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The Beaux’s Strategem at Greenbelt Arts Center, Mar 24-Apr 1

The Beaux’s Strategem at Greenbelt Arts Center, Mar 24-Apr 1

The Rude Mechanicals in Residence at the Greenbelt Arts Center present:
The Beaux’s Strategem
by George Farquhar
directed by Jaki Demarest

March 24 – April 1, 2023
Fridays and Saturdays, March 24, 25, 31 & April 1, 8 PM
Sunday, March 26, 2 PM

By Greenbelt Arts Center.

The Beaux’ Stratagem follows the adventures of two charming Manhattan rakes, Archer and Aimwell, as they work their way through Lichfield, Kentucky society in search of a wealthy wife. Whichever one of them marries ‘their wife,’ they’ve agreed to share equally in her fortune. The plan starts going hilariously off the rails, of course, when Aimwell actually falls in love with their intended target.

Tickets: $24 General Admission; $22 Senior/Military; $12 Child/Student.
Masks required. Tickets available here.

The Revenger’s Tragedy at Greenbelt Arts Center, Oct 30-31, Online

The Rude Mechanicals in residence at the Greenbelt Arts Center present:
The Revenger’s Tragedy
by Anonymous circa 1605
directed by Jaki Demarest

Performances Friday and Saturday, October 30 & 31

By Greenbelt Arts Center, Online.

The Revenger’s Tragedy is a darkly comic masterpiece by an unknown writer. Just in time for Halloween, we have a Jacobean revenge tragedy with vivid and muscular prose, Hamlet without the indecision. A little touch of Tarantino in the night, with intrigue, murder, mayhem, infidelity, a poisoned skull, a mistaken execution, a battle royale with the improbable weapon of a severed head, and a twist ending that manages to subvert all the tropes and expectations.

Notice: this play contains adult themes and references to sexual violence.

Online performance, click here.

All performances are free. We are asking a suggested donation of $10 to help support our continuing efforts to provide theater to Greenbelt and the larger community; please click on Donate and select “Support Online Shows.”

Auditions for The Revenger’s Tragedy by The Rude Mechanicals on Zoom, Sep 10 & 11

Auditions for The Revenger’s Tragedy by The Rude Mechanicals on Zoom, Sep 10 & 11

The Rude Mechanicals in residence at the Greenbelt Arts Center announce auditions for:
The Revenger’s Tragedy
By Thomas Middleton
Directed by Jaki Demarest

Auditions: September 10 & 11 via Zoom

Visit http://www.rudemechanicals.com/aud/ for audition info & materials

Performance location: Online.

Auditions, rehearsals, and performances will be online via Zoom. Performances will be the evenings of Friday and Saturday 30&31 October.

The Revenger’s Tragedy, written by Thomas Middleton around 1605, is a vivid and often violent portrayal of lust and ambition in an Italian court, with the satiric tone and cynicism of Jacobean tragedy. Notice: this play contains adult themes including sexual violence.

Julius Caesar at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 9-11

Julius Caesar at the Greenbelt Arts Center, Jan 9-11, 2015

Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
A guest production from The Rude Mechanicals
Directed by Jaki Demarest

Location: Greenbelt Arts Center

Friday, January 9, 2015 at 8:00
Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 8:00
Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 2:00

“There are no morals in politics, there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel,” – Vladimir Lenin

“In a serious struggle, there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.” – Leon Trotsky

“Death is the solution to all problems. No man – no problem.” – Joseph Stalin

Welcome, Comrade, to the eve of the glorious revolution. They say that Caesar is ambitious, and sure, they are all honorable men. Men who gather in darkened corners and talk in whispers of righteous murder. Brutus, whose political survival instincts are continually subverted by his intellect and convoluted moral sense, is the Trotsky to Octavius’ surer, more relentless Stalin. And Brutus’ revolution will take the bloody and disastrous course of too many others, ending with a worse tyrant than the one Brutus set himself against.

Ticket prices: $20 General Admission, $16 Students/Seniors/Military, $12 Youth (12 and under with adult). Buy tickets here.