{"id":8007,"date":"2014-05-23T13:26:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T18:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=8007"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:38:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:38:05","slug":"rudemechanicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=8007","title":{"rendered":"Austin&#8217;s Rude Mechanicals in residence at PlayMakers May 26-June7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rudemechs.com\/\">Rude Mechanicals<\/a> &#8212; an Austin, Texas, theater ensemble &#8212; will be developing a performance piece while in residence with PlayMakers Repertory Company at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for two weeks beginning May 26.<\/p>\n<p>Originally conceived in 2012, the environmental theater piece called \u201cNow Now Oh Now\u201d immerses participants in an interactive puzzle reflecting on the challenges of navigating a world driven by competition, pleasure and random events. Inspired by evolutionary biology, the Bront\u00ebs and LARP (live action role play), \u201cNow Now Oh Now\u201d embodies the company\u2019s desire to create a tangible, social, active and personal experience for the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Rude Mechanicals is a collaborative theater company which creates new plays. The company garnered national attention in 2000 with its adaptation of \u201c<a title=\"Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lipstick_Traces:_A_Secret_History_of_the_20th_Century\">Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century<\/a>,\u201d based on the book by <a title=\"Greil Marcus\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greil_Marcus\">Greil Marcus<\/a>. This irreverent examination of 20th Century politics, art and the <a title=\"Sex Pistols\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sex_Pistols\">Sex Pistols<\/a> brought the group national attention, with a New York production, national and international tours. The company garnered further notoriety with \u201cRequiem for Tesla\u201d (Fresh Terrain Festival), adaptations of James Kelman&#8217;s novel \u201c<a title=\"How Late it Was, How Late\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/How_Late_it_Was,_How_Late\">How Late it Was, How Late<\/a>\u201d (Philly Live Arts Festival) and <a title=\"David Rees (cartoonist)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Rees_(cartoonist)\">David Rees<\/a>&#8216; internet comic strip \u201c<a title=\"Get Your War On\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Get_Your_War_On\">Get Your War On<\/a>\u201d (Total Theatre Award, Edinburgh Festival), and an original production \u201cThe Method Gun\u201d (Humana Festival 2010). With five co-producing artistic directors guiding the collective of 29 members, the creation of their work springs from dedication to collaboration and physical theater.<\/p>\n<p>The Rude Mechanicals come to PlayMakers as part of an annual residency program that provides support for the company\u2019s creative research and development with access to PlayMakers\u2019 professional staff, production shops, rehearsal halls, performance spaces and the intellectual resources of UNC. They will also work with a game designer and ornithologist as they develop \u201cNow Now Oh Now.\u201d The company will then take the piece on to performances across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The ensemble is the fourth participant in the PlayMakers residency program, which is supported by a $250,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funding annual residencies by theater ensembles. Previous participants have been Philadelphia\u2019s Pig Iron Theatre Company and New York\u2019s SITI Company and The TEAM.<\/p>\n<p>The grant also supports the Innovate@Carolina Campaign, a drive to help make Carolina a world leader in launching university-born ideas for the good of society.<\/p>\n<p>Based in UNC\u2019s College of Arts and Sciences, PlayMakers is the Carolinas\u2019 premiere resident professional theater company. The Drama League of New York has named PlayMakers one of the best regional theaters in America. Subscription packages are currently available for PlayMakers\u2019 2014-2015 season. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.playmakersrep.org\">www.playmakersrep.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rude Mechanicals &#8212; an Austin, Texas, theater ensemble &#8212; will be developing a performance piece while in residence with PlayMakers Repertory Company at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for two weeks beginning May 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