre who has worked for the hope of humanity; daring, loving, vulgar, serious, poetic!

That is what we aspire to do here at DellArte. So we welcome you to the 26th Mad River Festival. We thank all of the amazing people and businesses who generously support us, especially Pierson Building Center, for helping make this festival possible. You will find their names in this program and we encourage you to support them. THANK YOU for coming to the festival. Without you it would not be possible. Enjoy!

Welcome to the 26th Mad River Festival!

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Founders: CARLO MAZZONE-CLEMENTI & JANE HILLFounding Artistic Director: JOAN SCHIRLEProducing Artistic Director: MICHAEL FIELDSDirector of The School: LAUREN WILSONExecutive Director: FRAN BEATTYCommunity Engagement Coordinator: CLAIRE REYNOLDSCommunity Arts Director: ZUZKA SABATAChief Financial Officer: STEPHANIE WITZELMarketing Director/ Staff Photographer: JANESSA JOHNSRUDEDirector of Admissions: MATT CHAPMANRegistrar/School Administrator: SARAH PETERSProduction Stage Manager: CAITLIN VOLZBox Office / Housing Coordinator: LYNNE OWENSBookkeeper: LEZLEY TROXELLResident Lighting Designer: MICHAEL FOSTERTechnical Director: JAMES HILDEBRANDTResident Musical Director: TIMMY GRAYArchival Video Recording: GENE BRUNDIN2015-2016 Faculty: Lauren Wilson, James Peck, Laura Muoz, Michael Fields, Leira Satlof, Zuzka Sabata, Janessa Johnsrude, Sarah Peters, Alyssa Hughlett, Joan Schirle2015-2016 Guest Faculty: Bruce Marrs, Dan Griffiths, Evamarii JohnsonFor the 2016 Festival:Technical Director / Master Carpenter / Facilities: JAMES HILDEBRANDTTechnical Asst: OLIVIA McGAHAN Technical Asst: CHASE PERKINS House Manager / Volunteer Coordinator: JENNY LAMBBox Office and Housing Assistant: REBECCA FINNEYConcessions: MERIDITH ANNE BALDWINAdministrative Assistant: ROMAN SANCHEZFestival Marketing: JEN McFERRIN Poster/promotional Design: JUDITH LAMBERT Program Design: MEGHAN FRANK

THE TEAM 2016

Special Thanks To:Mark Whitman,

Bill Witzel, Gene Brundin,

Ron Brunson and the Mad River Grange,

Glen Nagy, Ferndale Repertory

Theatre, Chris Justesen,Emily Stratman

DellArte is funded by: California Arts Council,

The James Irvine Foundation, Bertha Russ

Lytel Foundation, The Jane Hill Fund, Ben. B Cheney Foundation,

McLean Foundation, the Nancy Jacobs Lafrenz

Memorial Scholarship, Theatre Communications Group, All Points North

Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts, among others.

2016 DellArte Board of DirectorsBonnie Neely, President Charis Bowman Gene Brundin Maureen Burke Michael Fields

Ralph Faust Stephany Joy Dan Johnson Lew Litzky Frank Onstine John Bartholomew Elissa Rosado Joan Schirle Lauren Wilson Peter Pennekamp 4

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Welcome to the 26th annual Mad River Festival. As DellArtes Board President, I am honored to be a part of this dynamic, international organization. Pierson Building Center is this years festival sponsor. Many thanks to Pierson Building Center who has sponsored the Mad River Festival since 2007! Special thanks also to Wildberries Marketplace and PG&E, whose financial support helps us bring unique theatre, music, and family events to our community.

Founded in 1971 in Berkeley, DellArte moved to Blue Lake in 1974, as its founders believed artists should immerse themselves in rural communities to be inspired by and grounded in the natural living world. Since then, DellArte has been an international trailblazer in Theatre of Place, which are works of performance inspired by, for, and with the communities in which they are created. The DellArte Company landed on the national map with original works about current issues, the people, and the other living creatures of our unique part of the planet. Performances at a world-class level made our local stories accessible from L.A. to Baltimore and beyond. Works like the Korbel series, The Scar Tissue Mysteries, Wild Card, and Mary Jane: The Musical built a loyal regional following and international recognition.

The James Irvine Foundation recognized DellArte as one of the 13 Cornerstone Arts Organizations in California for connecting theatre and community via a regional arts center and community partnerships. In 2015, the Irvine Foundation funded a multi-year initiative to deepen our community arts engagement work, and supported our work this year with the Wiyot Tribe at Table Bluff.

On June 10th, DellArtes newest venture in film, Mary Jane A Musical Potumentary, will have a world premiere at the Eureka Theater. Based on the highest grossing show in DellArtes history, Mary Jane: The Musical, Emmy Award Nominee John Howarth created the film as part musical and part documentary. It shines a light on the evolving cannabis cultivation culture that has driven Humboldt Countys underground economy for decades and created an internationally renowned brand. The film features sixteen original songs written by twelve local songwriters, as well as a bevy of local cameos and a scene starring the infamous Ed Asner. This film is a sure-to-be Humboldt cult classic! See more information at www.maryjanemusical.com or dellarte.com.

With grants from the National Endowment of the Arts and the California Arts Council, DellArte developed a series of creative exchanges and theatre works for 2016 called The River, Our Home. This focus brought new partnerships and more awareness of the place in which we live. Enjoy all the shows of the festival, and keep a special eye on Dolly Madisons sleuthing in Joan Schirles The Big Thirstbecause we all need to be involved in caring for our world.

Welcome from Board President Bonnie Neely

Bonnie Neely

Bonnie Neely

President, Board of Directors, DellArte

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No dogs. Leave room for all patrons, lov

e your neighbors & squeeze in!

Bring sunscreen and a hat for daytime shows and warm clothes

for potentially chilly evenings. To avoid blocking sightlines, put chair

s along the back.

Blankets can be rented at concessions. Your Drivers License

will be held until the blanket is returned.

No smoking of any kind in the Amphitheatre.

No photography or video taping without prior DellArte approval.

Put recyclables in appropriate containers, including

unwanted programs. Arrive early to get tickets, as lines get lo

ng.

Box office opens 1 hour before each show & the backyard

1/2 hour before each show. Dont park in front of the Blue

Lake Post Office & observe all

No Parking signs. Make note of all exits in case of an emer

gency.

You must be 21 or over to drink alcohol.

Please keep all alcoholic beverages within DellArte boundaries.

Please be courteous to our Blue Lake neighbors.

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Nancy DeanLorinda Dengler

Becky EvansFinnish Country Sauna

and Tubs DE & MF GroomMartha HaynesDavid Holzman

Joyce HoughArt Jones

Gurudarshan KhalsaWillie & Vicki Knapp

Michael OlafPeter Reimuller &

Leslie LindborgErich Schimps

Damian SinclairAlexandra Stillman

Jim & Evelyn VolzJaffa Wahlberg

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La FamigliaDELLARTE THANKS THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL DONORS FOR SUPPORTING OUR WORK THIS YEAR

can be sent to DellArte at P.O.Box 816, Blue Lake, CA

95525.

For more information about making a

donation, please call (707)668-5663

Pat BittonDavid Callow

Julie FulkersonCynthia Ginsburg

Kenneth HoardStacy Houdek

Kit Mann & Rebecca Zettler

Linda MortensenDennis Rael

Sherman SchapiroFelicia Oldfather

John Watts

Hugh AtkinsFrank & Monica Bumb

Laurence Eitzen Ann Lindsay

James KinieryDavid Taft & Dana Persson

Sam Clauder

Neil & Cindy WatterLaurie AllenJulie Benbow Richard Benoit, DDSSusannah Berryman David BradleyKevin Fischer & Ingrid KosekJennifer FranzMichael GriggsMark Hapgood & Claudia Nelson-HugginsLisa HooverFlora JoyceBarbara KaplanEarl & Victoria KingAndrea King-BrockmanRichard Kossow Henry LappenByrd LochtieJanet NeebeJacqueline PreusseGloria & Glen Ray Terry RaymerLauri Rose Dianne RosserJudy Sears

Nancy DeanLorinda Dengler

Becky EvansFinnish Country Sauna

and Tubs DE & MF GroomMartha HaynesDavid Holzman

Joyce HoughArt Jones

Gurudarshan KhalsaWillie & Vicki Knapp

Michael OlafPeter Reimuller &

Leslie LindborgErich Schimps

Damian SinclairAlexandra Stillman

Jim & Evelyn VolzJaffa Wahlberg

Tax-deductible gifts

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THE BIG THIRST

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June 16 - July 3 in DellArtes Rooney AmphitheatreTHE BIG THIRST

The DellArte CompanyIn

THE BIG THIRSTPlay & Songs* by Joan Schirle

Additional Music by Timmy Gray

Directed by Michael FieldsMusical Director & Sound Design: Timmy Gray

Scenic Design: Jason MohattCostumes: Lynnie Horrigan

Lighting: Michael Foster

CAST Dolly Madison, owner of Dissguys Dectective Agency.Janessa JohnsrudeLadybird Johnson Madison, her sister..............................Sarah Peters Abigail vanBeuren Madison, her other sister/Smelt...Kaitlen Osburn Lorna/Belinda/Salmon Ella ..Allie MenzimerJake/Louie/Heckel......James PeckCrow/Jeckel.Pratik Motwani Jean/River/Beaver.....Claudia Johani GuerreroRonald Trumpet/Fisherman...........Donald Forrest Skipper.......Skipper

BANDMarla Joy, Bass

Jeff Kelley, GuitarMike LaBolle, PercussionTim Randles, Keyboards

*I Sweep the Sidewalk With the Hose by Nancy White, used by permission

PRODUCTIONCaitlin Volz, Production Stage ManagerJames Hildebrandt, Technical Director

Timmy Gray, Sound EngineerOlivia McGahan, Board Operator

Special Thanks: Meeka Day, Jenny Brown & Humboldt State University 10

In The Big Thirst, a detective is challenged by an elusive, watery mystery; her mystery-writer sister doesnt see whats hidden in plain sight; her activist sister sees too much and feels compelled to solve all the problems, all at once. In the face of an issue so huge, so complex, so basic to our survival as water, the mystery might be what can I do about all this? For as we start to unravel the threads of this mystery, its clear that water is related to climate change is related to pollution is related to loss of the commons is related to social justice is related to the future of human and animal life on the planet. When confronted with such massive stuff, we need laughter! The Big Thirst is first of all a comedy about three sisters, each trying in their own bumbling way to do something constructive with their lives.

The most duh-inducing thing I learned in researching this play is that there is no new water. We have all the water were ever going to get. We are indeed drinking dinosaur pee! What went into dinosaurs and came out of them has simply transformed itself over and over again for billions of years. From liquid to gas to frozen, the change in those elements is amazing. In the ground, in the air, in the atmosphere, in the oceans, in icebergs, or at the poles-- things go up, go down, turn to ice, turn to rain, but its the same water its always been.

Finite. The question is, how are we going to protect the availability for all who need it, protect the cleanliness of that water so we dont drink toxic sludge, and can we look out for all the interests that need waterfrom farmers to fish to those populations whove depended for centuries upon water as a source of life, as their home?

There is no bit of water in the western states that has not been impacted by humans manipulating it in some way, through dams, diversions, allocations. The cultivation of water-hungry species--almonds, pistachios, marijuana, wine, even rice--is affecting state politics and allocation.

On a global level millions of people are without clean drinking water; its usually young women who may

A Note From The Playwright About Dinosaur Pee

JANESSA JOHNSRUDE AS DOLLY MADISON

photo: Terrence McNally

photo: Bobby Kintz

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twice a day walk miles, to get drinking water for their families. (It means those girls dont go to school.) So, how to provide for the worlds populations with sufficient clean drinking water is a mystery to be solved. Even within our own country, can we assure that our drinking water is clean and safe? Do rivers have a voice?

I know who you are, dear audience, those of you fans and friends and who have long supported our work by showing up and paying attention. Youre no dummies--many of you know a lot about the water issues facing local watersheds, the state, and the planet. Some of you restore salmon habitat, protect our fisheries, practice sustainable agriculture, etc. This play is a thank-you to those whose work benefits all of us even when it feels like swimming upstream.

A year ago, when we were talking about making a new play, California was in a bad drought and water seemed like an urgent issue on which to hang a story. Though recent local rainfall has us saying gratefully, Its raining! Great! Whew!!, nonetheless, the global water table is at an all-time low. The wars fought over oil will eventually be fought over H2O. And what El Nio gives, it can take away

In this year of The River, Our Home DellArte thinks about our relationship to flowing water. Our partnership with the Wiyot tribe helps us come closer to understanding water as not just life-giving, but as Lifeas the veins and arteries of the earth.

Thanks to Thomas Dunklin, Conrad Bishop, David Simpson, Jane Lapiner,

Mel Kreb, Kristi Frederick, Deborah Slater, Michael Berger, and many others who shared their watery insights.

- Joan Schirle

photo: Bobby Kintz

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The River to Reel Club

- 2 Tickets to the Prize of Hope Award Celebraaon on Saturday, June 25-

- 4 Drink Tickets -

- Backyard Early Access to the Amphitheatre -

- 2 Tickets to The Big Thirst & Opening Night Pre-Show Recepaon-

- 1 Fessval MadPass - 4 shows of your choosing

(Red Light Cabaret, Folklife Fesaval not included)

- 2 Tickets to the Green Carpet Premiere screening of Mary Jane - A Musical Potumentary on June 10 -

BECOME AN EXCLUSIVE GUEST OF THE 2016 MAD RIVER FESTIVAL AND RECEIVE:

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Nancy DeanGary Garcia

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Willie & Vicki Willie & Vicki KnappAnn Lindsay

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June 19 2 p.m.

Get yer horse and giddy-up to Blue Lake to see Americas Funniest Cowgirl in the Pierson Big Hammer Tent!

Karen Quest has been blazing a trail since 1998 with her one-woman award-winning original comedy act, Cowgirl Tricks. Skillful trick roping,

wild whip cracking, and cowgirl shenanigans await audiences of all ages!

A former circus girl with a B.A. in Theatre from California State University at Northridge (CA), Karen also spent a memorable summer session

training at DellArte International School of Physical Theatre. Her skills include juggling, clowning, acrobatics, fire-eating, unicycling, and stunt

work. Karen brings with her years of experience at state and county fairs, festivals and more in 25 states and 10 countries. Like her page and

learn more by visiting the Cowgirl Tricks Facebook page.

Pierson

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Photo: Janessa Johnsrude

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June 22 7:30 p.m.

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MAD LAB

A mad mad evening

of works in progress

by Dell'Arte

alumni and faculty

June 22 7:30 p.m.

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GLITTER GIZZARD & THE MAD RIVER FESTIVAL PRESENT

The Seminar with Madge and TaffyCreated by Janessa Johnsrude & Allie Menzimer Sound design by Cory Goldman

photo: Terrence McNally

The Long WayCreated by Pratik Motwani and James Hildebrandt Inspired by the writings and logs of French sailor Bernard Moitessier, The Long

Way is a spiritual, poetic and imagistic exploration of a mans incredible ocean voyage. A violent storm completely shatters the mans boat and leaves him adrift in the vastness of the pacific. When all is lost, his voyage takes on a mythical dimension. The Long Way combines shadow puppetry, physical theatre, and storytelling.

Madge and Taffy proudly invite you to their groundbreakingly sensational (and patented) DREAM DUMP SEMINAR! Think A Ted Talk from your crazy Auntie Doris meets the forces of darkness in an EPIC synth-rocking hour of hilarity inspired by boring conferences, dogmatic ideology and the demonic realm.

Unqualified DesireCreated by Laura MuozA woman. A giant bag. The empty space.

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PROUD SPONSORS OF THE 2016

MAD RIVER FESTIVAL

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THE PRIZE OF HOPEJune 25, 2016

In its 30 years, Cornerstone Theater Company has commissioned more than 50 playwrights, produced over 80 new works, trained over 2000 students in their methodology, and worked with tens of thousands of

people across the United States.

Their work for cultural diversity and human justice via a unique interactive theatre methodology makes them unique in the landscape of American theatre. They work in communities that no other theatre

serves. They tackle hard questions of the human condition with the spirit of collaboration and the idea that many voices make all possible. On this, Cornerstones 30th anniversary, it seems fitting to award them with the

2016 Prize of Hope.

Cornerstone aims to make theater an integral and relevant part of ordinary American life.

The New York Times

DellArte International and the Danish Institute of Popular Theatre present

AWARDED TO CORNERSTONE THEATER

The Prize of Hope is awarded to the person or theatre who has worked for the hope of humankind; daringly, lovingly, vulgarly,

seriously, poeticallywith sparkling energy against conventional thinking, which is the greatest threat to our culture.

5 p.m Ceremony in DellArtes Carlo Theatre

6 p.m. Dinner and Drinks

8 p.m. The Big Thirst in the Rooney Ampitheatre

The Prize of Hope celebrates its 26th year this summer.

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DellArte International Company and School of Physical Theatre is located on the ancestral territory of the Wiyot Tribe. In 2015, DellArte staff and Tribal adminis-trators met to discuss ways we can share knowledge between the two entities.

In January 2016, our collaboration began with Tribal Chairman, Ted Hernandez and William Sonny Frank IV who shared stories and songs at the third annual Humboldt Steelhead Days Fish Tales Cabaret.

In February, an arts engagement project began with the Wiyot Tribes Tsek Houdaqh (where the children are) afterschool program at the Table Bluff Reservation. DellArte faculty member Zuzka Sabata, Technical Director and Shadow Puppet expert James Hildebrandt, and recent MFA graduates Sarah McKinney and Kaitlen Osburn introduced the magic of shadow puppetry to the youth. The young people made their own shadow puppets and performed in a play adapted from the Wiyot story The Stolen Salmon. The shadow play included images as well as words in Wiyot, serving as a vehicle for the story and language learning. Look for a performance of The Stolen Salmon during Wiyot Days this fall.

During this Mad River Festival, we hope you will join Wiyot Tribal Chairman Ted Hernandez on June 19th for a talk on Wiyot perspectives on culture and history of the North Coast.

Here at DellArte we are installing permanent Wiyot language signage through-out the building. Sign painters Chuck Ellsworth and Lynnie Horrigan are creating signage from Wiyot translations provided by Wiyot Tribe linguist, Lynnika Butler.

Lalilh, Jouwa Hinarr Daduk = The River, Our Home

Have a Look around and see if you can locate these seven signs:

Box Office = Gou Duvatsuvigouy (where something is sold)Concessions (food/drink) = Viwi (food, what is eaten, fish)

DellArte = Tsawitsguquk Hougawuqul (the work of being comical)Mad River Festival = Baduwat Gutsuvigulouwedal

(Mad River Gathering-of-many-people)Men = Gouwi

Theatre = Diqa Dalouluwouy (white mans dance house)Women = Guvouch

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Pacific Moonshine now available.Tasting Room - Distillery Tours

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Turn right at Mad River Brewery on to Taylor Way, then turn right one block onto Monda Way.

Come to Blue Lake to enjoy sunshine and Moonshine

RED light IN BLUE LAKE

ADULT CABARET

July 1 & 2 10:30 p.m.

in DellArtes Carlo Theatre

Get your feathers ruffled with vampy vignettes and sizzling hot acts sure to tickle your fancy and your

funny bone. Comedians, music, and sexy chorus girls were the historical formula for

burlesque,which comes from burla, the Italian word for prank.

Beguiling burlesque, lively comedy, and marvelous music by our

HOT-AS-HELL house band await you along with potent

cocktails. Drinks from our FULL BAR are served at your seat.

Suitable for adults 18+ years of age.

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Nancy Jacobs LaFrenz

1974-2005

T he Nancy Lafrenz Memorial Scholarship funds an original work created by alumni of the DellArte International School of Physical Theatre to be performed during the annual Mad River Festival. Nancys classmates, the DellArte graduating class of 2002, set up the scholarship to keep her memory alive forever. Donations to Nancys scholarship enable young theatre artists to begin their

professional careers. Tax-deductible donations can be made through the Humboldt Area Foundation. For more information, call 442-2993.

The Nancy Lafrenz Memorial Scholarship

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WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT

A Blonde and a Brunette walk into a living room with pent-up smoldering secrets and grudges, sisterly love-hate, and a gun. And youre invited! In fact, you are their friends, lovers, and bosses!

Without having to do a thing, you become an integral part of the show. Blanche and Stella are bound to make you guffaw, cringe, pick sides, and laugh some more as you watch them slip, trip, recover,

and fall, all while wearing 3-inch heels. Whether We Like It Or Not was created and premiered at the DellArte 14 Thesis Festival, went on to New Orleans Fringe 14, further developed in a run in NYC at The Tank,

and we are thrilled to bring it back to DellArte as a part of the Mad River Festival!

By AriLu Productions

ARTIST BIOS:Ariel Lauryns (Stella) childhood crushes included the likes of Danny Kaye and Donald OConnor, and she thought Carol Burnett was the bees knees. Though everyone else knew Physical Comedy was her path, it took her until she was 25 for the frying pan to smack her. Fortunately, Lucy was there with the aspirin. Since moving to NYC, Ariel has performed with The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show (Off-Broadway), The Talking Band, Columbia Stages, LES Shakes, and Stegosaurus. She has worked with The Puppet Kitchen, The Ume Group, and Built4Collapse; puppeteering, teaching, writing, and making faces as she goes. She has an MFA in Ensemble Based Physical Theatre from DellArte International. www.ariellauryn.com

Lucy Shelby (Blanche) is an actor, creator, and comedian. Her greatest joy in life is creating raucous, infectious, shameless laughter. She received her BA in Theatre Performance from Marymount Manhattan College, with an abroad semester at The British American Dramatic Academy in London. She has had the privilege to work with many great teachers from Steve Beauchamp, Ronlin Foreman, Mick Barnfather, Aitor Basauri, Selina Cadell, and many more. She is deeply humbled by her partner Ariel, and all of her opportunities to learn, grow, connect, perform, and understand more deeply the comedy of this human experience. www.lucyshelby.com

FROM ARILU PRODUCTIONS:

Clandestinely, we met at DellArte

International School of Physical

Theatre, MFA class of 14. AriLu

Productions emerged out of a

mutual love of physical comedy,

female comic duos, and laughing

with/at each other. We both studied

with teachers like Ronlin Foreman

and Aitor Bausauri, inspiring a

common aesthetic and knowledge.

Based in Clown and Commedia,

our process is character-driven,

improvisational, failure-embracing,

and fiercely honest. We take comedy

seriously and laugh in tragedy.

JULY 7-9, 8 p.m. & JULY 10, 4 p.m.in DellArtes Carlo Theatre

Supported by the 2016 Nancy Lafrenz Memorial Scholarship

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Peter & the Wolf, by Sergei Prokofiev, was written in 1936 for orchestra and narrator, and has become one of the most popular pieces for young audiences around the world. Each character and animal is represented by a particular instrument and musical theme. DellArte is thrilled to welcome back the

Eureka Symphony in this chamber version of the piece.

An instrument petting zoo opens at

10:00 a.m. to give young audiences a

chance to touch and hear the

instruments before the show

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DELLARTES PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPORT OF THE FOLLOWING FOUNDATIONS:

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Students in the one-year Professional Training Program culminate their year with a Rural Residency. Isolated communities are chosen each year to host a group of about 15 DAI students for a 10 day residency. The students camp, offer workshops and create a special show for the community. This year students travelled to Rio Dell. Bridgeville, Petrolia, Forks of Salmon, Orleans, Orick, Whale Gulch (Mendocino County) Spring Valley (Lake County) and Takilma, OR have benefited from this innovative and unique program. Special thanks to the California Arts Council and the McLean Foundation for its support.

CONNECT WITH US! www.dellarte.comLike us on facebook!

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With the help of local business sponsors, DellArte has brought free, professional touring holiday shows to the entire Northcoast region for 35 years. Local food banks are the beneficiaries, as audiences bring a canned food item as their admission ticket.

SERVICE

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW DELLARTE ? While DellArte is an internationally recognized institution that has presented great theatre in Blue Lake and around the world since 1977, weve also been offering arts engagement and community service to our regional communities from Garberville to Forks of Salmon, Petrolia to Cave Junction. Wed love to introduce you to all the

work we do offstage and on, throughout our region!DAI has joined with other local groups to share resources, offer assistance,

and create joint projects to enhance life and the arts on the North coast.

Were one of the only art schools we know that requires community service hours (12 hours for PTP and MFA 1 students, 6 hours for MFA2 and MFA3 students). Serving pancakes at the local Grange breakfast, clowning for children at a fundraiser, planting flora in a marsh restoration project-- students contribute community service in many ways.

HOLIDAY SHOW

COMMUNITY SERVICE

RURAL RESIDENCY

COMMUNITY

BL ELEMENTARY FLASH MOB, 2013

RURAL RESIDENCY ORLEANS, 2013

BL MUSEUM BENCH, 2014

HOLIDAY SHOW LILRED 2015

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FREE COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS Humboldt Steelhead Days is a celebration of our rivers and its

bounty, in partnership with the Mad River Alliance.

DAI has joined with other local groups to share resources, offer assistance, and create joint projects to enhance life and the arts on the North coast.

FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS...

PARTNERS We currently partner with the Mad River Alliance, William James Association/Pelican Bay Prison Project, Blue Lake Chamber of Commerce, California Center for Rural Policy at HSU, and Jefferson Community Center, Eureka; KEET-TV; KHSU; Food for People; Humboldt Folklife Society, the Raven Project, and the Veterans Project of Blue Ox Millworks. To raise the visibility of arts in HumCo we partner with the Eureka Symphony, Ferndale Rep, Westhaven Arts & Culture Center, the Arcata Playhouse, and The Ink People. Past partners include Blue Lake Union Elementary School and Ah-Pah Village.

The COMMUNITY-BASED MFA PROJECTSSince 2007, MFA students spend seven weeks of their 3rd year serving local non-profit organizations by developing theatre projects in non-traditional venues. Their service may take the form of workshops, performances, story collection, street interaction, and more, all with the goal of assisting our non-profits serve their constituents. Over 30 local groups have benefited from our MFAs participation: The Silvercrest Senior Residence; The Brainstormers: Making Headway (brain injured adults); Pelican Bay Speaks/KHSU; The Emma Center, for survivors of trauma and abuse; Timber Ridge Senior Center; HCAR (Humboldt Community Access & Resources); Rails to Trails Project; CAFF (Community Alliance with Family Farmers); HSU Student Health Center; RCAA (Redwood Community Action Agency); Humboldt County Youth Services Bureau; Launchpad, a temporary shelter for homeless youth; MARZ Project, an after-school program hosted by The Ink People; Humboldt Childcare Alliance, Healthy Families; Hospice of Humboldt; Humboldt Coalition for Compassionate Care; Food For People; The Blue Lake Museum; The Girl Scouts; The Mad River Alliance; California Conservation Corps; The Raven Project, Eureka; CASA of Humboldt; EPIC; Humboldt Literacy Project; Humboldt Domestic Violence Services.

COMMUNITY

STEELHEAD DAYS, 2014

BUE LAKE RISING PARADE, 2014

BL MUSEUM BENCH, 2014

In partnership with the Blue Lake Chamber of Commerce, DellArte awards art-based mini-grants to groups and individuals for the improvement of Blue Lake. Now in its 3rd year, weve awarded nearly 20 mini-grants.

BLUE LAKE RISING GRANTS

2016 CBA JANE DOE IN WONDERLAND

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