Ariel is a plucky polymath* of theater, with comedic, absurdist tendencies.

 

Ariel is a teacher and collaborator, working primarily as a puppeteer and movement-based creator-performer.

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She has performed nationally, internationally, Off-Broadway, On-Camera, with and without puppets: Internationally at places like Animo Festival (Poland), Akko Fest (Israel), Beijing City Theater (China), Musée du quai Branly (France), Nationally at places like Wallis Center (Los Angeles) and U of Washington (Seattle), and NYC at Theater Row, PRTT, Dixon Place, and The Connelly. 

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She currently teaches movement at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and is working toward a Consent Forward Artist Certificate through IDC. Ariel also writes advice to theater students in a series of essays. She has taught as a full-time professor at the University of North Alabama and as a visiting artist at Cornell College, University of Portland, University of Dayton, and University of Texas El Paso. She has also taught individual workshops and coaching sessions around NYC.

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Ariel has an MFA in Ensemble Based Physical Theater from Dell'Arte International, where she studied devised theater, mask, clown, and movement. 

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Residencies: 

PATCH (Henson Carriage House), Celebration Barn, KO Festival, and CalArts

 

Awards:  

Best Puppetry Moment - Lalka Puppet Festival - Warsaw, Poland '18

Best Show - Lalka Puppet Festival - Warsaw, Poland '18

Graduated with Honors - Dell'Arte International '14

Van Clute Prize in Performance - Knox College '04

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 *Ariel is also a painter, builder, writer, and certified yoga instructor.

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