Shows: Past Productions

Emerging from the see-saw of progression that is Russian history, Vladimir Putin has risen to the height of political power. A force to be reckoned with. A dashing ex KGB operative. The subject of 300 plays??? Maybe. Two years ago a call was issued for artists to submit plays about whatever Putin inspires. The rules were simple:

1. Preference the impossible.
2. This is a hoax.
3. The spirit of Putin is inimitable.
4. This is the new world. You have been participating in the new world.
5. Just when things get going: curtain.
6. Curtain.
7. An attraction to wolves redux.
8. I loved her in my own way.
9. Each scene as an apology to the way things might be from the way things are.
10. Each scene a taste. Let some other art be a meal.
11. "Putin" is a funny word.

Keeping in mind the spirit of "Anything Goes," we have pulled out the scissors, glue, tape, string, vodka, computers, lighter fluid, a deck of cards, some history books, cook books, a bunch of people, lots of coffee, cigarettes, and a baseball bat to destroy all that was given by talented playwrights such as Lowell Bartholomee (Middle of the Night); Rebecca Beegle (Hour, Minute, Second); Steve Moore (The Kinderman Depiction); Cyndi Williams (A Name for a Ghost to Mutter), Caridad Svich (Fugitive Pieces), and many, many, many others (full list to the right). And from these ashes, like Peter the Great, Lenin, and Yeltsin we have made what's old new again.

With the help of artists from all over Austin and beyond, Rude Mechs brings to the stage the multimedia extravaganza that is 300 Plays About Vladimir Putin.

WHEN:

December 11 - 20, 2003
Thursdays through Saturday at 8 pm

WHERE:

The Off Center
2211-A Hidalgo St.

TICKETS:

$10 general admission
$8 student/senior/ACOT members
Thursday nights are Pay-What-You-Can

WARNING:

Be Warned! PUTIN contains cigarette smoke, gunfire, and adult language.

Read about the play in the Austin Chronicle:

"Playing Around With the Evil Empire: The Rudes go Russian with '300 Plays About Vladimir Putin'"
By Barry Pineo

The Putin Writers:

Anonymous
Lowell Bartholomee
Rebecca Beegle
Molly Beth Brenner
Wayne Allen Brenner
Elizabeth Cobbe
Courtney Deginder
DaleDetwiler
Mike Henry
Max Langert
Jeremy Lee
Tim J. Lord
John McManus
Travis Mills
Ben Moorad
Dawson Moore
Steve Moore
Edi Patterson
Matthew Pitt
Anne Reed
Elizabeth Roen
Greg Romero
Andrea Schoeneberger
Ronald B. Soloman
Rose E. Sullivan
Caridad Svich
Randy Wyatt
Cyndi Williams

For tickets or information please call 512-476-RUDE or visit our tickets page.
For questions email info@rudemechs.com.

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