City Lit Theater Presents R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) – Preview

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

“...a world premiere adaptation of the 1920 science-fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek. R.U.R. (ROSSUM’S UNIVERSAL ROBOTS) introduced the term “robot” and looked ahead to the wonders and dangers of artificial intelligence decades before Arthur C. Clarke imagined HAL 9000 in his 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY or George Lucas gave us STAR WARS’ C3PO and R2D2. “Rossum’s Universal Robots” (“R.U.R.” for short) is a mysterious island factory run by the eccentric scientist Harry Rossum that manufactures artificial human beings. When Helena Glory arrives to advocate for the rights of these machines, a series of events is set into motion that sees Harry and Helena married against the backdrop of a global robot uprising. This “freely adapted” version of R.U.R. by the playwright and director Bo List, adds some perspective from the present, in which AI is now a reality..."