HEMOPHILIACs

conceived and directed by Robert Pierson


music by Robert S. Fisher

Ensemble: Lowell Bartholomee, Lee Eddy, Thomas Graves, Margaret Hoard, Jodi Jinks, Leo Jinks-Lehl, Michael Mergen, William Pierson, and Mark Stewart

December 2 – 11, 2004 at The Off Center (Austin, TX)

Got blood? Have a heart? Do you really use it? All the time? Really. All the time? This new work, HEMOPHILIACs, explores the intersection between love and malice, the difference between your heart and your ability to act in the world, and the fine art of knife sharpening. Watch out! God forbid you cut yourself. All your favorite hemophiliacs plus Henry V, Rasputin, My Dad, and Make-Believe Cry work to fill the impasse between the way we live and the way we live. More blood than a Sam Peckinpah movie. This is the good life.

ABOUT THE SECOND STAGE

The Second Stage is an opportunity for Rude Mechs’ company members and associates from the larger Austin arts community to develop new work, present works-in-progress, and stretch their theatrical muscles. Second Stage performances are produced under a low-to-no budget and take place in a casual late-night or top-of-the-week environment.