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The Rude Mechanicals
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A community theater focused on unconventional, innovative, thoughtful interpretations of classical works, with a particular predilection for Shakespeare. In residence at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Greenbelt, MD
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It's official! Rudes' Greenbelt Arts Center residency renewed, now keeping the relationship ongoing as long as both groups wish to. Congrats to Alan Duda who led the endeavor; thanks to all our volunteers - casts, crews, special project participants - who make us a great group to collaborate with!
Three white middle-aged people stand in front of a table; behind it a wall posting various legal notices. In the center a t-shirt clad man holds a pair of pieces of paper - an agreement and a signature page (actual signatures erased before posting). Flanking him women - one in a grey cardigan over a black tee that reads "I'm the mystery", the other in a flannel button-down over a pink blouse. All three look pleased.
June 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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One more weekend! Two more shows!
Four persons in the foreground (a black man in a suit, an older white man in a dress shirt and trousers, a woman in a pant suit with a floral blouse and another old white man in a shirt-and-tie) doing their best to look very very nonchalant while in the background a concerned figure lurks behind something.
May 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Weekends fly by so fast - hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Our Masked Matinee is today, and then only one more weekend!
Three women in floral robes. The front-most one is enjoying a swig from a flask. Another, seated, is about to take a sip from a tall metal coffee tumbler. The third is standing, similar tumbler in hand, is rubbing her forehead as if nursing a hangover. Photo by Rachel Zirkin Duda
May 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Join us for the exciting ride - Much Ado opens tonight!
A very excited man and young woman dressed in businesswear gleefully spin a bar cart, its lower shelf containing another young woman in businesswear, who's perhaps somewhat less excited.
May 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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An interestinger and subtler look at the possible inner lives of the Scottish Couple than one often sees - we vote Two Bee.
A poem consisting of two columns with italic headers "lady macbeth" / "macbeth", with each line divided between the two, such that it can be read together or each separately. i love / you you / have transformed me with strange tenderness / and i am the monster that startles me / in the mirror. and / i have come full circle. i cannot allow / this. this is me, myself / as I was destined to be / from my birth. so soft / it hurts. bolded credit: two.bees.poetry
March 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Hope your Ides of March included great groups with whom to stab dictators with pretensions of godhood - we know ours did.
A Roman-style sculpture facing left with caption "People are losing the spirit of the Ides of March. It's not about just stabbing. It's about coming together to stab in groups.
March 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Here to bring our signature unique perspective on the classics. Don't miss The Seagull at Greenbelt Arts Center next two weekends!
A seagull standing on a post, its neck bent until its face is all the way upside down.
January 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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See how many of these we hit in our production of the Seagull - the trope namer for the Gun!
A grid: Down Checkov's (sic), Schrodinger's, Occam's, Murphy's. Across Gun, Cat, Razor, Law Chekhov's Gun If a gun is introduced in the first act, it must be fired by the third. Chekhov's Cat If a box is introduced in the first act, a cat must sit in it by the third Chekhov's Razor The simplest way to fire a gun is to pull the trigger Chekhov's Law Every gun in a play will be fired Schrodinger's Gun You can't know if a gun is loaded, or not, until the trigger is pulled Schrodinger's Cat An unopened box may contain a dead cat, or an alive one, and you won't know until you open it Schrodinger's Razor An unopened box may contain the solution to your problems Schrodinger's Law You can't know that things will go wrong, until they do Occam's Gun The simplest way to kill off a character is to shoot them Occam's Cat If you hear a strange noise at night, it's probably a cat Occam's Razor The simplest explanation is probably the correct one Occam's Law Everything that can be explained, will be explained Murphy's Gun Any gun that can go off, will go off Murphy's Cat Any box that can contain a cat, will contain a cat Murphy's Razor Anything that can be simple, will be simple Murphy's Law Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong (credits:Revx, MrBigBux, Halesnail, Venort. ATP)
January 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Season's Greetings to all theater lovers from your friendly backstage crew, none of whom will claim responsibility for this lovely wreath.
A wreath made of many XLR cable heads.
December 27, 2024 at 1:33 AM
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Did you know Shakespeare himself was into this kind of posting?

What is your name? Whither are you going? Where do you dwell? Are you a married man or a bachelor? Answer every man directly. Ay, and briefly. Ay, and wisely. Ay, and truly, you were best.
Extracted w/https://www.imagetotext.info/ , proofread poorly I'm on BlueSky! Get to know me better. 1 like - 1 answer 1. Why are you on BlueSky? 2. Any other social media? 3. Still posting on Twitter? 4.What do you post on Bluesky? 5. Nationality 6. Gender/Pronouns? 7. One word to describe yourself? 8. Something you hate about yourself? 9. Something you love about yourself? 10. What's your perfect date? 11. Any hobbies? 12. Play any instruments? 13. Name a random fact. 14. Favorite food? 15. Favorite drink? 16. Favorite season? 17. Favorite sport? 18. Chinese zodiac sign? 19. Somewhere you want to visit? 20. Speak any other languages? 21. Favorite song? 22. Song you're listening to now? 23. Saddest song? 24. First game console? 25. Favorite video game? 26. Last concert you attended? 27. Last book you read? 28. Last movie you saw? 29. Cat or dog?29. Cat or dog? 30. Day or night? 31. What's your lucky number? 32. Favorite quote? 33. Color of your toothbrush? 34. Favorite movie? 35. Coffee or tea? 36. Favorite character? Artist Questions 38. What do you prefer to make? 39. What's your favorite OC? 40. Who'd you do fanart of? 41. Traditional or digital? 42. Weakness? 43. Strengths? 44. Anything you make but never post? 45.Weirdest thing you've ever made? 46. Any art goals? 47. Do you do NSFW? 48. FREE SPACE 49. FREE SPACE 50. FREE SPACE
December 3, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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Your friendly tech crew will neither confirm nor deny the truth of this claim... But we will go "hmm" and smile knowingly just a little.
A D&D-style alignment chart: Sound designer - Lawful Good. Costumer - Neutral Good. Run Crew - Chaotic Good. Stage Manager - Lawful Neutral. Director - True Neutral. Lighting Designer - Chaotic Neutral Technical Director - Lawful Evil. Set Designer - Neutral Evil. Spotlight Operator - Chaotic Evil
November 23, 2024 at 2:21 PM