Z Space is proud to present the first ever Bay Area appearance of Rude Mech, the groudbreaking performance group from Austin, TX.. This is part of a two week residency for Rude Mechs, which also features a performance of their most recent piece Stop Hitting Yourself, at Cal Performances from 11/19 through 11/22.

The Method Gun explores the life and techniques of Stella Burden, actor-training guru of the 60s and 70s, whose sudden emigration to South America still haunts her most fervent followers. Ms. Burden’s training technique, The Approach, fused Western acting methods with risk-based rituals in order to infuse even the smallest role with sex, death and violence.

A play about the ecstasy and excesses of performing, the dangers of public intimacy and the incompatibility of truth on stage and sanity in real life.