The DEFENESTRATORS:
An International Clown Troupe
BIOS
Darci Fulcher
Darci Fulcher hails from the Garden State, New Jersey. She has a BA in Theatre and Business Management from Fairfield University 07. Upon after graduation she moved to NYC and spent four years as Epic Theatre Ensemble’s Education Associate building curriculum and leading workshops as one of their Teaching Artist in NYC. She received her MFA in Physical Theatre from Dell’Arte International in June 2014 and is now creating her own theatre as the actor-poet. She is interested in leading workshops and building curriculum that explores the creation of theatre through the physical body. She is known for her investigation on the stage in choral movement, dance, stilt walking, poetic writing, clown, and physical comedy.
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Emily June Newton
Emily is a comedic and cabaret performer, MC and musician. Originally from country Victoria, Australia, Emily spent time in Melbourne studying a Diploma of Arts – Small Companies and Community Theatre and also became a trained counselor in Family Therapy. Her move to Hobart, Tasmania saw her involved in the local theatre and cabaret scene, developing such characters as: Madam Goulash and Maurice whom she performed regularly both locally and interstate. In 2010 Emily travelled with Terrapin Puppet Theatre (Hobart) to Shanghai, China to devise and perform When the pictures came, which resulted in a tour to the ‘Come Out’ Children’s Festival, Adelaide and 10 Days on the Island Festival, Hobart. She then went on to perform The Waltzing Tree with Terrapin Puppet Theatre, which toured state wide in 2011. Emily recieved her MFA in Ensemble-based Physical Theatre at Dell’Arte International, California in 2014.
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Jerome Yorke
Jerome was born and raised in New Jersey. After receiving his BFA from Central Connecticut State University, he's traveled across the United States with the National Theatre for Children, broadened his stage range in Minneapolis, and became a resident actor/administrator for the Commonweal Theatre Company. He had the opportunity to co-create a mask play and tour it throughout Ethiopia, as well as study Balinese mask carving and dance in Bali, Indonesia. He has his BFA in Performance from CCSU and his MFA in Ensemble Based Physical Theatre from the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. Currently clowning full-time in Abu Dhabi at Ferrari World, Jerome will return home in 2015 to persue more creative endevours.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Anthony Arnista
Anthony Arnista is an ensemble-based physical theater creator who has lived all across The United States and Germany. He graduated with M.F.A in ensemble based Physical Theater from Dell’arte International School of Physical Theatre in 2013 and holds a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Maine Orono. Anthony recently cofounded the company White Collar Crimes with has classmate Jacob Trillo. They are currently worshiping their company’s first show to go a five-city tour with the Canadian Fringe Festival this summer. Anthony is also a teaching artist at Echo Theater in Portland, Oregon.
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Jacob Trillo
Jacobs Bio forthcoming
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