Shows: Past Productions
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WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTIONS CREATED BY RUDE MECHS |
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THE METHOD GUN March 2010 The Humana Festival of New American Plays (Louisville, KY) April 2009 The Off Center (Austin, TX) April 2008 The Long Center for the Performing Arts (Austin, TX) |
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HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ASSASSINATED? written by Rebecca Beegle • directed by Carlos Trevino written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Shawn Sides • created by Rude Mechs
created by Lana Lesley • Kirk Lynn • Barney O'Hanlon • Shawn Sides September/October 2005 The Off Center (Austin, TX)
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GET YOUR WAR ON Galway Arts Festival (Ireland): July 25 - 28, 2007 59E59 Theatres in NYC (Under The Radar Festvial): Jan. 9 - 28, 2007 Original Mainstage production in Austin, TX: Jan. 19 - Feb. 11, 2006 |
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CHERRYWOOD: the modern comparable written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Shawn Sides •
created by Rude Mechs STADIUM DEVILDARE adapted from the Booker Prize winning novel by James Kelman |
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REQUIEM FOR TESLA EL PARAISO REQUIEM FOR TESLA WAR |
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| LIPSTICK TRACES: A SECRET HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY |
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adapted from Donald Barthelme’s post-modern classic novel SALIVATION (PART III OF THE FAMINLY TRILOGY) CRUCKS (PART II OF THE FAMINLY TRILOGY) |
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LUST SUPPER (PART I OF THE FAMINLY TRILOGY) PROMETHEUS UNBOUND |
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CURST & SHREWD: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW UNHINGED conceived/directed by Shawn Sides • adapted by Kirk Lynn •
created by Rude Mechs written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Kirsten Kern |
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PLAYS BY OTHER PEOPLE (PRODUCED BY RUDE MECHS) |
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(Contemporary Classics I) a re-enactment of The Performance Group's legendary 1968 adaptation of The Bacchae as staged by Richard Schechner and filmed by Brian De Palma co-directed by Madge Darlington & Shawn Sides December 2009 at The Off Center (Austin, TX) a world premiere written by W. David Hancock • directed by Vicky Boone a regional premiere written by Charles Mee • directed by Darron L West a world premiere written by Terry Galloway • directed by Shawn Sides TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND: 30 PLAYS IN 60
MINUTES a regional premiere written by the Neo-futurists • directed by the ensemble |
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PRESENTING |
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featuring Reno and Kristina Wong featuring Gretchen Phillips, BITCH, and Lynnee Breedlove THROWS LIKE A GIRL 2005 Single Wet Female • Index to Idioms • Dress Suits to Hire |
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REMINISCENCE OF THE GHETTO & OTHER THINGS
THAT RAIZED ME THROWS LIKE A GIRL 2002 City Water Tunnel #3 • To My Chagrin • Lardo Weeping
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THROWS LIKE A GIRL 2000 Preaching to the Perverted • Menopausal Gentleman • O Wholly Night and Other Jewish Solecisms OUT ALL NIGHT AND LOST MY SHOES written and performed by Terry Galloway CROSSING BORDERS featuring Marga Gomez, Carmelita Tropicana, Paul Bonin-Rodriguez,
Luis Alfaro |
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RUDE FUSION (co-productions) |
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presented February 2010 @ The Off Center created, produced and performed by Meg Sullivan presented July 2009 @ The OFf Center produced by Red Then Productions adapted & performed by Robert Faires • directed by Catherine Weidner |
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presented April 2009 @ The Off Center created, produced & performed by Lamb Lays with Lion presented June 2008 @ The Off Center produced by Red Then Productions written by Sherry Kramer • directed by Katie Pearl • featuring Barbara Chisholm |
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presented August 2006 @ The Off Center created by Rubber Repertory |
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hosting work presented by Fusebox, TestPerformanceTest, and Physical Plant Theater THEATER: featuring video artists Mary Magsamen, Stephan Hillerbrand, and Kirk Lynn • Kristin Kosmos (NYC) • Daniel Barrow (Canada) • Rude Mechs DANCE: Gravel Works (Montreal) • Heloise Gold FUSEBOX FESTIVAL 2009 FUSEBOX FESTIVAL 2008 FUSEBOX FESTIVAL 2007 |
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A celebration of African American artists in the new millennium to put the spotlight on the Black aesthetic of modern artists. BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT (BAM!) 2010 COMEDY: Kelvin Girdy, Lashonda Lester, In House Freestyle, Black Prince THEATRE: Nadine Mozon • Altered Stages
BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT (BAM!) 2008 THEATRE: Delta Rhapsody featuring Nadine Mozon • directed by Madge Darlington BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT (BAM!) 2007 DANCE: featuring Urban Ballet Teater (NYC), Spelman College (Atlanta) and UpRise! (Austin) THEATRE: featuring The Universes (NYC) • Incognito (Michael Fosberg) • Spoken Word BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT (BAM!) 2006 DANCE: Robert Moses' Kin (San Francisco) • ACC Dance Department (Austin) • Dallas Black Dance (Dallas) • UpRise! (Austin) THEATRE: M.U.G.A.B.E.E. (Mississippi) • Zell Miller III (Austin) • iTheatre Collaborative (Phoenix)
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SECOND STAGE PRODUCTIONS |
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MINUS TIDE (a second stage production) by Kimberly Burke • directed by Ellie McBride HEMOPHILIACS (a second-stage production) a world-premiere written and directed by Robert Pierson BEAR (a second-stage production)
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DON'T DROWN (a second-stage production) written by Rebecca Beegle • directed by Joanna Garfinkle 300 PLAYS ABOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN (a second-stage production) written by 60 artists • curated by José Hernández •
directed by Robert S. Fisher • DIFFERENT CITIES, DIFFERENT NAMES (a second-stage
production) written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Gavin Mundy
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HOUR-MINUTE-SECOND (a second-stage production) written by Rebecca Beegle • directed by Jon Watson a bi-monthly experimental film and video series THE 7th DAY PROJECTS (a second-stage production) a play created by the cast in 7 days |
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¡GRINGO! (a Frontera Fest production) written by José Hernández and Kirk Lynn • directed by
Catherine Glynn GRAININGS (a Frontera Fest production) UBU ROI (a one-night only extravaganza) December 1997 |
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Rude Mechs Original World premieres in Alphabetical Order
- CHERRYWOOD: the modern comparable
- CRUCKS (PART II OF THE FAMINLY TRILOGY)
- CURST & SHREWD: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW UNHINGED
- DECAMERON DAY 7: REVENGE
- don b.’s SNOW WHITE
- EL PARAISO
- GET YOUR WAR ON
- HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ASSASSINATED?
- HOW LATE IT WAS, HOW LATE
- IN THE HOUSE OF THE MOLES
- I'VE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY
- LIPSTICK TRACES: A SECRET HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY
- LUST SUPPER (PART I OF THE FAMINLY TRILOGY)
- MATCH-PLAY
- PALE IDIOT
- PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
- REQUIEM FOR TESLA
- SALIVATION (PART III OF THE FAMINLY TRILOGY)
- STADIUM DEVILDARE
- THE METHOD GUN
- WAR
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