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LIPSTICK TRACES
a second history of the 20th century
conceived and directed by Shawn Sides
adapted by Kirk Lynn
created by Rude Mechs
| 1534: John of Leyden proclaims himself the Favorite of Heaven, runs naked through the streets of Munster, Germany, and forms a society free of laws or private property. 1976: John Lydon proclaims himself an "antichrist," helps launch a movement to 'destroy passersby,' and permanently changes popular culture. Coincidence? curst & Shrewd's "Dr. Narrator" (Rude Mech Lana Lesley, reprising her award-winning performance) joins Sex Pistols' manager and self-proclaimed mastermind, Malcolm McLaren, to recount an alternative history of the 20th century via the Sex Pistols, the Cabaret Voltaire, the May '68 riots, and a handful of medieval heretics. Lipstick Traces is a physically ecstatic and intellectually nervy theatrical vision of "movements in culture that raised no monuments...movements that barely left a trace." Work is a sin. Work is for suckers. No boring leisure! Celebrate the millennium by getting the hell out of the 20th century. NEVER WORK!! This is not nihilism. It's a call to...something else. PRODUCTION HISTORY August 1999 - The Ice Factory Festival, Ohio Theatre - New York City Sept 9 - Oct 2, 1999 - The Off Center - Austin, TX Aug 31 - Sept 17, 2000 - The Off Center - Austin, TX May 2 - June 10, 2001 - The Ohio Theatre, NYC January/February 2002 September/October 2002 July 2003 CRITICAL ACCLAIM: Visit www.lipsticktraces.org to read reviews from the Off Broadway production of Lipstick Traces presented by The Foundry Theatre. "LIPSTICK TRACES gets us to hear the ragged, raging voice of punk in the nonsense phrases of turn-of-the-century Swiss artists and the "work-is-sin" rantings of a German monk of the 1500's. And it does it through a production that, remarkably enough, sings in that same voice. The scenes in this play are short, intense, irreverent, highly charged - qualities belonging to any good punk song. Director Shawn Sides kicks the show off with a fierce sonic explosion and never lets up. Zach Murphy's crisp, searing lights and Gordon Gunn's booming sound seize our senses while every cast member...grips us with a tightly focused, forceful performance." -- Robert Faires, The Austin Chronicle "[Lipstick Traces] was the show that I told people who never go to theatre to see....It was the artistic chutzpah and pop culture savvy of the Rude Mechanicals operating on all eight cylinders.” -- Sarah Hepola, The Austin Chronicle "Sure, art feeds the critics. The Rude Mechanicals, Austin's wittiest theater company, has reversed the flow of artistic nutrition by transforming a work of cultural criticsim into a lively comedy." -- Michael Barnes, The Austin American Statesman from The Austin Critics' Table Awards Winner "Outstanding Comedy" from The B. Iden Payne Awards Winner "Outstanding Director of a Comedy" - Shawn Sides from The Austin Chronicle’s “Top of the Year” • January 7, 2000 Top 10 Theatrical Productions of 1999 by Sarah Hepola 10 Shows From 1999 Theatre Transported Me by Robert Faires from The Austin American-Statesman’s Arts Favorites/Best of 1999 #6. Lipstick Traces (Rude Mechanicals) Featured in the November 1999 issue of American Theatre Magazine Nominated for The New Play Award from the American Theatre Critics Association which honors important and new voices in the American Theatre. Lipstick Traces by Greil Marcus. Copyright © 1989 by Greil Marcus. Permission granted by The Wendy Weil Agency.
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THE ORIGINAL CAST Ehren Conner Christian Photos by Kimberlee Hewitt |
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