NOT EVERY MOUNTAIN

THE FINAL PRODUCTION IN TRINITY UNIVERSITY'S 2025–2026 SEASON

Trinity University's Department of Human Communication and Theatre closes its 60th theatrical season with Not Every Mountain, created and presented by Stieren Guest Artists Rude Mechs as part of the Stieren Arts Enrichment Series. Performances run April 23–26 in the Stieren Theater of the Ruth Taylor Theater Building. Admission is free, and seating is limited.

Not Every Mountain is a mellow meditation on change, permanence and our place in the natural world. It is a presentation of the life cycle of mountains and the processes by which they are born and eventually laid to rest, an invocation of tectonic force and geologic time.

Using string, cardboard and magnets, Not Every Mountain invites us to watch the collective effort of making and unmaking a series of interlocking mountain ranges. We watch minutes, or perhaps centuries, unfold, as mountains rise and fall, clouds dance, birds alight and depart, and a moon delicately hangs overhead. Not Every Mountain features music and sound created using earth's most prominent natural frequency, The Schumann Resonance, and is underscored by a poetic recitation—or perhaps a spiritual incantation.

From the Rude Mechs website: “Rude Mechs is an ensemble-based theatre company that operates with a full company of 33 members. We create original plays that we produce in Austin, TX. We have received over 200 local and national awards and nominations for our work. We’ve enjoyed four Off-Broadway premieres and toured to top national venues such as The Walker Arts Center (Minneapolis, MN), The Wexner Center (Columbus, OH), and Woolly Mammoth (Washington D.C.). We seek to participate in the international community of artists by contributing to festivals such as Austria’s SommerSzene, the Galway Arts Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (winner Total Theatre Award for Best New Play by an Ensemble), the Kiasma Festival, the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, and the Under the Radar Festival in NYC. Our production The Method Gun was selected for the 34th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays. Our emergence into this community was marked by a feature in The New York Times that identified Rude Mechs as one of three companies in the country ‘making theatre that matters.’ We are deeply proud to represent Texas as a home for cutting-edge theatrical practice.” Read more about the company’s mission and history at https://rudemechs.com/aboutus/.

Created by Rude Mechs
Writing: Kirk Lynn
Original Music and Sound Design: Peter Stopschinski
Direction: Thomas Graves & Shawn Sides