I'VE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY

book/lyrics by Kirk Lynn • music lyrics by Peter Stopschinski

directed by Thomas Graves & Lana Lesley

Center Theatre Group's KDT (Los Angeles, CA): Oct. 6 - 23, 2011

The Off Center (Austin, TX) : April 2011

Arena Stage New Play Festival (Washington, D.C.): Jan. 2011

THE METHOD GUN
written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Shawn Sides • created by Rude Mechs

PICA's TBA Festival (Portland, OR): Sept. 2011

Philadelphia Live Arts Festival (Philadelphia, PA): Sept. 2011

Center Theatre Group's KDT in RADAR LA (Los Angeles, CA): June 2011

Dance Theater Workshop (NY, NY): Mar. 2 - 12, 2011

Yale University (No Boundaries Festival) (New Haven, CT): Feb. 23 - 26, 2011

Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus, OH): Oct. 21 - 24, 2010

Emerson College's Arts Emerson (Boston, MA): Oct. 13 - 17, 2010

The Humana Festival of New American Plays (Louisville, KY): March 2010

The Off Center (Austin, TX): April 2009

The Long Center for the Performing Arts (Austin, TX): April 2008

written by Rebecca Beegle • directed by Carlos Trevino
October/November 2006 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

DECAMERON DAY 7: REVENGE

written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Shawn Sides • created by Rude Mechs
April/May 2006 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

MATCH-PLAY
adapted from Deborah Hay Dance Company's dance "The Match"

created by Lana Lesley • Kirk Lynn • Barney O'Hanlon • Shawn Sides

September/October 2005 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

GET YOUR WAR ON
adapted from the internet comic by David Rees • created by Rude Mechs

Kiasma Festival , Espoo City Theatre (Helsinki, Finland): Oct. 11 - 12, 2007

The Off Center (Austin, TX): Sept. 6 - 22, 2007

Bumbershoot Festival (Seattle, WA): Sept. 1 -2, 2007

Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Aurora Nova/Assembly (Edinburgh, Scotland): Aug. 2007

Galway Arts Festival (Galway, Ireland): July 25 - 28, 2007

59E59 Theatres in NYC (Under The Radar Festvial) (NY, NY): Jan. 9 - 28, 2007

Ballroom Marfa (Marfa, TX): Oct. 20 - 21, 2006

Woolly Mammoth (Washington, DC): Oct. 5 - 14, 2006
DiverseWorks (Houston, TX): Sept. 21 - 30, 2006
Live Arts Festival (Philadelphia, PA): Sept. 13 - 16, 2006

The Off Center (Austin, TX): Jan. 19 - Feb. 11, 2006

written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Shawn Sides • created by Rude Mechs
October/November 2004 The Off Center (Austin, TX)
June 2005 Network of Ensemble Theatres Festival (Blue Lake, CA)

STADIUM DEVILDARE
written by Ruth Margraff • directed by Shawn Sides
April/May 2004 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

HOW LATE IT WAS, HOW LATE

adapted from the Booker Prize winning novel by James Kelman
adapted by Kirk Lynn • directed by Sarah Richardson
September 2003 The Off Center (Austin, TX)
September 2004 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival (Philadelphia, PA)

REQUIEM FOR TESLA
written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Shawn Sides • created by Rude Mechs
February 2003 (as part of the Fresh Terrain Festival, Austin, TX)

EL PARAISO
written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Shawn Sides • created by Rude Mechs
April/May 2002 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

REQUIEM FOR TESLA
written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Shawn Sides • created by Rude Mechs
January/Feb 2001 The Off Center(Austin, TX)

WAR
written and directed by Kirk Lynn
June/July 2000 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

LIPSTICK TRACES: A SECRET HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY
adapted from the cult classic by Greil Marcus
conceived/directed by Shawn Sides • adapted by Kirk Lynn • created by Rude Mechs

Szene Salzburg Festival: Jul. 2003

*UCLA Live! Performance Festival (L.A., CA): Oct. 2002

*On The Boards (Seattle, WA): Sept. 2002

DiverseWorks (Houston, TX): Jan. 2002

Legion Arts CSPS (Cedar Rapids, IA): : Jan. 2002

The Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus, OH): Jan. 2002

The Walker Arts Center (Minneapolis, MN): Jan. 2002

*The Ohio Theatre (New York, NY): Jun. - Jul. 2001

The Off Center (Austin, TX): Sept. 2000

The Off Center (Austin, TX): Sept. 1999

Ice Factory Festival (New York, NY): Jul. 1999

*produced by Foundry Theatre (NY, NY)

adapted from Donald Barthelme’s post-modern classic novel
adapted and directed by Lana Lesley
April 1999 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

SALIVATION (PART III OF THE FAMINLY TRILOGY)
written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Gavin Mundy
November 1998 Hyde Park Theater

CRUCKS (PART II OF THE FAMINLY TRILOGY)
written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Shawn Sides
July/August 1998 Public Domain

LUST SUPPER (PART I OF THE FAMINLY TRILOGY)
written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Sarah Richardson
November 1997

PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
written by Percey Shelley • directed by Madge Darlington
April 1998 The University of Texas at Austin

conceived/directed by Shawn Sides • adapted by Kirk Lynn • created by Rude Mechs
August 1997 Hyde Park Theater

PALE IDIOT

written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Kirsten Kern
October 1996 Auditorium on Waller Creek/Hyde Park Theater

(Contemporary Classics II)

a re-animation of Mabou Mine's legendary 1974 original production

co-directed by Madge Darlington & Shawn Sides

October/November 2011 at The Off Center (Austin, TX)

a re-enactment of The Performance Group's legendary 1968 adaptation of The Bacchae as staged by Richard Schechner and filmed by Brian De Palma

co-directed by Madge Darlington & Shawn Sides

December 2009 at The Off Center (Austin, TX)

THE INCUBUS ARCHIVES

a world premiere written by W. David Hancock • directed by Vicky Boone
co-produced with Hyde Park Theatre
September/October 2002 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

BIG LOVE

a regional premiere written by Charles Mee • directed by Darron L West
August/September 2001 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

IN THE HOUSE OF THE MOLES

a world premiere written by Terry Galloway • directed by Shawn Sides
February 2000 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND: 30 PLAYS IN 60 MINUTES

a regional premiere written by the Neo-futurists • directed by the ensemble
June/July 1997 The Electric Lounge

featuring Reno and Kristina Wong

THROWS LIKE A GIRL 2007

featuring Gretchen Phillips, BITCH, and Lynnee Breedlove

THROWS LIKE A GIRL 2005
featuring Carmelita Tropicana, Marga Gomez, Deb Margolin, Split Britches

Single Wet Female • Index to Idioms • Dress Suits to Hire

REMINISCENCE OF THE GHETTO & OTHER THINGS THAT RAIZED ME
a second-stage presentation • co-presented with Women & Their Work
written and performed by Angela Kariotis • directed by Paul Bonin-Rodriguez
March 2004 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

THROWS LIKE A GIRL 2002
featuring Marty Pottenger, Peggy Shaw and Terry Galloway

City Water Tunnel #3 • To My Chagrin • Lardo Weeping

THROWS LIKE A GIRL 2000
featuring Holly Hughes, Deb Margolin and Peggy Shaw

Preaching to the Perverted • Menopausal Gentleman • O Wholly Night and Other Jewish Solecisms

OUT ALL NIGHT AND LOST MY SHOES

written and performed by Terry Galloway
February 2000 at Hyde Park Theater (Austin, TX)

CROSSING BORDERS

featuring Marga Gomez, Carmelita Tropicana, Paul Bonin-Rodriguez, Luis Alfaro
co-presented with University of Texas and F@HPT's Long Fringe Festival
January 2000

MEG.ANNE.MAUD

presented February 2010 @ The Off Center

created, produced and performed by Meg Sullivan

SHAKESPEARE'S HENRY V

presented July 2009 @ The OFf Center

produced by Red Then Productions

adapted & performed by Robert Faires • directed by Catherine Weidner

TENEBRISM

presented April 2009 @ The Off Center

created, produced & performed by Lamb Lays with Lion

WHEN SOMETHING WONDERFUL ENDS

presented June 2008 @ The Off Center

produced by Red Then Productions

written by Sherry Kramer • directed by Katie Pearl • featuring Barbara Chisholm

RED CANS

presented August 2006 @ The Off Center

created by Rubber Repertory
directed by Josh Meyer and Matt Hislope

FUSEBOX FESTIVAL 2010

hosting work presented by Fusebox, TestPerformanceTest, and Physical Plant Theater

THEATER: featuring video artists Mary Magsamen, Stephan Hillerbrand, and Kirk Lynn • Kristin Kosmos (NYC) • Daniel Barrow (Canada) • Rude Mechs

DANCE: Gravel Works (Montreal) • Heloise Gold

FUSEBOX FESTIVAL 2009
THEATRE: Rude Mechs (The Method Gun)
WORKSHOP/REHEARSAL: Neal Medlyn • Sibyl Kempson/Mike Iveson

FUSEBOX FESTIVAL 2008
WORKSHOP / REHEARSAL: Witness Relocation

FUSEBOX FESTIVAL 2007
THEATRE: The Debate Society et al

A celebration of African American artists in the new millennium to put the spotlight on the Black aesthetic of modern artists.

BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT (BAM!) 2010

COMEDY: Kelvin Girdy, Lashonda Lester, In House Freestyle, Black Prince

THEATRE: Nadine Mozon • Altered Stages

BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT (BAM!) 2008

THEATRE: Delta Rhapsody featuring Nadine Mozon • directed by Madge Darlington

BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT (BAM!) 2007

DANCE: featuring Urban Ballet Teater (NYC), Spelman College (Atlanta) and UpRise! (Austin)

THEATRE: featuring The Universes (NYC) • Incognito (Michael Fosberg) • Spoken Word

BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT (BAM!) 2006

DANCE: Robert Moses' Kin (San Francisco) • ACC Dance Department (Austin) • Dallas Black Dance (Dallas) • UpRise! (Austin)

THEATRE: M.U.G.A.B.E.E. (Mississippi) • Zell Miller III (Austin) • iTheatre Collaborative (Phoenix)

by Kimberly Burke • directed by Ellie McBride
May/June 2006 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

HEMOPHILIACS (a second-stage production)

a world-premiere written and directed by Robert Pierson
December 2004 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

BEAR (a second-stage production)
written by Rebecca Beegle • additional words and music by Jon Watson
April/May 2004 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

written by Rebecca Beegle • directed by Joanna Garfinkle
January/February 2004 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

300 PLAYS ABOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN (a second-stage production)

written by 60 artists • curated by José Hernández • directed by Robert S. Fisher •
December 2003 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

DIFFERENT CITIES, DIFFERENT NAMES (a second-stage production)

written by Kirk Lynn • directed by Gavin Mundy
April/May 2003 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

written by Rebecca Beegle • directed by Jon Watson
February 2003 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

OFFCENTER:ONSCREEN

a bi-monthly experimental film and video series
Throughout 2000 The Off Center (Austin, TX)
Throughout 2001 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

THE 7th DAY PROJECTS (a second-stage production)

a play created by the cast in 7 days
December 1999 The Off Center (Austin, TX)

written by José Hernández and Kirk Lynn • directed by Catherine Glynn
February 1998 Hyde Park Theater

GRAININGS (a Frontera Fest production)
a world premiere by Kirk Lynn • directed by Lana Lesley
February 1997 Hyde Park Theater

UBU ROI (a one-night only extravaganza)
a staged riot of the play by Alfred Jarry • directed by Sarah Richardson and Kirk Lynn

December 1997
December 1996