Internationally celebrated Austin, Texas theater collective Rude Mechs have been delighting audiences with what they describe as a “genre-defying cocktail of big ideas, cheap laughs, and dizzying spectacle” since their founding in 1996. The company made its Durham debut with Now Now Oh Now, performed September 24-27, 2014, an immersive theatrical experience that explores the nature of beauty, evolution, choice, and chance.
Leading an intimate audience of only thirty people through a two-part cabinet of wonders in Duke’s Sheafer Theater, Rude Mechs combined serious scientific content with the nerdy pleasures of interactive gaming and the undeniable satisfaction of Murder Mystery Theatre. An evening full of surprises for performers and audience alike, “Now Now Oh Now is a delightful way to have your mind blown” (Austin Chronicle).
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Photos by Jeremy Lange
Commissioned by Duke Performances. Made possible, in part, by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Theater Project, with lead funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; a Visiting Artist Grant from the Council for the Arts, Office of the Provost, Duke University; and support from the Department of Theater Studies at Duke University.