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Wild Places by Joanna Garner
March 3-18 2017 @The Off Shootpresented by groundswell theatre
Wild Places
March 10th and 11th Led by writer / choreographer Patrick Shaw
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.
This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
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Wild Places by Joanna Garner
March 3-18 2017 @The Off Shootpresented by groundswell theatre
Wild Places
March 3rd and 4th Led by director Michael Rau with Seattle filmmaker Nik Perleros
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.
This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
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Wild Places by Joanna Garner
March 3-18 2017 @The Off Shootpresented by groundswell theatre
Wild Places
March 3rd and 4th Led by director Michael Rau with Seattle filmmaker Nik Perleros
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.
This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
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A Rude Workshop @The Off Center
Creating Serendipity: generating text, movement, and performance as a trap for shock and grace.
Co-Producing Artistic Director Kirk Lynn will lead a 90-minute workshop on collaborative creation. Participants will work together in groups to create performance pieces. Pieces will be shared with each other, and then we will all gather ’round for a boozy snacky hangout afterwards.
Class size is limited – reserve your spot today!
We’re excited you are coming to create with us. Please oh please if you decide to not show up, let us know – shoot us an email – so we can make your seat available to someone else.
Please arrive in time to warm up. Please come dressed to move, bring writing materials and your favorite songs.
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A Rude Salon @The Off Center
hosted by Lisa Moore and Desiree Morales
We’re putting on a Salon. It’s FREE, join us!To celebrate our 20th anniversary, we’ve assembled an all-star line-up of Rude academics for an evening of rollicking yet rigorous conversation over food and drink. Performance studies, queer theory, feminism, whiteness, experimental art, running a collective, community building, big feelings, and more: this will be a not-to-be-missed meeting of the minds!
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.
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Salvage Vanguard presents
THR3E ZISTERS
FEB 3RD – 18TH @The Off Centerpresented by Salvage Vanguard Theatre
THR3E ZISTERS
February 3 – 18, 2017
Written by Lola Pierson and Directed by Yury Urnov
The show critics called “beautiful,” “fascinating,” and “seriously amazing.” Winner of four Austin Critics Table Awards including Best Production of a Comedy, Thr3e Zisters is an amalgamation of an adaption of Chekhov’s Three Sisters, a literal translation of Russian text, and dramatic criticism of Chekhov.
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Free Screening: Lipstick Traces @Rude Mechs
The Off Center
Rude Mechs is celebrating 20 years of rudeness and bracing up for the next four years of madness with Off Center: On Screen – a look back at the video archives of one of our favorite plays: LIPSTICK TRACES.
Word – it’s fairly mediocre quality video that had to be digitized from VHS tapes stored in a shoebox somewhere in someone’s closet, so… it’s not like going to see a movie at Alamo Drafthouse, it’s going to be like watching what was meant to be a live performance on video.
And that’s why THIS IS A FREE EVENT! And that’s also why THERE WILL BE A CASH BAR provided by our friends at The Side Bar! AND TAMALES provided by Tamale Addiction! That’s three exclamation points. Yes.
We recommend making a reservation for each screening. If the screenings each sell out, we will start a waiting list IN PERSON at the door at 6:30pm, and release unclaimed reservations to the waiting list at 7:15pm.
7:00pm doors
7:30pm screening of LIPSTICK TRACES
Q&A with Lowell Bartholomee and the Rude Co-Producing Artistic Directors
Running time – about 70 minutes
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Free Screening: Get Your War On @Rude Mechs
The Off Center
Rude Mechs is celebrating 20 years of rudeness and bracing up for the next four years of madness with Off Center: On Screen – a look back at the video archives of one of our favorite plays: GET YOUR WAR ON.
Word – it’s fairly mediocre quality video that had to be digitized from VHS tapes stored in a shoebox somewhere in someone’s closet, so… it’s not like going to see a movie at Alamo Drafthouse, it’s going to be like watching what was meant to be a live performance on video.
And that’s why THIS IS A FREE EVENT! And that’s also why THERE WILL BE A CASH BAR provided by our friends at The Side Bar! AND TAMALES provided by Tamale Addiction! That’s three exclamation points. Yes.
We recommend making a reservation for the screening. If the screening sells out, we will start a waiting list IN PERSON at the door at 4:00pm, and release unclaimed reservations at 4:45pm.
4:30pm doors
5pm screening of GET YOUR WAR ON
Q&A with Lowell Bartholomee and the Rude Co-Producing Artistic Directors
Running time – about 70 minutes
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HIR by Taylor Mac
Jan 5th – 21st @Capital T TheaterThe Off Center
Capital T presentsHir
by Taylor Mac | directed by Delanté Keys
January 5th – 21st – 11 performances only!
Thursday – Sunday at 8pm
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Requiem for Tesla
Dec 1 – 18 @The Off Center