Since 1999, Rude Mechs has served Austin through offering affordable and accessible space to artists. We are dedicated to leveraging our space and our resources to serve marginalized and emerging artists by co-producing, presenting, and sharing our resources to facilitate their work. To further our mission, and in order to ensure we are reaching the artists and audiences most in need of support, we have gathered people willing to serve on a Curatorial Board and an Advisory Council to direct our efforts.
Curatorial Board
Lisa Byrd, Founder, Creative Cultural Strategies, LLC
JoAnn Carreon Reyes, Lead Mindfulness Facilitator, Amala Foundation; Founder Teatro Vivo
Ramón H. Rivera-Servera, Dean College of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Austin
Carra Martinez, Co-Artistic Director of Fusebox, Leading Live in America Festival and Springdale Residency
Mari Akita, dance
Matt Bennison, theatre
Alexa Capareda, dance
Crystal Bird Caviel, theatre
Henna Chou, music
Bug Davidson, film
Paul Drown, theatre
Mark Holzbach, theatre
Celeste Quesada, visual art
Ron Marks, theatre
Lisa Moore, theatre
Rick Pappas, theatre
Adrian Quesada, music
PJ Raval, film
Bonnie Reese, theatre
Jessica Shyamali Pease
President
Senior Director, Content Design
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Minou Arjomand
Secretary
Assistant Professor,
Department of English
University of Texas At Austin
Daniel Bradford
Treasurer
Consultant
Liz Jones-Dilworth
Operations Executive
JDI (Jones-Dilworth, Inc.)
Rosalind Faires
Writer | Editor | Theatre Artist
Mari Akita
Lowell Bartholomee
Crystal Bird Caviel
Eva Claycomb
Madge Darlington
Robert Fisher
Aaron Flynn
Noel Gaulin
Thomas Graves
Matt Hislope
Lana Lesley
Kirk Lynn
Ellie McBride
Stephen Pruitt
Graham Reynolds
Brian Scott
Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw
Shawn Sides
Paul Soileau
Leilah Stewart
Peter Stopschinski
Aron Taylor
Tina Van Winkle
Emeritus Company Members
Company Members who are not currently active with the company. This list is fluid as people’s interest and availability changes. Everyone is welcome back.
Laura Cannon
Heather Hanna
Joey Hood
Jodi Jinks
Hannah Kenah
Jason Liebrecht
Michael Mergen
Erin Meyer
Amy Miley
Jazz Miller
Robert Pierson
Sarah Richardson
Meg Sullivan
Founding Co-Producing Artistic Directors
Kathryn Blackbird
Madge Darlington
Kirsten Kern
Lana Lesley
Kirk Lynn
Sarah Richardson
Shawn Sides
Advisory Council Emeritus
Nicole Blair
Boo Froebel
Kurt & Sue Heinzelman
Sandy Levinson
W. B. Worthen