Uncategorized

COLLECTIVE DECISION MAKING

While the primary, public facing elements of Applied Mechanics are the creative art we make (and you perhaps have seen), behind the scenes there is a vital, non-hierarchical administrative structure which we co-create.  Applied Mechanics makes art and manages this art as a collaborative- where our seven company members share all the leadership, executive, and

COLLECTIVE DECISION MAKING Read More »

New Community Project in Point Breeze and an Interview with collaborator Nia Benjamin

This spring Applied Mechanics partnered with Women’s Community Revitalisation Project (WCRP) and some of their community partners in order to work with young people in Point Breeze to make a piece of theater about their experiences of life and maintaining community in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood. Due to closing of school districts and businesses in order

New Community Project in Point Breeze and an Interview with collaborator Nia Benjamin Read More »

Meet Applied Mechanics’ Valentine: Ian Crawford

Applied Mechanics would like you to meet Ian Crawford. He’s the Associate Artistic Director of Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City Missouri, and a monthly donor to Applied Mechanics. We are exceedingly grateful to our monthly donors for their continued support, which makes the work we do possible at every level; from our smallest administrative tasks

Meet Applied Mechanics’ Valentine: Ian Crawford Read More »

Mary, Becky, and Maria tackle AN ILIAD at the Arden

Applied Mechanics’ superstars Mary Tuomanen, Rebecca Wright and Maria Shaplin have spent the last month rehearsing and teching An Iliad at The Arden. It just opened on Wednesday, and you can catch it until December 15th. Mary T and Jordan McCree perform, Becky directed, and Maria did the lights. Applied Mechanics Associated Artist Bayla Rubin

Mary, Becky, and Maria tackle AN ILIAD at the Arden Read More »

Izzy & Anita On Radical World-Building

Hey worlds and worldbuilders! It’s your friendly neighborhood mechanicians Izzy and Anita reporting back from the oh so fruitful and enlightening field, that was Radical World Building 2019! So many awesome things happened! Such an amazing group of humans! The room was filled with performance artists, gamemakers, storytellers, activists, public defenders, and students of art,

Izzy & Anita On Radical World-Building Read More »

immersive theater

10th Birthday Party

by MARY TUOMANEN On April 13th, 2019, the warm breeze of real spring wafts into 338 Brown St in Philadelphia, and around us are 10 years of artifacts from Applied Mechanics shows. These included: A chandelier of 4 blue arms that spread, octopus-like, from a battery made of felt. (Some Other Mettle, 2012) A dj booth

10th Birthday Party Read More »

On Not Knowing

Ruminations on Applied Mechanics’ beginnings, by Becky Wright Applied Mechanics staged its first show—an immersive adaptation of the Selkie myth—in my apartment on Cedar Avenue in 2009.  We performed it three times in one night, on Valentine’s Day.  We did not have our name yet.  Here are some snapshots I remember from that process:  Standing

On Not Knowing Read More »

Ruminations of a Hybrid Artist: An Interview with Emily Schuman

I sat down with Associated Artist Emily Schuman to talk about her multifaceted work in the theater. From acting to props to illustrating to music, this powerful hybrid artist has become a fixture in the Philly scene and a cherished member of the Applied Mechanics community. In this conversation, she reflects on her many different

Ruminations of a Hybrid Artist: An Interview with Emily Schuman Read More »

Gimme the Gayz

This is the first of a set of interviews and hangouts with Applied Mechanics Associated Artists. As a core company of five, we are actually much more than that. Our Associated Artists help make Applied Mechanics run and these upcoming blog posts highlight each of these talented artists and their various activities. This may be

Gimme the Gayz Read More »

Scroll to Top