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The Method Gun

Presented by Rude Mechanicals at The Off Center

April 9-May 2, 2009

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In preparation for our upcoming national tour, Rude Mechs is proud to present a revisited, reworked and recast encore performance of our original play The Method Gun, this time on our home turf, The Off Center, and this time featuring Thomas Graves and Lana Lesley with Method Gun newcomers Heather Hanna, Jude Hickey, and Hannah Kenah. If you missed it last year at The Long Center for the Performing Arts, now's your chance. If you saw it last year, you don't want to miss the new developments!

 

This original performance explores the life, ethos, and techniques of actor-training guru, Stella Burden, as recounted through the eyes of her students. Ms. Burden’s training technique, The Approach, fused Western acting methods and more dangerous METHODS in an effort to infuse even the smallest of roles with SEX, DEATH and VIOLENCE. We promise: guns, pendulums, “Streetcar,” and physical danger. We make no claims on behalf of narrative, common sense, or safety.

 

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    The Off Center

    2211 Hidalgo Street
    Austin, TX 78702

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    Tickets: Sliding scale of $12-$25 Thursday & Sunday: Pay-What-You-Can Fusebox Festival passes will be accepted on a limited basis.

  • Dates & Times

    Dates:
    April 9-May 2, 2009

    Times:
    8pm

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    • Event Name: The Method Gun
      "The Method Gun: Acting as Art"
      Review posted by: Heather Barfield Cole from Austin, Apr 15, 2009
      

      The Method Gun is a semi-fictitious tale of a renowned acting coach loosely based on Stella Adler, the infamous teacher whose students include Marlon Brando, Robert DeNiro, and Peter Bogdanovich. She... Expand

      The Method Gun is a semi-fictitious tale of a renowned acting coach loosely based on Stella Adler, the infamous teacher whose students include Marlon Brando, Robert DeNiro, and Peter Bogdanovich. She believed that an actor’s real life is the substance to use for performing, rather than simply working mimesis or substitution recall. Life and art are intertwined, as exemplified in this production’s blatant play with fourth wall disappearance/reappearance. . . There is so much wonderful, meaty material in Method Gun for those in the “know.” I mean to say, actors, directors, even writers. It’s about time we start talking about ourselves with all the humor, grace, and passion that the lay-folk may find off-putting. Yes, we do crazy things to manufacture emotions for an audience. Yes, sometimes we are wrong or have lost our way. But what fascinating art acting is when observed with compassionate scrutiny. read the full review at http://www.vividstage.com Collapse

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    • Event Name: The Method Gun
      "The Method Gun: Acting as Art"
      Review posted by: Heather Barfield Cole from Austin, Apr 15, 2009
      

      The Method Gun is a semi-fictitious tale of a renowned acting coach loosely based on Stella Adler, the infamous teacher whose students include Marlon Brando, Robert DeNiro, and Peter Bogdanovich. She... Expand

      The Method Gun is a semi-fictitious tale of a renowned acting coach loosely based on Stella Adler, the infamous teacher whose students include Marlon Brando, Robert DeNiro, and Peter Bogdanovich. She believed that an actor’s real life is the substance to use for performing, rather than simply working mimesis or substitution recall. Life and art are intertwined, as exemplified in this production’s blatant play with fourth wall disappearance/reappearance. . . There is so much wonderful, meaty material in Method Gun for those in the “know.” I mean to say, actors, directors, even writers. It’s about time we start talking about ourselves with all the humor, grace, and passion that the lay-folk may find off-putting. Yes, we do crazy things to manufacture emotions for an audience. Yes, sometimes we are wrong or have lost our way. But what fascinating art acting is when observed with compassionate scrutiny. read the full review at http://www.vividstage.com Collapse

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