Author: helios2588

Have you ever seen the circus act with a person balances on a plank of wood on top of a rolling cylinder? That’s a rolla […]

After all the discoveries made during Mask-On play, what do you do with them? You’re sitting there with a heap of discoveries and information about […]

Traditional story structure begins with exposition. It sets up the world so that the audience can see the playing field, learn the rules of the […]

What is a mask? Generally, people think of a mask as a physical object worn over the face to disguise themselves. The mask allows the […]

This is the first of a five-part post about the creative process. When I studied Commedia dell’Arte, we rehearsed in two ways: Wearing our character […]

It is heartbreaking to disappoint an ambitious theatre student. When you teach theatre, it is unfortunately inevitable. When I was doing theatre in high school, […]

“When the kite builds, look to lesser linen.” I had to deliver that line as the thief Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale. After doing my […]

At the beginning of my year at the Dell’Arte School of Physical Theatre, I wanted to be sure that I kept my focus on getting […]