Shows: Past Productions
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WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTIONS CREATED BY RUDE MECHS |
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THE METHOD GUN April 2009 The Off Center (Austin, TX) April 2008 The Long Center for the Performing Arts (Austin, TX) |
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HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ASSASSINATED? written by Rebecca Beegle • directed by Carlos Trevino written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Shawn Sides • created by Rude Mechs
created by Lana Lesley • Kirk Lynn • Barney O'Hanlon • Shawn Sides September/October 2005 The Off Center (Austin, TX)
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GET YOUR WAR ON Galway Arts Festival (Ireland): July 25 - 28, 2007 59E59 Theatres in NYC (Under The Radar Festvial): Jan. 9 - 28, 2007 Original Mainstage production in Austin, TX: Jan. 19 - Feb. 11, 2006 |
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CHERRYWOOD: the modern comparable written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Shawn Sides •
created by Rude Mechs STADIUM DEVILDARE adapted from the Booker Prize winning novel by James Kelman |
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REQUIEM FOR TESLA EL PARAISO REQUIEM FOR TESLA WAR |
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| LIPSTICK TRACES: A SECRET HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY |
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adapted from Donald Barthelme’s post-modern classic novel SALIVATION (PART III OF THE FAMINLY TRILOGY) CRUCKS (PART II OF THE FAMINLY TRILOGY) |
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LUST SUPPER (PART I OF THE FAMINLY TRILOGY) PROMETHEUS UNBOUND |
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CURST & SHREWD: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW UNHINGED conceived/directed by Shawn Sides • adapted by Kirk Lynn •
created by Rude Mechs written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Kirsten Kern |
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PLAYS BY OTHER PEOPLE (PRODUCED BY RUDE MECHS) |
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(Contemporary Classics I) a re-enactment of The Performance Group's legendary 1968 adaptation of The Bacchae as staged by Richard Schechner and filmed by Brian De Palma co-directed by Madge Darlington & Shawn Sides December 2009 at The Off Center (Austin, TX) a world premiere written by W. David Hancock • directed by Vicky Boone a regional premiere written by Charles Mee • directed by Darron L West a world premiere written by Terry Galloway • directed by Shawn Sides TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND: 30 PLAYS IN 60
MINUTES a regional premiere written by the Neo-futurists • directed by the ensemble |
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PRESENTING |
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featuring Reno and Kristina Wong featuring Gretchen Phillips, BITCH, and Lynnee Breedlove THROWS LIKE A GIRL 2005 Single Wet Female • Index to Idioms • Dress Suits to Hire |
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REMINISCENCE OF THE GHETTO & OTHER THINGS
THAT RAIZED ME THROWS LIKE A GIRL 2002 City Water Tunnel #3 • To My Chagrin • Lardo Weeping
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THROWS LIKE A GIRL 2000 Preaching to the Perverted • Menopausal Gentleman • O Wholly Night and Other Jewish Solecisms OUT ALL NIGHT AND LOST MY SHOES written and performed by Terry Galloway CROSSING BORDERS featuring Marga Gomez, Carmelita Tropicana, Paul Bonin-Rodriguez,
Luis Alfaro |
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RUDE FUSION (co-productions) |
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presented February 2010 @ The Off Center created, produced and performed by Meg Sullivan presented July 2009 @ The OFf Center produced by Red Then Productions adapted & performed by Robert Faires • directed by Catherine Weidner |
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presented April 2009 @ The Off Center created, produced & performed by Lamb Lays with Lion presented June 2008 @ The Off Center produced by Red Then Productions written by Sherry Kramer • directed by Katie Pearl • featuring Barbara Chisholm |
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presented August 2006 @ The Off Center created by Rubber Repertory |
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BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT (BAM!) 2008 THEATRE: Delta Rhapsody featuring Nadine Mozon • directed by Madge Darlington BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT (BAM!) 2007 DANCE: featuring Urban Ballet Teater (NYC), Spelman College (Atlanta) and UpRise! (Austin) THEATRE: featuring The Universes (NYC) • Incognito (Michael Fosberg) • Spoken Word BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT (BAM!) 2006 DANCE: Robert Moses' Kin (San Francisco) • ACC Dance Department (Austin) • Dallas Black Dance (Dallas) • UpRise! (Austin) THEATRE: M.U.G.A.B.E.E. (Mississippi) • Zell Miller III (Austin) • iTheatre Collaborative (Phoenix)
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SECOND STAGE PRODUCTIONS |
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MINUS TIDE (a second stage production) by Kimberly Burke • directed by Ellie McBride HEMOPHILIACS (a second-stage production) a world-premiere written and directed by Robert Pierson BEAR (a second-stage production)
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DON'T DROWN (a second-stage production) written by Rebecca Beegle • directed by Joanna Garfinkle 300 PLAYS ABOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN (a second-stage production) written by 60 artists • curated by José Hernández •
directed by Robert S. Fisher • DIFFERENT CITIES, DIFFERENT NAMES (a second-stage
production) written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Gavin Mundy
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HOUR-MINUTE-SECOND (a second-stage production) written by Rebecca Beegle • directed by Jon Watson a bi-monthly experimental film and video series THE 7th DAY PROJECTS (a second-stage production) a play created by the cast in 7 days |
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¡GRINGO! (a Frontera Fest production) written by José Hernández and Kirk Lynn • directed by
Catherine Glynn GRAININGS (a Frontera Fest production) UBU ROI (a one-night only extravaganza) December 1997 |
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Rude Mechs Original World premieres in Alphabetical Order
- CHERRYWOOD: the modern comparable
- CRUCKS (PART II OF THE FAMINLY TRILOGY)
- CURST & SHREWD: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW UNHINGED
- DECAMERON DAY 7: REVENGE
- don b.’s SNOW WHITE
- EL PARAISO
- GET YOUR WAR ON
- HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ASSASSINATED?
- HOW LATE IT WAS, HOW LATE
- IN THE HOUSE OF THE MOLES
- I'VE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY
- LIPSTICK TRACES: A SECRET HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY
- LUST SUPPER (PART I OF THE FAMINLY TRILOGY)
- MATCH-PLAY
- PALE IDIOT
- PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
- REQUIEM FOR TESLA
- SALIVATION (PART III OF THE FAMINLY TRILOGY)
- STADIUM DEVILDARE
- THE METHOD GUN
- WAR
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