Rude Staff

Co-Producing Artistic Directors

Madge Darlington

Thomas Graves

Lana Lesley

Kirk Lynn

Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw

Shawn Sides

Administration

Thomas Graves
Venue Manager

Shawn Sides
Business Manager

Rude Company

Mari Akita

Lowell Bartholomee

Crystal Bird Caviel

Eva Claycomb

Madge Darlington

Robert Fisher

Aaron Flynn

Noel Gaulin

Thomas Graves

Heather Hanna

Matt Hislope

Joey Hood

Lana Lesley

Jason Liebrecht

Kirk Lynn

Ellie McBride

Stephen Pruitt

Graham Reynolds

Brian Scott

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Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw

Shawn Sides

Paul Soileau

Leilah Stewart

Peter Stopschinski

Aron Taylor

Tina Van Winkle

Honorary Company Members
These are company members who we count as artistically essential to Rude Mechs’ founding and growth,
and who have not been artistically involved in a Rude project in 7+ years (not counting COVID years), or who have chosen to no longer retain company membership.
Laura Cannon
Jodi Jinks
Hannah Kenah
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

Board of Directors

Jessica Shyamali Pease

President
Senior Director, Content Design
PayPal

Minou Arjomand

Secretary
Assistant Professor,
Department of English
University of Texas At Austin

Daniel Bradford

Daniel Bradford

Treasurer
Consultant

Liz Jones-Dilworth

Operations Executive
JDI (Jones-Dilworth, Inc.)

Rosalind Faires

Writer | Editor | Theatre Artist


Advisory Council

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Carrie Bills

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Nicole Blair

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Paul Drown

Boo Froebel

Kurt & Sue Heinzelman

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Mark Holzbach

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Sandy Levinson

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Ron Marks

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Lisa Moore

Rick Pappas

Bonnie Reese

W. B. Worthen