Sherry Kramer’s recent work is about the American Dream and how we are failing it. She has written about our role in destabilizing the Middle East over oil (When Something Wonderful Ends), the rise of a populist demagogue in the heartland (Ivanhoe, MO), the power of the press to distort the shape of a nation’s soul (The Ruling Passion), and two plays about America’s relationship with money and philanthropy (How Water Behaves and The Bay of Fundy, An Adaptation of One Line From the Mayor of Casterbridge). These plays invite their audience to find new ways to understand who we are as a nation, and how we might find our way back to being the generous, fair-minded people we believe ourselves to be.
TWENTY RUDE YEARS – WE MADE IT!
Y’all, it’s our TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY Rude Mechs is crazy proud to announce our 20th anniversary season. That’s twenty years of championing collectivity and new work through ambitious ensemble-based experimental theatre productions, the management of our performance space, The Off Center, our education, outreach and community programs, and a strong creative relationship with our audience and artistic community in Austin and around […]
