When Something Wonderful Ends

Barbara Chisholm,Rude Mechs,Rude Mechanicals,Sherry Kramer,Katie Pearl

May 15 - June 1, 2008 at The Off Center Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm Sundays at 5:00 pm Tickets are Sliding Scale $15 - $25 BUY TICKETS

co-produced by Red Then Productions & Rude Mechanicals written by Sherry Kramer directed by Katie Pearl starring Barbara Chisholm

Starring Barbara Chisholm and a 1964 bubble-cut Barbie in near mint condition, When Something Wonderful Ends explores the loss of one’s mother, America’s dependence on foreign oil, and Barbie dolls in an ingenious, whimsical, touching, funny, infuriating manner that only playwright Sherry Kramer could achieve. While packing up her parents’ home following the death of her mother, Sherry uncovers the treasure trove of Barbies from her baby-boom childhood while embarking on the homework of a lifetime: discovering the roots of Islamic hatred of America and our dependence on the oil in the Middle East. As a Jewish girl growing up in the epicenter of the Bible belt, Sherry knows a thing or two about religious fervor and the passions it engenders.

Rude Mechanicals is proud to support this production as part of our Rude Fusion co-production series.

Red Then Productions and Rude Mechs are supported in part by The City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from The Texas Commission on the Arts.