Austin: death becomes them.(FRONT & CENTER)(Have You Ever Been Assassinated?)(Theater review)(Brief article)
American Theatre, November, 2006 by Bent, Eliza
HOW DOES A GROUP OF ACTORS BEGIN REHEARSING a play that doesn't exist yet? In the case of Austin's Rude Mechanicals, performers made lists of things they would like to do and see on stage. They conjured up a title as well: Have You Ever Been Assassinated? (a line borrowed from an episode of "Rocky and Bullwinkle").
As the idea list grew, so grew the need for someone to shape it. Enter new Rude Mechs company members director Carlos Trevino and playwright Rebecca Beegle, who drew from the list what interested them (doppelgangers, conspiracies and installation artist Pierre ...
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