Zuzka Sabata is a performer, writer,  and singer of Czecho-Californian provenance who has generated community-engaged original work for over 20 years. She received her Master’s of Fine Arts in Ensemble-based Physical Theatre at Dell’Arte International in 2008. She held the role of Community Engagement Director for Dell'Arte from 2010-2022 which included Co-Artistic Directing The Bartow Project in partnership with filmmaker Michelle Hernandez. She was also a member of the Dell'Arte Company as a performer, writer, and song-writer.  Zuzka Sabata co-founded Pelican Bay State Prison’s first theatre program under the California Arts Council Arts-in-Corrections program with the support of the William James Association in 2016. She was lead artist for Dell'Arte in a multi-year collaboration and cultural exchange with the Wiyot Tribe at Table Bluff and continues to collaborate with tribe as an independent artist.  She is a practitioner of Qi Gong, an ancient Chinese form of medicinal movement meditation. Zuzka specializes in creating original work that addresses difficult or opaque subject matters that have deep social impact. Please see the projects page for detailed info about her work.