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IVE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY Opens at The Douglas Through 23
by BWW News Desk - Oct 6, 2011

The world premiere production of Rude Mechs' 'I've Never Been So Happy' begins performances tonight at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre. The Western musical transmedia shindig runs for 18 performances only through October 23, 2011, as part of DouglasPlus programming. Opening is set for Saturday, October 8 at 8 p.

IVE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY Opens at The Douglas, 10/6 - 23
by Caryn Robbins - Oct 4, 2011

The world premiere production of Rude Mechs' 'I've Never Been So Happy' begins performances Thursday, October 6 at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre. The Western musical transmedia shindig runs for 18 performances only through October 23, 2011, as part of DouglasPlus programming. Opening is set for Saturday, October 8 at 8 p.

See Rude Mechs' I'VE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY at the Kirk Douglas Theatre for Just $20
by Contests Broadway - Sep 30, 2011

Rude Mechs' The Method Gun was a monster hit at the Douglas last season. Now they're back and bringing the party with I've Never Been So Happy.

Rude Mechs’ I’VE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY Announces Performers
by Kelsey Denette - Sep 20, 2011

The performers have been set for the world premiere production of Rude Mechs' 'I've Never Been So Happy.' The Western musical transmedia shindig which is presented at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre as part of DouglasPlus programming runs for 18 performances only, October 6 through 23, 2011. Opening is set for October 8.

BWW Reviews: THE METHOD GUN Hits the Bullseye in LA
by Timothy Kuryak - Jun 20, 2011

What do you get when a theatre troupe tries to perform a production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" without the characters of Blanche, Stella, Stanley or Mitch? A truly original and fun night of theatre in an absurdist delight called "The Method Gun".

STAGE TUBE: Trailer for MIRACLE IN RWANDA starring Tamiko Robinson
by Jeffrey Ellis - Jun 20, 2011

This is the 2nd video promo produced by T.S. Productions for Miracle in Rwanda a one woman show based on a TRUE STORY of immaculee Ilibagiza. Nashville actress Tamiko Robinson stars, directed by Barry Scott.

METHOD GUN Opens 6/15 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
by Kelsey Denette - Jun 9, 2011

The Austin-based theatre collective Rude Mechs opens 'The Method Gun' at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre on Wednesday, June 15. Part of the CTG's DouglasPlus program and the Radar L.A. theatre festival, this inventive, lively and playful production has one preview on June 14 and continues through June 26, 2011.

Rude Mechs' The Method Gun Comes to the Douglas June 14-26
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 19, 2011

The Austin-based theatre collective Rude Mechs bring their characteristically inventive, lively and playful production, "The Method Gun," to the Kirk Douglas Theatre June 14 through 26, 2011, as part of Center Theatre Group's DouglasPlus.

BWW Reviews: Rude Mechs Take Aim at Gurus with THE METHOD GUN
by Molly Hagan - Mar 10, 2011

Austin, Texas-based ensemble, The Rude Mechanicals (fondly known as the Rude Mechs) are creating a spectacle at the Dance Theater Workshop with Kirk Lynn's THE METHOD GUN.

Photo Flash: Rude Mechanicals THE METHOD GUN
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 18, 2011

Critically acclaimed Austin, TX ensemble, Rude Mechs, returns to New York and makes its Dance Theater Workshop debut with the New York premiere of THE METHOD GUN, a piece exploring the life and techniques of Stella Burden, an apocryphal actor-training guru of the 60s and 70s. Ms. Burden's training technique, The Approach - often referred to as 'the most dangerous acting technique in the world' - fused Western acting methods with risk-based rituals in order to infuse even the smallest role with sex, death and violence.

Arena Stage Holds National Convening Focused on New Play Development
by BWW News Desk - Jan 29, 2011

Now in its second year, the American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will hold a four-day convening bringing together more than 100 theater practitioners from across the country to further the dialogue around new play development.

Arena Stage Holds National Convening Focused on New Play Development
by BWW News Desk - Jan 26, 2011

Now in its second year, the American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will hold a four-day convening bringing together more than 100 theater practitioners from across the country to further the dialogue around new play development.

Casting Announced for #NewPlay Festival At Arena Stage
by BWW News Desk - Jan 19, 2011

The discourse surrounding new play development continues within the American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, as the company presents the #NewPlay Festival.

Arena Stage in D.C. Announces Agenda for National Convening at Mead Center, 1/26-29
by Lauren Wolman - Jan 8, 2011

Now in its second year, the American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will hold a four-day convening bringing together more than 100 theater practitioners from across the country to further the dialogue around new play development.

Arena Stage Holds National Convening Focused on New Play Development
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 6, 2011

Now in its second year, the American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will hold a four-day convening bringing together more than 100 theater practitioners from across the country to further the dialogue around new play development.

Casting Announced for #NewPlay Festival At Arena Stage
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 6, 2011

The discourse surrounding new play development continues within the American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, as the company presents the #NewPlay Festival.

THE METHOD GUN Opens at Humana Festival, 3/18
by Jeff Dennhardt - Mar 17, 2010

The 34th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays, made possible by a generous grant from The Humana Foundation, will continue with The Method Gun, created by Austin?based theatre troupe Rude Mechs and written by Kirk Lynn. The Method Gun is a play about the ecstasy and excesses of performing, the dangers of public intimacy, and the incompatibility of truth on stage and6 sanity in real life.

Actors Theatre of Louisville Announces 2010 Humana Festival of New American Plays
by Gabrielle Sierra - Nov 16, 2009

Actors Theatre Artistic Director Marc Masterson and Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein are proud to announce the lineup of the 34th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays, the nation's pre-eminent and longest-running new play festival. This season, the Humana Festival is slated for February 21 through March 28, 2010.

Political Satire Get Your War On Opens Off-Bway, Jan. 11
by BWW News Desk - Dec 13, 2006

Austin, Texas-based ensemble Rude Mechanicals (a.k.a. Rude Mechs) return to New York with the Off-Broadway premiere of Get Your War On - a new play by Kirk Lynn et al adapted from David Rees' popular internet and Rolling Stone Magazine comic 'Get Your War On' - with preview performances starting January 9, 2007 prior to its official opening January 11 at 59E59 Theatres

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