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Right, so we finished up our perfect week at Yale Rep’s – No Boundaries festival and landed our tails in NYC that Sunday with a van full of Method Gun set, props, costumes. Monday morning we loaded that puppy in to Dance Theater Workshop, and thanks to no light hang, a crack crew, and volunteers Michael, Megan, […]
Many Methods to Collaborative Madness Alan Simons From left, Hannah Kenah, rear; Lana Lesley; Jason Liebrecht; and Thomas Graves of Rude Mechs perform “The Method Gun.” By JOAN ANDERMAN Published: February 22, 2011 IT began, as actors’ stories often do, with a guru. Her name was Stella Burden, a k a “the other Stella.” Ms. […]
RUDE MECHS ANNOUNCES ITS FIFTEENTH SEASON OF NEW WORKS FOR THE STAGE Rude Mechs is proud to announce the following plans for their fifteenth season of creating, premiering and touring new works for the stage. This upcoming year includes tours of The Method Gun to five national venues; the creation of a new piece CL1000P […]
“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 […]