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Amber Martin in Bathhouse Bette @CRASHBOX
February 8, 2020 at 9:30 p.m.
Amber Martin in Bathhouse Bette
when: February 8, 2020 at 9:30 pm (doors at 9:00 pm)
where: Crashbox, 5305 Bolm Rd #12
tickets: $20 general admission – but support the work by PAYING MORE IF YOU CAN!Everything about Amber Martin and her performance came across as Bette-like, but with her ballsy personal sense of freedom setting her tribute on fire in ways that were all her own – Broadway World
The very night after her Austin, TX (Bass Hall) debut as Special Guest in John Cameron Mitchell’s Origin of Love World Tour, Amber Martin brings her own hit show to Crashbox!
After 2 sold-out performances this year at Joe’s Pub in NYC, Amber Martin brings to TX her hilarious, loving tribute to early, bathhouse-era Bette Midler… in Bathhouse Bette.This performance focuses on the early 70’s, when a 26 year-old, hungry, as-yet-unknown starlet, Bette Midler, got her chops as the resident firecracker chanteuse singing at the legendary Continental Baths uptown (now a parking lot under The Ansonia). She earned her “camp” honors in the hot & steamy bathhouse, singing to men in towels, still wet from the pool and other dark spaces. Her also as-yet-unknown house accompanist was none other than Barry Manilow (Drew Brody in this show). As per the fashion of bawdy Bette… copious amounts of singing, stories and dancing ensue! Amber will be performing live with her very own “Barry” from NYC… MD/Pianist Drew Brody!
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Grageriart’s DESIGN 4 EVERYONE @CRASHBOX
December 1, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
Join us for another showing of Grageriart’s newest project,
Design 4 Everyone.Grageriart is back in the warehouse to celebrate Black Friday weekend with some shows + a video drop. We are launching our YouTube micro-video series and will show a different one each night to prime your $hopping pumps.
Grageriart is a band, a store, an idea, and a collaboration. A sonic exploration of mindless consumption, home shopping catalogues, and desperation. A celebration of our obsession with planned obsolescence. Enjoy vegan snacks if we make them. Browse our clothing line if we bring it. Take in a live performance of the Grageriart audio experience.
See you at CRASHBOX #shop
If you want to stay up to date about all things Grageriart, sign up for our e-newsletter at https://grageriart.com
If you have any trouble at all with the widget on our site, you can buy your tickets directly from our ticketing host, here.
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Grageriart’s DESIGN 4 EVERYONE @CRASHBOX
November 30, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
Join us for another showing of Grageriart’s newest project,
Design 4 Everyone.Grageriart is back in the warehouse to celebrate Black Friday weekend with some shows + a video drop. We are launching our YouTube micro-video series and will show a different one each night to prime your $hopping pumps.
Grageriart is a band, a store, an idea, and a collaboration. A sonic exploration of mindless consumption, home shopping catalogues, and desperation. A celebration of our obsession with planned obsolescence. Enjoy vegan snacks if we make them. Browse our clothing line if we bring it. Take in a live performance of the Grageriart audio experience.
See you at CRASHBOX #shop
If you want to stay up to date about all things Grageriart, sign up for our e-newsletter at https://grageriart.com
If you have any trouble at all with the widget on our site, you can buy your tickets directly from our ticketing host, here.
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Grageriart’s DESIGN 4 EVERYONE @CRASHBOX
November 29, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
Join us for another showing of Grageriart’s newest project,
Design 4 Everyone.Grageriart is back in the warehouse to celebrate Black Friday weekend with some shows + a video drop. We are launching our YouTube micro-video series and will show a different one each night to prime your $hopping pumps.
Grageriart is a band, a store, an idea, and a collaboration. A sonic exploration of mindless consumption, home shopping catalogues, and desperation. A celebration of our obsession with planned obsolescence. Enjoy vegan snacks if we make them. Browse our clothing line if we bring it. Take in a live performance of the Grageriart audio experience.
See you at CRASHBOX #shop
If you want to stay up to date about all things Grageriart, sign up for our e-newsletter at https://grageriart.com
If you have any trouble at all with the widget on our site, you can buy your tickets directly from our ticketing host, here.
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Fixing the Last Henry Staged Readings @Crashbox
Rude Mechs Presents
When: November 16 & 23, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.Where: Crashbox, 5305 Bolm Rd #12, 78721
Tickets:Written by Kirk Lynn
Directed by Alexandra Bassiakou ShawThe fourth installment of our Fixing Shakespeare series. We take Shakespeare’s least-produced works and adapt them with our Rude cunning to share the raw power of what a Shakespeare play must have felt like on opening night. This time we’re tackling Henry VIII. How is it possible that even after eight Henrys, England could still think it was a good idea for a man to be king? Queen Katharine and Lady Anne Bullen have other ideas. Henry VIII was Shakespeare’s last play – in part because he burned his fucking theatre down during the production. (Maybe.)
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Fixing the Last Henry Staged Readings @Crashbox
Rude Mechs Presents
When: November 16 & 23, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.Where: Crashbox, 5305 Bolm Rd #12, 78721
Tickets:Written by Kirk Lynn
Directed by Alexandra Bassiakou ShawThe fourth installment of our Fixing Shakespeare series. We take Shakespeare’s least-produced works and adapt them with our Rude cunning to share the raw power of what a Shakespeare play must have felt like on opening night. This time we’re tackling Henry VIII. How is it possible that even after eight Henrys, England could still think it was a good idea for a man to be king? Queen Katharine and Lady Anne Bullen have other ideas. Henry VIII was Shakespeare’s last play – in part because he burned his fucking theatre down during the production. (Maybe.)
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They, Themself and Schmerm @Crashbox
Rude Mechs Presents
When: November 11 & 12, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.Where: Crashbox, 5305 Bolm Rd #12, 78721
Tickets:Written and performed by Becca Blackwell
Developed with Ellie Heyman
In collaboration with Jill Pangallo and Jess BarbagalloPart classic standup comedy special, part teen zine vomit confessional, They, Themself and Schmerm is Becca’s disturbingly hilarious personal tale of being adopted into a Midwestern religious family, trained to be a girl, molested, and plagued by the question, “How do I become a man and do I even want that?” Becca engages in loving confrontation with the audience, asking what it truly means to be authentic in these meat carcasses.
“It would have taken me two years of focus groups to make being molested that funny.” —Young Jean Lee
It takes a village. This project is presented by Rude Mechs, along with Fusebox Festival, Paul Bonin-Rodriguez, and the University of Texas at Austin’s LGBTQ Studies and Performance as Public Practice Programs.
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They, Themself and Schmerm @Crashbox
Rude Mechs Presents
When: November 11 & 12, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.Where: Crashbox, 5305 Bolm Rd #12, 78721
Tickets:Written and performed by Becca Blackwell
Developed with Ellie Heyman
In collaboration with Jill Pangallo and Jess BarbagalloPart classic standup comedy special, part teen zine vomit confessional, They, Themself and Schmerm is Becca’s disturbingly hilarious personal tale of being adopted into a Midwestern religious family, trained to be a girl, molested, and plagued by the question, “How do I become a man and do I even want that?” Becca engages in loving confrontation with the audience, asking what it truly means to be authentic in these meat carcasses.
“It would have taken me two years of focus groups to make being molested that funny.” —Young Jean Lee
It takes a village. This project is presented by Rude Mechs, along with Fusebox Festival, Paul Bonin-Rodriguez, and the University of Texas at Austin’s LGBTQ Studies and Performance as Public Practice Programs.
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The Method Gun @B. Iden Payne Theatre, UT
October 4th and 5th, 2019
When: October 4 & 5, 2019Where: B. Iden Payne Theatre, University of Texas at Austin
Tickets: Tickets go on sale Sept 3rdThe Method Gun explores the life and techniques of Stella Burden, actor-training guru of the 1960s and 70s, whose sudden emigration to South America still haunts her most fervent followers. Burden’s training technique, The Approach (often referred to as “the most dangerous acting technique in the world”), fused Western acting methods with risk-based rituals in order to infuse even the smallest role with sex, death and violence.
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The Method Gun @B. Iden Payne Theatre, UT
October 4th and 5th, 2019
When: October 4 & 5, 2019Where: B. Iden Payne Theatre, University of Texas at Austin
Tickets: Tickets go on sale Sept 3rdThe Method Gun explores the life and techniques of Stella Burden, actor-training guru of the 1960s and 70s, whose sudden emigration to South America still haunts her most fervent followers. Burden’s training technique, The Approach (often referred to as “the most dangerous acting technique in the world”), fused Western acting methods with risk-based rituals in order to infuse even the smallest role with sex, death and violence.