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past seasons  
Strawdog Theatre Company + Old Town
Robots always want to
take over the world.
 
R.U.R.
R.U.R.
R.U.R.
R.U.R.
R.U.R.
by Karel Capek
directed by
Shade Murray
September 20, 2008
through October 25
Friday & Saturday 8pm, Sunday 7pm
Tickets $20 ($15 student/senior)
Strawdog's "R.U.R." is a major revival ...at once horrifying, entertaining and—forgive the cliché —genuinely thought-provoking...everything about this production is right. (full article)
— The Wall Street Journal
The initials stand for Rossum's Universal Robots. Karel Capek's 1920 play introduced the word "robot" to the world, based on the Czech word for laborer (a fun fact you can use to annoy your friends over dinner).
Forget clunky metal boxes, these robots are genetically engineered humans with the troublesome parts, like needs and desires, omitted. The men of R.U.R. live alongside their constructs on a remote island, closely guarding their secret formula while supplying the world with all the cheap labor it can stand. It runs like clockwork until a beautiful young robot rights activist arrives via her father's private boat.
Shade Murray, director of Strawdog's Jeff Award-winning "Detective Story" and "Marathon '33" once again breathes new life into a forgotten gem, a funny and fast-paced character piece that happens to blow the lid off a whole mess of deep metaphysical questions. What is life? What is love? You won’t find out on the web site.

players
Ryan Bollettino
   as Harry Domin
Brennan Buhl
   as Busman
Zachary Clark
   as Marius
Andrew Gebhart
   as Radius
Joe Goldammer
   as Primus
Sara Gorsky
   as Helena
Carmine Grisolia *
   as Hallemeier
Jocelyn Kelvin
   as Sulla
Nick Lake
   as Damon
Anderson Lawfer *
   as Fabry
Michaela Petro
   as Helena Glory
Henry Riggs
   as Robot Ensemble
John Henry Roberts *
   as Gall
Noah Simon *
   as Alquist
Rebekah Ward-Hays
   as Nanna

production
Author
    Karel Capek
Director
    Shade Murray
Assistant Director
    Adil Mansoor
Set Design
    Dan Stratton
Light Design
    Sam Szigeti
Costume Design
    Aly Renee Greaves *
Props Design
    Sarah Elizabeth Miller
Ass't Props Design
    Lily Bartenstein
Sound Design
    Mikhail Fiksel *
    Miles Polaski
Fight Choreographer
    Matt Hawkins
Technical Direction
    Tim Borntrager
Dramaturge
    Amber Bel'cher
Stage Manager
    Erin Carlson *
Master Electrician
    Connery MacCrae
Production Manager
    Cortney Hurley

* = Strawdog company member

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