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Applied Mechanics was thrilled to learn that Michael Osinski was moving back to town. He is known to many of us here in Philly as one of the founders of Flashpoint Theater Company. He is also a talented director and all around good guy. We also heard through the grapevine that he is an awesome […]

On January 24th, we were honored to have a great turnout for our RITES OF PASSAGE party, in which we initiated partygoers into a fantastic cult. Amid exotic home-made culinary delights as well as food generously donated by Pizza Brain, guests were: Welcomed at the door by the mysterious Super E, played by the stunning

The title of this post is cryptic, I know. Its a concept that was birthed at a recent development session. Yes, Applied Mechanics is in development! Wooooohooooo! Recently we have had a series of them, and they have all yielded some seriously mind-meldy awesome stuff. We are not yet sure where it will all land,

Applied Mechanics hosted our third Community Dinner on Nov 9th. Thanks so much for coming out everyone! For this installment, we were so lucky to be hosted by Christ Church Neighborhood House and the wonderful Anna Drozdowski.  The Mechanicians and some of our lovely new associated artists spent lots of time in the kitchen chopping, mixing, and cooking for the affair.

Our annual Jamboree brought us back to Mickey Mouse Ave (Bayla’s parents house in Elkins Park). A delightful, homey weekend for us. Our two day convening included review of our past year, imagining plans for the future, and introducing Bayla to CHRISTEENE. “Where do all my tears go..” The first night included a slide show

WE ARE BANDITS. All of us. We all can draw our own imaginary map. Applied Mechanics worked on WE ARE BANDITS for over a year.  A year of research, stories, experiences, songs, dances, discoveries.  It was a pleasure to finally get to share this work with audiences, and celebrate with them. The characters in our

I have spent the last seven weeks teaching at the New England Literature Program. In some ways, NELP has a lot to do with the work we do in Applied Mechanics: the work is collaborative (13 instructors work together in an elaborate consensus-based labor share to make the program happen,) immersive (we study New England

Applied Mechanics have been hard at work developing our new show WE ARE BANDITS. Here are some pictures from inside the process. More from us very soon, but until then, enjoy this sneak peek!

By Thomas Choinacky Photos By Mark Valenzuela It was such a pleasure to share a classy, fun, and exciting evening at the Chemical Heritage Foundation with so many of you for our Science Fair Fundraiser.  This event was one for the ages. In prep for the event I found a lot of pleasure in assisting in

By Mary Tuomanen Pariticipating in the RIOT development process has made me pick up all kinds of books I would normally have passed over. While visiting my family over vacation, I walked out of a used bookstore in Newmarket, New Hampshire with this title: “Sisterhood and Solidarity: Feminism and Labor in Modern Times”, by Diane

Thomas and I spent the week in Glasgow doing a six-day training intensive with Company of Wolves.  The Wolves are a young company, with one ensemble-driven show under their belts and another in the works.  They draw their training from a variety of sources including Song of the Goat (a Grotowski-descended Polish group,) Linklater voice

by Jessica Hurley I’m a feminist. In saying that, I’ve been laughed at by members of my family, argued down by boys in college, left open to accusations of not being able to take a joke, a compliment, a touch. I have thin skin, apparently, and it only gets rawer with each unwanted stare, eyes

The Community Dinner was a raging success. We were delighted and moved by how many people came. People came early and stayed late. People brought their dogs and their babies. People laughed loud and sat at long tables. Everybody ate. So many folks pitched in to help make this happen. Six households lent us folding