Allie Menzimer

Masters Thesis Project
Dell'Arte
May 2014

Evelyn's untimely heart attack leaves her facedown in a bowl of hot tomato soup. In the moments before her death, her mind, body, and spirit are faced with the inevitable, and must navigate the journey to the final curtain.

Photos by Christopher Duggan

Dell'Arte Company Holiday Show Tour
December 2013

Toyland has fallen under the reign of greedy Barnaby, who plots to replace handmade toys with his assembly-line junk, and take Mary Contrary for his bride. It's up to Jane and her cast of fairy tale friends to save the day!

Storytelling Project
Dell'Arte
Spring 2013

An exploration of poetic text, narrative complicité, and imaginative placemaking, inspired by the poetry of Billy Collins and Frank O'Hara.

Photos by Janessa Johnsrude

Tragedy Project
Dell'Arte
April 2013

A stubborn farmer sets his will against his barren land, as his wife despairs over the loss of their farm. A mysterious drifter arrives to lend the farmer a hand, and the natural elements of their world bear witness and lament their downfall. An exploration of the dynamics of a tragic narrative, image-based voice work, and choral movement.

Photos by Nels Israelson

Adaptation Project
Dell'Arte
February 2013

In this original adaptation of Shel Silverstein's epic poem The Devil and Billy Markham, a hard-bitten gambler takes a chance on a bet with the Devil himself in hopes of making all of his raunchy dreams come true. But both the Devil and Billy Markham get more than they bargained for, as they juggle dames, demons and dice in a battle for Billy's everlasting soul.

Photos by Jay Sachs

Dell'Arte International
Character Project, Fall 2012

Jeannie has the family over for Thanksgiving, and in the holiday chaos her son's hamster Radish gets caught underfoot and stepped on. Jeannie escapes into the backyard for a moment of peace with Radish's remains in this character study vignette.

Photo by Audrey Leclair

Boxtales Theater Company
Santa Barbara, CA
Fall 2009

In Boxtales Theater Company's original adaptation of the Hindu epic The Ramayana, Rama and his loyal brother Lakshmana must travel to the demon kingdom of Lanka to rescue his beloved wife Sita. On the way, they befriend monkeys, battle demons, and finally confront Ravana, the demon king himself.

Theater UCSB
Santa Barbara, CA
Spring 2009

"Time and the Conways is a British play written by J. B. Priestley in 1937 illustrating J. W. Dunne's Theory of Time through the experience of a moneyed Yorkshire family, the Conways, over a period of nineteen years from 1919 to 1937.

The play works on the level of a universal human tragedy and a powerful portrait of the history of Britain between the Wars. Priestley shows how through a process of complacency and class arrogance, Britain allowed itself to decline and collapse between 1919 and 1937, instead of realizing the availability of immense creative and humanistic potential accessible during the post-war (The Great War) generation."