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- Subject: RAT LIPSTICK TRACES in Austin
- From: Sarah Richardson <sarah@rudemechs.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 19:09:02 -0500
Hey Rat friends,
If you find yourselves in Austin, come see our show. we're kinda
proud of it....
sarah
rude mechs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RUDE MECHANICALS PRESENTS....
* * * * * * * * * * *
LIPSTICK TRACES
a secret history of the 20th century
August 31 - September 16, 2000
* * * * * * * * * * *
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?
Rude Mechanicals kicks off its 00/01 season with a command
performance of the smash hit show that was picked as the #1
Theatrical Experience of 1999 by The Austin Chronicle and grabbed top
honors at the Austin Critics' Table Awards. Rude Mechs brings its
unique blend of physicality, intelligence, and caustic wit to this
manic adaptation of the cult classic by Greil Marcus. The intrepid
Dr. Narrator 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.
WHERE:
The Off Center (now with climate control!)
2211-A Hidalgo St.
[Take 7th Street heading east from IH-35. Take a right on Robert
Martinez at the Popeye's Chicken and then an immediate left on
Hidalgo St.]
WHEN:
August 31 - September 16, 2000
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 9 pm
and Sunday September 10th at 9 pm
TICKETS:
$15 General Admission
$12 Students/Seniors/ACOT members
Thursdays and Sunday are pay-what-you-wish
Call 512-476-RUDE (7833) for info or reservations
or make reservations online at http://www.rudemechs.com
We expect sellout crowds. Make your reservations early!
* * * * * * * * * *
HERE'S WHAT THE CRITICS THINK:
"[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
"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
"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 criticism into a lively comedy."
-- Michael Barnes, The Austin American Statesman
* * * * * * * * * * * *
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
SHAWN SIDES (director) has been a performer, director, and producer
in Austin and New York for the past 13 years. Shawn holds an M.A. in
Theatre from New York University where she studied directing,
acting, and writing techniques with artists including Anne Bogart,
Richard Schechner, Augusto Boal, and Holly Hughes. At N.Y.U, Shawn
assisted Richard Schechner in directing Chekhov's Three Sisters at La
Mama. In Austin, Shawn conceived and directed the first Rude
Mechanicals performance composition, curst & Shrewd: The Taming of
the Shrew Unhinged. She directed In The House of the Moles and
Crucks, Part II of Kirk Lynn's acclaimed Faminly Trilogy, for which
she received a Austin Critics' Table Award for Outstanding Movement
and Critics' Table and Austin Circle of Theaters B. Iden Payne
nominations for Outstanding Director.
Kirk Lynn (playwright) is the award-winning playwright-in-residence
for Rude Mechanicals who has received critical acclaim and for Pale
Idiot, The Faminly Trilogy (Lust Supper, Crucks, Salivation) and
Lipstick Traces which he co-created with Shawn Sides. Each of Kirk's
original scripts for Rude Mechs has been nominated for Outstanding
Original Script from either the Austin Critics' Table Awards or The
B. Iden Payne Awards. His Faminly Trilogy was also nominated for the
prestigious Osborn award from the American Theatre Critics
Association. He is also fast at work on a second novel, Brave Land
of the Home Free, while he awaits word on the publication of his
first novel, The Smallest Myth Possible.
Greil Marcus (author of the book Lipstick Traces) was born in San
Francisco in 1945 and studied political thought at Berkeley where he
taught American Studies from 1971-72. A former editor at Rolling
Stone and Creem, he is also the author of several other books
including Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll, Dead
Elvis: A Chronicle of Cultural Obsession, In the Fascist Bathroom:
Punk in Pop Music 1977-1992, The Dustbin of History, and most
recently, Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes.
NOTE: Mr. Marcus may be available for interviews through special
arrangement. Please contact Rude Mechs if you would like to schedule
a telephone, electronic, or live interview.
LIPSTICK TRACES features the ensemble acting talents of the original
cast - Ehren Conner Christian, Lana Lesley, Jason Liebrecht, Michael
T. Mergen, Gavin Mundy, and Robert Pierson.
* * * * * * * * * *
CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR LIPSTICK TRACES:
Austin Critics' Table Awards
Won "Outstanding Comedy"
Won "Outstanding Adaptation" - for Kirk Lynn
Won "Outstanding Director of a Comedy" - for Shawn Sides
Won "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy" - for Lana Lesley
Nominated "Outstanding Lighting Design" - for Zach Murphy
Nominated "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy" - for Jason Liebrecht
B. Iden Pay Awards (winners will be announced Sep. 18, 2000)
Nominated "Outstanding Comedy"
Nominated "Outstanding Director of a Comedy" - for Shawn Sides
from The Austin Chronicle's "Top of the Year" * January 7, 2000 -->
Top 10 Theatrical Productions of 1999 by Sarah Hepola
#1. Lipstick Traces (Rude Mechanicals)
10 Shows From 1999 Theatre Transported Me by Robert Faires
#1. Lipstick Traces (Rude Mechanicals)
from The Austin American-Statesman's Arts Favorites/Best of 1999 -->
#6. Lipstick Traces (Rude Mechanicals)
Nominated for The Osborn Award, an award given by the American
Theatre Critics Association for up-and-coming American playwrights.
(winner has not yet been announced)
Featured in the November 1999 issue of American Theatre Magazine
* * * * * * * * * *
Photos and video available upon request.
For more information, please visit our website at http://www.rudemechs.com
* * * * * * * * * *
CONTACT:
Sarah Richardson
512-208-6712
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<div>Hey Rat friends,</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>If you find yourselves in Austin, come see our show. we're
kinda proud of it....</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>sarah</div>
<div>rude mechs</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<span
></span>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>RUDE MECHANICALS PRESENTS....</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>* * * * * * * * * * *</div>
<div><b>LIPSTICK TRACES</b></div>
<div>a secret history of the 20th century</div>
<div>August 31 - September 16, 2000</div>
<div>* * * * * * * * * * *</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>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?</div>
<div><br>
Rude Mechanicals kicks off its 00/01 season with a command
performance of the smash hit show that was picked as the #1
Theatrical Experience of 1999 by The Austin Chronicle and grabbed top
honors at the Austin Critics=B9 Table Awards. Rude Mechs brings its
unique blend of physicality, intelligence, and caustic wit to this
manic adaptation of the cult classic by Greil Marcus. The intrepid
Dr. Narrator 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."</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><i><b>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.</b></i><br>
</div>
<div><b>WHERE:</b></div>
<div><br>
The Off Center (now with climate control!)<br>
2211-A Hidalgo St.</div>
<div>[Take 7th Street heading east from IH-35. Take a right on
Robert Martinez at the Popeye=B9s Chicken and then an immediate left
on Hidalgo St.]</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>WHEN:</b></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>August 31 - September 16, 2000</div>
<div>Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 9 pm</div>
<div>and Sunday September 10th at 9 pm</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>TICKETS:</b></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>$15 General Admission</div>
<div>$12 Students/Seniors/ACOT members</div>
<div>Thursdays and Sunday are pay-what-you-wish<br>
<br>
Call 512-476-RUDE (7833) for info or reservations<br>
or make reservations online at http://www.rudemechs.com</div>
<div>We expect sellout crowds. Make your reservations
early!</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>* * * * * * * * * *</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>HERE'S WHAT THE CRITICS THINK:</b></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>"[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.=B2</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>-- Sarah Hepola, The Austin Chronicle</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>"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."</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>-- Robert Faires, The Austin Chronicle</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>"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 criticism into a lively
comedy."</div>
<div><br>
-- Michael Barnes, The Austin American Statesman</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>* * * * * * * * * * * *</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>ABOUT THE ARTISTS:</b></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>SHAWN SIDES (director) has been a performer,
director, and producer in Austin and New York for the past 13
years. Shawn holds an M.A. in Theatre from New York
University where she studied directing, acting, and writing
techniques with artists including Anne Bogart, Richard Schechner,
Augusto Boal, and Holly Hughes. At N.Y.U, Shawn assisted
Richard Schechner in directing Chekhov's Three Sisters at La Mama. In
Austin, Shawn conceived and directed the first Rude Mechanicals
performance composition, curst & Shrewd: The Taming of the Shrew
Unhinged. She directed In The House of the Moles and Crucks, Part II
of Kirk Lynn's acclaimed Faminly Trilogy, for which she received a
Austin Critics' Table Award for Outstanding Movement and Critics'
Table and Austin Circle of Theaters B. Iden Payne nominations for
Outstanding Director.</div>
<div><br>
Kirk Lynn (playwright) is the award-winning playwright-in-residence
for Rude Mechanicals who has received critical acclaim and for Pale
Idiot, The Faminly Trilogy (Lust Supper, Crucks, Salivation) and
Lipstick Traces which he co-created with Shawn Sides. Each of
Kirk=B9s original scripts for Rude Mechs has been nominated for
Outstanding Original Script from either the Austin Critics=B9 Table
Awards or The B. Iden Payne Awards. His Faminly Trilogy was
also nominated for the prestigious Osborn award from the American
Theatre Critics Association. He is also fast at work on a
second novel, Brave Land of the Home Free, while he awaits word on
the publication of his first novel, The Smallest Myth Possible.</div>
<div><br>
Greil Marcus (author of the book Lipstick Traces) was born in San
=46rancisco in 1945 and studied political thought at Berkeley where he
taught American Studies from 1971-72. A former editor at
Rolling Stone and Creem, he is also the author of several other books
including Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll, Dead
Elvis: A Chronicle of Cultural Obsession, In the Fascist Bathroom:
Punk in Pop Music 1977-1992, The Dustbin of History, and most
recently, Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes.<br>
<br>
NOTE: Mr. Marcus may be available for interviews through special
arrangement. Please contact Rude Mechs if you would like to schedule
a telephone, electronic, or live interview.<br>
</div>
<div>LIPSTICK TRACES features the ensemble acting talents of the
original cast - Ehren Conner Christian, Lana Lesley, Jason
Liebrecht, Michael T. Mergen, Gavin Mundy, and Robert Pierson.</div>
<div><br>
* * * * * * * * * *</div>
<div><br>
<b>CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR LIPSTICK TRACES:</b><br>
<br>
Austin Critics=B9 Table Awards<br>
Won "Outstanding Comedy"<br>
Won "Outstanding Adaptation" - for Kirk Lynn<br>
Won "Outstanding Director of a Comedy" - for Shawn Sides<br>
Won "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy" - for Lana
Lesley<br>
Nominated "Outstanding Lighting Design" - for Zach
Murphy</div>
<div>Nominated "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy" -
for Jason Liebrecht</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>B. Iden Pay Awards (winners will be announced Sep. 18,
2000)</div>
<div>Nominated "Outstanding Comedy"</div>
<div>Nominated "Outstanding Director of a Comedy" - for
Shawn Sides</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>from The Austin Chronicle=B9s =B3Top of the Year=B2 * January 7,
2000 --></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Top 10 Theatrical Productions of 1999 by Sarah Hepola</div>
<div>#1. Lipstick Traces (Rude Mechanicals)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>10 Shows From 1999 Theatre Transported Me by Robert Faires</div>
<div>#1. Lipstick Traces (Rude Mechanicals)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>from The Austin American-Statesman=B9s Arts Favorites/Best of
1999 --><br>
#6. Lipstick Traces (Rude Mechanicals)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Nominated for The Osborn Award, an award given by the American
Theatre Critics Association for up-and-coming American playwrights.
(winner has not yet been announced)</div>
<div><br>
=46eatured in the November 1999 issue of American Theatre Magazine<br>
</div>
<div>* * * * * * * * * *<br>
</div>
<div>Photos and video available upon request.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>For more information, please visit our website at
http://www.rudemechs.com</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>* * * * * * * * * *</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>CONTACT:</div>
<div>Sarah Richardson</div>
<div>512-208-6712</div>
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