Production History Since 1977

Performed by the Dell'Arte Company

1977: THE LOON'S RAGE

by Joan Holden, Steve Most, Jael Weisman
Music by Richard Saunders & Phil Marsh
Directed by Jael Weisman
Designers Alain Schons, Peggy Snider
Cast: Brenda Aoki, Michael Fields, Peter Kors, Jason Harris, Joan Schirle, Victoria Thatcher

Toured: California (L.A., San Francisco), Oregon, Washington; excerpt to 1980 Venice Biennale outdoor show)

1978: UNDER GLASS: Three One Acts

"Infancy" by Thornton Wilder; "'Calm Down, Mother" by Megan
Terry, "Save Me A Place At Forest Lawn" by Lorees Yerby
Cast: Joan Schirle, Mara Sabinson, Michael Fields, Donald Forrest, Peter Kors

Toured: California

1978: REFRIED BRAINS: Four One Acts

"Bittersweet Blues, The Scar Tissue Mystery," by Joan Schirle, "The Great Zoroasters" by Jael Weisman, "Those Cornfelds," by Georges Courteline (adapt. Weisman), and "Birds of a Feather" by Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy
Cast: Joan Schirle, Mara Sabinson, Donald Forrest, Michael Fields

Toured: California; "Birds" to 1980 Venice Biennale

1979: INTRIGUE AT AH-PAH, A Scar Tissue Mystery

Michael Fields, Donald Forrest, Steve Most, Mara Sabinson, Joan Schirle, Jael Weisman
Music by Joe DeAndreis, Lisa Garcia, Joan Schirle
Directed by Jael Weisman
Designer: Alain Schons
Lighting by Ted Vukovich
Cast: Joan Schirle, Mara Sabinson, Michael Fields, Donald Forrest, Jeff Raz

Toured 1979 - 1983 California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington
(outdoors till 1981; remounted for indoor performances; toured in 1991 as part of the trilogy "Redwood Curtain, the Scar Tissue Mysteries). Remounted for the Mad River Festival 2009.