WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

A play in three parts, Crude Awakening asks what happens when the oil economy is over, when our reserves and gas tanks have run dry?

act one: eight faithful traverse the barren landscape to pay homage to The Revered Oil Derrick

act two: The Revered Oil Derrick belches forth a fireball as the last of the planet's oil is finally consumed.

act three: the following morning, the rising sun reveals the charred remains of The Revered Oil Derrick, and the lush and massive tree that has grown in it's place.

Please visit the following links for imagery and commentary about the project, concept, and execution.

  CURRENT TV: CRUDE AWAKENING BURNS
A full documentary including artists' statements, conceptual background, construction footage and the epic Act 2.

  MAX FANCHER'S "OIL DERRICK EXLPLOSION"
captures three and a half minutes of "act two," the demise of The Revered Oil Derrick.

  underWIRED; CRUDE AWAKENING ARISES AT BURNING MAN
Wired Magazine's on-line article by Brian Doherty, author of "This is Burning Man, 2006," contains statements from the artists and contextual perspective for those who may not have seen the performance.

  THOUSANDS OF PHOTOS
have been posted on flickr.com, interesting commentary and unique perspectives from a truly wide array of individuals.

  "OIL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL" A CRUDE AWAKENING FOR WESTERN CIVILIZATION"
by Matthew Taylor is a chronological photo essay of the Crude Awakening performance, and contains his own insightful accounts and perspectives of the piece.

THE CREW
BLACK ROCK FX DAN DAS MANN + KAREN CUSOLITO PYROKINETICS
Jack Schroll
Nate Smith
Dave Best
Tonya Schroll
Richard Ward
...those who
cannot be named

CRANE OPERATION
Richard "Big Stick"
"Bruiser"
"Handsome Chris"

ENGINEERING
Mark Sinclair
Corbett Griffith
Phil "Peef"Sadow


 "Diva" Abascal
Laura Anderson
Crash Anova
Emily Appelbaum
Naya Archer
Cap'n Vince Backen
Reggie Ballard
Damon Beebe
Sari Bennett
"Mugsie" Bowers
Darryl Burleson
Dylan Butler
Jason Carrick
Justin Credible
"Kaotika"Darroch
Kevin Deetz
Tom Dias
"Jetkat" Dziedzic
Brendan Edwards
Nomé Edonna
Monica Fine
"Cat" Fougere
Steve 42 Garren
Goat Man Dan
Steve Gonzales		 Robb Greene
Jason Gronlund
Mark Grunbaum
"Creature" Harbar
Torstan Hasselman
Cap'n Bob
Heidi Hitchcock
Dick Hughes
Aaron Irish
Mark King
Ralph Koo
Ilo Kratins
Andy "Llama"
Layla Lewis
Margaret Long
Brian Maddox
Alec Madsen
Melissa Major
Herve Mazoyer
Rob McComb
Steve Monahan
Gollocks Murray
Eilish Nagle
Mark Oltz
"Gibbon" Paez		 "Loke" Parveen
Shaista Parveen
"Burn" Patterson
Day Pollini
Che Pressnall
Alex Robbins
Joe Rosato
Jonas Roth
Sonie Sampson
"Juicy" Sanchez
Steve 23 Sanchez
Sean Santana
Richard Sheehy
Gary Siebel
Sekani Spero
Barton Stein
Ian Stinson
Pan Sutton
Richard Swan
Diana Thompson
Eghan Thompson
Michael Turner
Jazz Weisman
Michael Whitbeck
Gary Wilson		 Danya Parkinson
Joe Bard
Jordon Houghton
Justice Kuhn
Emily Melville
Zion Melville
Caroline Miller
Allison Parkinson
Chris Ruedy
Tacoma Vaught

DERRICK CONSTRUCTION
Monkeyboy
Mark Perez
Gino Booher
"Kruddy" Carley
Kelly DeForest
Kirt DeForest
Christopher Faust
Aaron Grail
Ramon Grail
"Pedro" Loughran
Eugene Phillips
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