This original production by Rude Mechs is an investigation of revenge tales and the deeper culture of revenge with a look at how we tell stories today. Inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio’s “Decameron”, soap operas, and an actual haunting of Rude Mechs’ performance space, The Off Center, this multi-disciplinary piece serves up a bitter ghost, fresh bread, and revenge to an unsuspecting audience gathered at our table for a dish best served cold.

Arts Writing:

Austin Chronicle Cover Feature by Steve Moore

Awards/Citations:

“Outstanding Director” – 2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

special citation: “Video Feast Award” – 2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

Top 10 Theatrical Treasures & Pleasures of 2006 by Robert Faires Austin Chronicle, January 2007

Top 10 Stage Excitements of 2006 by Patti Hadad, Austin Chronicle, January 2007

Reviews:

” delightfully random, ridiculously creative…flat out hilarious” – Jonathon Morgan, www.austinist.com

“emotional, self-reflective…even more soap opera than the real thing” – Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman

“a ceremony of mercy, a cleansing ritual rich with mythic resonance and good will…They say revenge is a dish best served cold, but the Rudes have put the lie to that. It is, it turns out, best served with bread and wine, a toast, a tango, a laugh, and a flash of fire.” – Robert Faires, The Austin Chronicle

World Premiere Production: April 6 – May 6, 2006 at The Off Center (Austin, TX)

featuring: Lowell Bartholomee, Robert Fisher, Thomas Graves, Heather Hanna, Lana Lesley, Jason Liebrecht, Michael Mergen

design: Laura Cannon (costume), Robert Fisher (sound), Michael Mergen (video), Stephen Pruitt (lighting), Leilah Stewart (scenic)

writing: Kirk Lynn

direction: Shawn Sides

Rude Mechs creates new works collaboratively. The work wouldn’t exist without the generative contribution of every artist in the room.