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Rude Mechs will present the first work-in-progress showing of 'STOP HITTING YOURSELF.'

Rude Mechs will present the first work-in-progress showing of 'STOP HITTING YOURSELF.'

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".

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.

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.

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.

RETAIL THERAPY Gala Kick Off Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 6-8pm Momentum Audi, 2315 Richmond, 77098 Get ready to shop until you drop as DiverseWorks kicks off its Retail Therapy Gala with a party on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, from 6-8pm at Momentum Audi. Party goers will enjoy drinks with DW 2011 Gala Co-Chair Jared Lang & Cara Morales, and the Gala host committee.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Four of New York's most innovative theatre companies - The Civilians, The Talking Band with Taylor Mac, The Rude Mechs and The Exchange - will join together in 2010-11 to create a unified season Off-Broadway called The Exchange NYC, featuring a first-of-its-kind season pass, the 'Xpass,' it has been announced by Ari Edelson, Artistic Director of The Exchange.

NO BOUNDARIES: A SERIES OF GLOBAL PERFORMANCES, presented by Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) and World Performance Project at Yale (Joseph Roach, Principal Investigator; Emily Coates, Artistic Director), announces its 2010-11 season, which includes the American premiere of The Case of the Spectator, by Spanish performance artist María Jerez; The Method Gun, by the American ensemble-based company Rude Mechs; and a special preview engagement of Nameless forest, a collaboration by American choreographer and video artist Dean Moss and South Korean sculptor Sungmyung Chun.

NO BOUNDARIES: A SERIES OF GLOBAL PERFORMANCES, presented by Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) and World Performance Project at Yale (Joseph Roach, Principal Investigator; Emily Coates, Artistic Director), announces its 2010-11 season, which includes the American premiere of The Case of the Spectator, by Spanish performance artist María Jerez; The Method Gun, by the American ensemble-based company Rude Mechs; and a special preview engagement of Nameless forest, a collaboration by American choreographer and video artist Dean Moss and South Korean sculptor Sungmyung Chun.

Michael Ritchie, Artistic Director of Center Theatre Group, has set the 2010-2011 season at CTG's Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. The new season, which features three productions and four DouglasPlus presentations, will run from October 7, 2010, through August 28, 2011.