Event

The B. Beaver Animation

RUDE MECHANICALS PRESENT MABOU MINES' "THE B. BEAVER ANIMATION"

After wowing Austin two years ago with a remounting of the Performance Group's, Dionysus in '69, the ever-daring Rudes reach back in time for another contemporary classic: Mabou Mines' The B. Beaver Animation.

B. is a devastated and stuttering beaver a beaver who's forgotten how to construct his dam! Debilitated by the prospect of his family being washed away because of his spontaneous deficiencies, he awaits mail order dam-building manuals and sorts through the damning messages damming his mind!

This seminal work confounded and provoked its 1974 audiences by introducing to the stage a radical style of story telling, an eclectic patchwork of words and action some called a "Performance Poem". Writer/director Lee Breuer combined such diverse influences as Brecht, Grotowski, Bunraku puppet theater, rock and roll, and the collective input of the Mabou Mines ensemble, to create a deeply personal performance about his struggle with writer's block. Part monologue, part manifesto, part slapdash circus, B. Beaver muddles the real and the symbolic, relating common themes in uncommon ways.

Rude Mechs mounts a faithful reanimation of The B. Beaver Animation, giving Austin an extraordinary opportunity to relive history.

WHEN:
October 27, 28, 29, 30
November 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13 at 8pm

WHERE:
The Off Center
Tickets on sale October 5, 2011 at brownpapertickets.com
Sliding scale: Free-$25.

CAST & CREW:
Adriene Mishler as JoAnne Akalaitis
Elizabeth Doss as Ruth Maleczech
Ellie McBride as Dawn Gray
Aron Taylor as David Warrilow
Caroline Reck as Terry O'Reilly
and
Robert Pierson as Fred Neumann as B. Beaver

Co-Directed by
Madge Darlington and Shawn Sides