Rude Mechs, an ensemble-based theatre company that operates with a full company of 33 members, is reviving a 2018 production of Not Every Mountain to be performed at Trinity. Not Every Mountain is a mellow meditation on change, permanence, and our place in the natural world. It is a presentation of the life cycle of mountains and the processes by which they are born and eventually laid to rest, an invocation of tectonic force and geologic time. Witness a reimagination of the play using string, cardboard, and magnets that invites the audience to watch the collective effort of making and unmaking a series of interlocking mountain ranges.

Rude Mechs will also conduct a three-day workshop in late January or early February (exact date to be determined) with Trinity theatre students, where they will learn and participate in the “factory” of creating the polyhedron set pieces for the mountains in the production and explore how the material can be used to make a performance. During phase two of the project in February, the Rude Mechs will rehearse the play in Austin with additional Texas Performing Arts support. Trinity students are invited to attend rehearsals in Austin. 

Rude Mechs create original plays that are produced in Austin, Texas. They have received more than 200 local and national awards and nominations for their work. Rude Mechs have enjoyed four Off-Broadway premieres and toured to top national venues such as The Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis; The Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio; and and Woolly Mammoth in Washington D.C.

Rude Mechs seeks to participate in the international community of artists by contributing to festivals such as Austria’s SommerSzene, the Galway Arts Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (where it won the Total Theatre Award for Best New Play by an Ensemble), the Kiasma Festival, the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, and the Under the Radar Festival in New York City.