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Becca Blackwell’s DANDELION
Rude Mechs is thrilled to once again present Becca Blackwell.When: 10/24 at 7pm – one night only!
Co-written with Madeleine George ( Only Murders in the Building, Hurricane Diane), Dandelion is part stand-up, part meditation exploring Becca’s adventures in (mis)gender. The show promises lots of laughs and only one bench warrant.
ABOUT DANDELION (from Becca):
Currently envisioned at a solo show with some light puppet work (designed by Greg Corbino). This project is a stand up piece for a non-stand-up-comedian. I am someone with a background in collaborative and collective art making and street performance. I am someone who has sustained themselves making art by the skin of their teeth over three decades because I’m desperate for the collective of humanity to expand. And the people I am making this piece with represent similar experiences and feelings, and we’re creating something together that can create an entryway where everyone is invited to simultaneously see themselves and expand beyond their current limits of identity. Using a template of stand-up, we weave storytelling and reflection about my experiences of living two genders into an experience for the audience that climaxes in a collective meditation where we can all transcend our preconceived notions of identity and expand into the truth of the joy that lies beyond all categories.ARTISTS BIOS
BECCA BLACKWELL(they/them) Recently- recurring on THE PITT and doing double duty at
Tribeca Film Festival with Tina Romero’s QUEENS OF THE DEAD and Walker Higgins GOD’S
LONELIEST MAGICIAN. On camera, they can currently be seen recurring on Michelle Buteau’s
Netflix Series SURVIVAL OF THE THICKEST and recurring on HBO Max’s Peabody
award-winning TV series, SORT OF. Additional credits include Hulu’s RAMY, HBO’s HIGH
MAINTENANCE, and Showtime’s SHAMELESS. A staple of New York Theatre, Becca recently
debuted their latest show Snatch Adams… at Soho Rep. They also originated leading roles in
Hurricane Diane (off-Broadway) and Is This a Room (Broadway and off-Broadway).MADELEINE GEORGE‘S plays include Hurricane Diane (Obie Award), The (Curious Case of the)
Watson Intelligence (Pulitzer Prize finalist; Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award), Seven
Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Susan Smith Blackburn finalist), Precious Little
and The Zero Hour (Jane Chambers Award, Lambda Literary Award finalist). Honors include a
Whiting Award, the Princess Grace Award, the Hermitage Major Theater Award, and a Lilly
Award. Madeleine was a co-producer on FX’s Dying for Sex and a writer/producer on four
seasons of the Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated mystery-comedy Only Murders in the
Building.OLIVER BUTLER is a founding member and co-Artistic Director of The Debate Society and has
directed and toured with the company. In New York, Mr. Butler has directed the world premieres
of The Lapsburgh Layover, Buddy Cop 2, Cape Disappointment, Goodbye New York Goodbye
Heart, The Eaten Heart, The Snow Hen, Red-Haired Thomas, Hostage Song, A Thought About
Raya, You’re Welcome and Christmas with the Flamingos. He was the Assistant Artistic Director
of The Berkshire Theatre Festival, where he directed The Einstein Project and This is Our
Youth. Mr. Butler has assisted directors including Jo Bonney, Pam Mackinnon, and John Rando.
In 2004 and 2005 he was a participating director in Lincoln Center’s Directors Lab. With Hannah
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Textures of Opacity
Tickets are sliding scale from $15 – $5 discount codes on ticketing page
Show Dates:
09/24 – 09/26 at 8pm
09/27 at 4pmThe 9/24 show will feature a post-show artist talk
Run Time: ~50 minutes
Doors: 30 minutes before the showCredits Choreography by Sanchita Sharma in collaboration with Aída Hernandez-Reyes and Lily Zapatero
In a durational encounter between two bodies and three walls, TEXTURES OF OPACITY examines how people with histories of familial migration, who deeply know what it means to be routinely monitored, measured, and controlled, devise ways to remain immeasurable, excessive, and in refusal to become legible and assimilable. It asks: Can we imagine refusal as participation, refusal as freedom, refusal as survival?
Two dancing bodies claim, test, refuse multiple identities
Their bodies create polyrhythms
Their bodies create text
They partner with the fabric, with the wall
Words in the center, Words on the wall
They breathe heavily, laughing and talking to each other
Edges, Opposites
Their bodies synchronizing and weight-bearingThis project is supported in part by a Nexus Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment.
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Textures of Opacity
Tickets are sliding scale from $15 – $5 discount codes on ticketing page
Show Dates:
09/24 – 09/26 at 8pm
09/27 at 4pmThe 9/24 show will feature a post-show artist talk
Run Time: ~50 minutes
Doors: 30 minutes before the showCredits Choreography by Sanchita Sharma in collaboration with Aída Hernandez-Reyes and Lily Zapatero
In a durational encounter between two bodies and three walls, TEXTURES OF OPACITY examines how people with histories of familial migration, who deeply know what it means to be routinely monitored, measured, and controlled, devise ways to remain immeasurable, excessive, and in refusal to become legible and assimilable. It asks: Can we imagine refusal as participation, refusal as freedom, refusal as survival?
Two dancing bodies claim, test, refuse multiple identities
Their bodies create polyrhythms
Their bodies create text
They partner with the fabric, with the wall
Words in the center, Words on the wall
They breathe heavily, laughing and talking to each other
Edges, Opposites
Their bodies synchronizing and weight-bearingThis project is supported in part by a Nexus Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment.
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Textures of Opacity
Tickets are sliding scale from $15 – $5 discount codes on ticketing page
Show Dates:
09/24 – 09/26 at 8pm
09/27 at 4pmThe 9/24 show will feature a post-show artist talk
Run Time: ~50 minutes
Doors: 30 minutes before the showCredits Choreography by Sanchita Sharma in collaboration with Aída Hernandez-Reyes and Lily Zapatero
In a durational encounter between two bodies and three walls, TEXTURES OF OPACITY examines how people with histories of familial migration, who deeply know what it means to be routinely monitored, measured, and controlled, devise ways to remain immeasurable, excessive, and in refusal to become legible and assimilable. It asks: Can we imagine refusal as participation, refusal as freedom, refusal as survival?
Two dancing bodies claim, test, refuse multiple identities
Their bodies create polyrhythms
Their bodies create text
They partner with the fabric, with the wall
Words in the center, Words on the wall
They breathe heavily, laughing and talking to each other
Edges, Opposites
Their bodies synchronizing and weight-bearingThis project is supported in part by a Nexus Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment.
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Textures of Opacity
Tickets are sliding scale from $15 – $5 discount codes on ticketing page
Show Dates:
09/24 – 09/26 at 8pm
09/27 at 4pmThe 9/24 show will feature a post-show artist talk
Run Time: ~50 minutes
Doors: 30 minutes before the showCredits Choreography by Sanchita Sharma in collaboration with Aída Hernandez-Reyes and Lily Zapatero
In a durational encounter between two bodies and three walls, TEXTURES OF OPACITY examines how people with histories of familial migration, who deeply know what it means to be routinely monitored, measured, and controlled, devise ways to remain immeasurable, excessive, and in refusal to become legible and assimilable. It asks: Can we imagine refusal as participation, refusal as freedom, refusal as survival?
Two dancing bodies claim, test, refuse multiple identities
Their bodies create polyrhythms
Their bodies create text
They partner with the fabric, with the wall
Words in the center, Words on the wall
They breathe heavily, laughing and talking to each other
Edges, Opposites
Their bodies synchronizing and weight-bearingThis project is supported in part by a Nexus Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment.
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Farewell Tour – A Workshop Showing
Join Thomas and Mucho for an informal look at what they’ve been working on as they create this new piece.
Tickets are free.