Don Jordan first performed the role of Arlecchino on the stage of the Comedie Francaise in 1972. In Italy he taught and performed with Teatro Studio and I Gesti di Roma for fifteen years before being invited to perform with Mummenschanz on Broadway. He directed the Pan Twilight Circus's 1995 production of Creatures of the Lawn, and has served as Artistic Director of the Pickle Family Circus. Known internationally as a specialist in Mask, Clown and Commedia Dell' Arte, he has been a guest teacher at the University of Paris, the Instituto De Teatro in Barcelona, the Festival du Cirque, Chateauroux, France, and the Dell'Arte School in California. He is a graduate of the Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris, and currently teaches movement at Smith College.
Robert Ross Parker cut his Commedia teeth with Laurie Steven's Odyssey Theatre and their unique blend of Italian and Eastern mask traditions. He has toured extensively with his solo works Confession of and Undead Actor and Chasing Napoleon, and his two-handed Commedia based creation Dunghill, Dunghill, Dunghill. Originally from Canada, Robert is currently completing his MFA in directing at Ohio University, where his productions have included The Seagull, Hamlet, and As You Like It. Robert has also worked extensively with created/adapted work, directing such productions as A Midsummer Night's Dream Project and Pseudolus (Toronto Fringe Festival) and The System of Dr. Tarr & Prof Fether (Centaur Theatre). Robert has taught at Concordia University, and Champlain College, both in Montreal.
Jennifer Jordan holds a BFA in theater with a gold medal in acting from Marymount Manhattan College. Jennifer has toured with Leland Faulkner's Light Theatre Company, performing mime, magic and puppetry, and was a principal member of Thirteen Ways of Looking At A Blackbird, a collaborative Jazz/movement piece sponsored by the Maine Arts Commission. She has worked extensively in the off-off-Broadway scene in NY and appeared as the featured clown in the Celebration Barn's Cirque de la Mort. She has taught acting and movement theater at the Connecticut Conservatory, the School of Performing Arts in New Milford, CT, The Governor's Institute on the Arts in Vermont and the Ohio University School of Theater.
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