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RUDE MECHS
and
HYDE PARK THEATRE
are proud to present...

THE INCUBUS ARCHIVES

A new play by W. David Hancock
directed by Vicky Boone

Visit the infamous Incubus Archives! What began as one WWII vet's fascination with Nazi memorabilia – and grew to become that mammoth multimedia history of human cruelty that toured the nation for years – has now been rescued from destruction after several suspicious disappearances of visitors and staff nearly sank the archives. See what remains of the largest collection of evil artifacts. Sift through the fragments of what was once a complete history of humanity's relationship with it's own cruelty. See Lizzie Borden's Axe! Rest your head on Hitler's pillow! Have a word with Charles Manson! The Incubus Archives has four eerie viewing areas for the audience to choose from and no two shows are alike! If one tour guide gives you the creeps…dismiss them and get another. But beware – your new host may have far more in store for you than stories. Explore the archives piece by piece, nightmare by horrifying nightmare, until you piece together the terrible secret that haunts the Incubus Archives. Will anyone who visits the Archives ever sleep again? Not likely. You are right to be afraid, but you'd be wrong to miss, THE INCUBUS ARCHIVES!

WHEN:

Thursday, September 26 - Sunday, October 20, 2002
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8 pm

WHERE:

The Off Center
2211-A Hidalgo Street
Austin, TX

ABOUT THE KEY ARTISTS:

W. DAVID HANCOCK (playwright) -- has received two OBIE Awards for playwriting: THE CONVENTION OF CARTOGRAPHY (1995) and THE RACE OF THE ARK TATTOO (1999). His other plays include DEVIANT CRAFT, THE SISTERS OF EVE (with Nan Hanway), DROPPING OFF FILM, IMMATERIAL DEPOSITIONS, THE FICTIONAL OPERATIVE, and ENTITLED. Recently, Hancock’s work has been produced and/or developed by The Foundry Theatre (New York), Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre (Austin), Rude Mechanicals (Austin), New City Theatre (Seattle), Empty Space Theatre (Seattle), McCarter Theatre (Princeton), The Studio Theatre (Washington, DC), A Contemporary Theatre (Seattle), People’s Light & Theatre Company (Philadelphia), C.S.P.S. (Cedar Rapids), Sundance Theatre Institute, Midwest PlayLabs, and Salvage Vanguard (Austin). Hancock is the recipient of a 2001 Bush Artist Fellowship, the 2000 CalArts/Alpert Award in Theatre, a Whiting Writers’ Award, the Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University, and a McKnight Playwriting Fellowship. For the past 5 years, the playwright has been living in Saint Peter, Minnesota with his wife and 6 year old son.

VICKY BOONE (director) -- is the founder and former artistic director of Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre in Austin, TX. During Frontera’s nine seasons, Boone directed several of the theatre’s most memorable productions including THE RACE OF THE ARK TATTOO, by W. David Hancock (premiere), POLAROID STORIES, by Naomi Iizuka, and ENFANTS PERDUS, by Erik Ehn (premiere). Her stage work has received three Austin Critics’ Table Awards for outstanding directing (THE RACE OF THE ARK TATTOO, SILENCE CUNNING EXILE, WELDON RISING) and two B. Iden Payne Awards for Best Director (THE WATER PRINCIPLE AND THE HOUSE OF YES). Boone has directed and held literary positions at Sundance Theatre Lab, The Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis, The Dallas Theatre Center and The Empty Space in Seattle. In 2002, Boone wrote and directed a 16mm short film, ADVENTURE 79. She teaches directing at St. Edwards University.

WHAT THE CRITICS HAVE TO SAY:

"Unlike any other theater event you'll experience this fall...Hancock is a talented playwright plumbing the depth of humankind's evil and how we recognize or document that evil."
--Jean Claire Van Ryzin, Austin American Statesman
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", playwright David Hancock, director Vicky Boone, and the show’s designers have certainly crafted a dreamscape — in which subjects seem to bubble from the darkness of the subconscious, where bizarre images erupt into view, sometimes again and again. The element of chance woven into the script charges the atmosphere with unpredictability and sometimes unsettling repetition...[the actors] are as fierce, committed, and willing to walk the edge..."
--Robert Faires, The Austin Chronicle
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OTHER USEFUL INFO:

The development and production of THE INCUBUS ARCHIVES (formerly titled "Leftover Future" and "Ordering Seconds") received generous support from the National Endowment Arts. The script was originally commissioned by Frontera@Hyde Park theatre (Artistic Director, Vicky Boone) and was further developed at the Sundance Theatre Lab in the summer of 1999.

The Design Team for The Incubus Archives included Leliah Stewart (Scenic), Stephen Pruitt (Lighting), Emily Fordyce (Sound) and Elspeth Lauder Mason (Costumes).

The ensemble cast featured local Austin favorites Robert Fisher, Brad Carlin, Peck Phillips, Christine J. Moore, Heather Hanna, Jenny Larson and Jill Swanson.

LINKS:

Hyde Park Theatre

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