Early Buzz: Stop Hitting Yourself
Founded in 1995, Rude Mechanicals (or Rude Mechs) is an innovative theater collective based in Austin, Texas. LCT3, the wing of Lincoln Center Theater committed to producing work by new artists, commissioned Rude Mechs to create a new work premiering in New York City in January 2014. That production, Stop Hitting Yourself, had a sold-out workshop series in Austin earlier this year and there is lots of buzz surrounding the Lincoln Center premiere. Critically, the tickets are only $20 and, if the past is any indicator, they will sell out quickly.
Stop Hitting Yourself is described by LCT3 as:
Part Pygmalion, part Busby Berkeley, part self-help lexicon, Stop Hitting Yourself borrows from the plots of 1930’s musicals to dig deep into the contemporary conservative dilemma: how to honor steely individualism without disavowing the virtue of charity — all the while tap-dancing around a queso fountain.
For more information about the Rude Mechs and Stop Hitting Yourself, check out these articles:
The Austin Chronicle
“Stop Hitting Yourself” Again! Rudes’ workshop for 2014 Lincoln Center premiere sells out, September 19, 2013
A article about the Rude Mechs workshop production of Stop Hitting Yourself in Austin, Texas, including a brief Q&A with Kirk Lynn, the co-producing artistic director and resident playwright.
Austin 360
Review: Stop Hitting Yourself, April 9, 2013
A review of the work-in-progress production of Stop Hitting Yourself as part of the Fusebox Festival’s Machine Shop series
New York Times
Stell-aaa! Where Are You? And Where’s Your Sister?, March 6, 2011
A review of the Rude Mechs production The Method Gun in New York City in 2011.
New York Times
Many Methods to Collaborative Madness, February 22, 2011
A profile on the Rude Mechs in connection with their production of The Method Gun in New York City in 2011.
LOCATION
Claire Tow Theater, Lincoln Center
150 West 65th Street
New York City
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RUNNING TIME
TBD
TICKETS
$20 (click here for tickets)
DATES
January 15, 2014 through February 23, 2014 (officially opening January 27, 2014)
REVIEWS
TBD (officially opening January 27, 2014)
CAST & CREW
(partial list)
Created by Rude Mechanicals
Sound and Music by Graham Reynolds