February features a Rude Salon and a Rude Workshop – ALL FREE!

As much as Rude Mechs has been influenced by Austin’s music scene, we’ve always had strong ties to the academic world too, especially at The University of Texas at Austin. From 1990s rehearsals in the ROTC building and Parlin Hall, to dissertations being written on the Rudes today, from our own undergraduate years, to our recent tenure as Resident Theatre Company to the Department of Theater and Dance, the Rudes have benefitted from smart professor audiences and supporters. One of the Artistic Directors is even a professor himself now.

The Creating Serendipity workshop will go like this: At 1pm at The Off Center on February 25th, you will join Co-Producing Artistic Director Kirk Lynn as he leads you through a 90-minute workshop on collaborative creation. Participants will work together in groups to create performance pieces. Pieces will be shared with each other (Salon participants are welcome to witness), around 3pm, and gather ’round with the Artistic Directors and the Rude Board and each other for a boozy snacky hangout afterwards. Class size is limited – reserve your spot today!

Six immersive experiments about drugs, healers, and the unknown. Each performance invites the audience to take part in an interactive aspect of this play-in-development.

Wild Places, written by Austin playwright Joanna Garner, explores the ways we as Americans attempt to heal and control our minds and bodies. Each weekend’s performances feature actors Delanté Keys, Zoey Cane Belyea and Sean Moran, guided by rotating lead collaborators.

March 3 & 4: Led by director Michael Rau with Seattle filmmaker Nik Perleros
March 10 & 11: Led by writer/choreographer Patrick Shaw
March 17 & 18: Led by director Katie Van Winkle

There might be trampolines, psychedelics, blood, snakes, or bouncy balls.
Very limited seating available— reservations highly encouraged.

Rude Mechanicals A Theatre Collective is supported in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department, and the National Endowment for the Arts.