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DEan Bonzani grew up singing and performing. After an early period of puppetry, he appeared in his first musical in sixth grade, and spent his high school years onstage in musicals, one act plays, reader’s theater, dramatic interp, pantomime, and marionette productions. Voted “Most Talented” in his graduating class 0f 1980, he was awarded a scholarship to Northern Arizona University for theater. He also studied theater and music at Arizona State University, before settling in Flagstaff, where he began performing solo gigs as a singer/songwriter, and with his various ensembles. For many years, he hosted the notorious Thursday night open mic at the Mad Italian Public House, a scene that launched a number of popular underground Flagstaff musical acts, and whose mayhem and majesty will be forever embedded in the minds of the crowds who packed the place.
These days, he divides his time between his recording studio, Flup Lab, live performance on the Western Slope and North Fork Valley, and his vinyl sticker studio, SIGNchronicity. He’s currently working on, and touring in support of, Spiderbox, the follow up album to Windows In The Sky. He is co-producer of Stinky Time Theater: The Puppet Show At The End Of Time, along with Pint Sized Riot Productions creative partner and rock bassist Elizabeth “Tasha Zarathustra” Bonzani. You can enjoy the soundtrack to the show in the ongoing Songs of Stinkytime Theater- Season One.
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Elizabeth Bonzani grew up an avid photographer and maker, eventually attending Rochester Institute of Technology and later, Northern Arizona University, where she was fortunate enough to participate in an epic conjunction of ceramic artist talents and production in the golden years of the NAU ceramics department. She is also an alumnus of Flagstaff rock band, Buddha Witha Gun, where she provided bass guitar and harmony vocals for ten years. She is currently one half of the musical duo, DEan and Elizabeth, and operates Snow Moon Flower Studio.
Selected
Stinkytime Theater- Episode 4 "Pint Sized Riot"
Grand Mesa Short Film Festival
cedaredge, colorado
2024
"Best Comedy" award
These Ol' Boots: An Americana Story
Grand Mesa Short Film Festival
Cedaredge, Colorado
2024
College
Rochester Institute of Technology (Elizabeth)
Photo Finishing
19791981
College
Northern Arizona University (Elizabeth)
Lodging, Restaurant, and Tourism
19831985
College
Northern Arizona University (Elizabeth)
Ceramics
19961999
College
Glendale Community College (DEan)
Theater
1980
College
Northern Arizona University (DEan)
Theater
1981
College
Arizona State University (DEan)
Theater
19811983
College
Northern Arizona University (DEan)
English/Journalism
20072008
High School
Gilbert HIgh School, Winsted, CT (Elizabeth)
Band
19751979
High School
Apollo High School, Glendale, AZ (DEan)
Theater
19761980
Birth Date
March 26, 1962
Nickname
Kommandeur März Eldritch, General Thump
Birth City
Chicago, Il
Current City
Cedaredge, CO
Hometown
n/a
Height
5'7"
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
Italian/Celtic
Eye Color
Hazel
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Married To
Elizabeth Bonzani
Children
Christopher Bonzani
DEan played a show at Altitudes Bar and Grill in Flagstaff, outside on the patio one night, with only one person in the audience, as everyone else had found it too cold to stay outside and had moved the party inside. That one person, who stayed to the end of the performance and came up to chat with DEan about his cover of "Take Me To The River" turned out to be actor Robert Knepper, who was on a road trip from L.A., and happened to make a pit stop for beer and a hamburger.
Elizabeth didn't start out as a bassist. She was first chair clarinetist in her high school's award winning band. Her time spent in concert and marching band gave her the skills necessary to learn and perform as a bass player.
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-Pedro
"Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy."
-Khalil Gibran
After all's been done and said, this is where the road has led.
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