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DECAMERON DAY 7: REVENGE
April 6 - May 6, 2006
The Off Center
created by Rude Mechs | written by Kirk Lynn | directed by Shawn Sides
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.
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PRESS
Austin Chronicle Cover Feature
by Steve Moore
REVIEWS
The Austinist Review
Austin Chronicle Review
" delightfully random, ridiculously creative...flat out hilarious" - www.austinist.com
"emotional, self-reflective...even more soap opera than the real thing" - 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."
- The Austin Chronicle
PRODUCTION TEAM
Ensemble: Lowell Bartholomee, Robert Fisher, Thomas Graves, Heather Hanna, Lana Lesley, Jason Liebrecht, Michael Mergen
Design Team: Laura Cannon, Robert Fisher, Michael Mergen, Stephen Pruitt, Leilah Stewart
This project was supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts; a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts, and by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and Sweetish Hill Cafe and Bakery.
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