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IN BRIEF: Rude Mechs is named Resident Theatre Company by the University of Texas Dept. of Theater and Dance. Board Member Michael Yates offers great way to support Rude Mechs and the visual arts scene at E.A.S.T.! Dionysus in 69 tours to New York Live Arts, November 6 – 10th. Rude Mechs adds Scenic Shop […]
IN BRIEF: Looking for a gift for the person who has everything? Oyster Club on the Half Shell is the answer! Our own Kirk Lynn was awarded a USA Artist Fellowship. Method Gun gets Best of 2011 in New York Magazine. More Rude shows on tour! Dionysus in ’69 at Princeton in December and The […]
“This 2009 ‘Dionysus in ‘69’ is an keen, spirited, brilliantly acted paean to experimental theater past, present and future.” – Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin American-Statesman Click here for full review.
ARTS Fleshing out innovative ’60s theater With help from ‘Dionysus in 69’ director, Rude Mechanicals tackle free-form production. By Jeanne Claire van RyzinAMERICAN-STATESMAN ARTS WRITER Thursday, December 03, 2009 For ‘Dionysus in 69,’ actors let the audience be part of the production. Richard Schechner, the original director of the 1960s production, will give a pre-show […]
‘Bacchae’ to the Future How in (a Greek) god’s name can the Rude Mechs re-create ‘Dionysus in 69’ in ’09? BY ROBERT FAIRES Excerpt: “…Now, four decades after Dionysus in 69 rattled the cages of the American theatre, Schechner has come to Austin much as the titular god came to Thebes: a much-lauded figure out […]