Rossum’s Universal Robots (R.U.R.)

R.U.R. Rossums Universal Robots poster Head Trick Theatre, depicting similar faceless workers on orange backdrop
Poster by Luyuan Nathan
Robot Primus and Robot Helena contemplate a mirror

ROSSUM’S UNIVERSAL ROBOTS (R.U.R.)

by Karel Čapek
directed by Blanche Case and Luyuan Nathan

R.U.R. Corporation dreams of a future where no human needs to work and everything is affordable, thanks to the labor of robots. Helena dreams of improving conditions for the robots and treating them like people. What do the robots dream – and can humans survive that dream becoming reality? A century after it debuted the term “robot”, Karel Čapek’s play comes to the stage in a new age of artificial intelligence and questions about what makes us human.

“This riveting production drips with tension and willful uncertainty from start to finish…thought-provoking, suspenseful, and surprisingly topical for having been written more than a century ago” —BroadwayWorld

July 19-28, AS220 Black Box, 95 Empire

Part of 2024: Taken for Granted

WITH:

Harry Domin…..Brayden Fanti
Helena Glory…..Elisabet Ober
Alquist…..Jeffrey Ouellette
Dr. Gall…..Frederick P. Dodge
Dr. Hallemeier…..Stuart Wilson
Busman…..Daniel Holmes
Fabry…..Michael Pugliese
Nana…..Clare Boyd
Radius…..Christopher Ferreira
Sulla…..Luyuan Nathan
Marius…..Daniel O’Donnell
Ensemble…..Amy Thompson, Janie Levin, Ryk McIntyre

Costume Design…..Gabriella Rose
Light Design…..Derek Laurendeau
Sound Design…Terry Shea
Stage Manager…..Rebecca DeVivo
Assistant Stage Manager…..Julian Trilling

Content warning: brief violence, offstage gunshots and explosions, medical violence and blood

Jeffrey Ouellette as Alquist in RUR by Karel Capek
Elisabet Ober as Helena Glory in RUR by Karel Capek
Frederick P. Dodge as Dr. Gall in RUR by Karel Capek
Brayden Fanti as Harry Domin in RUR by Karel Capek
Chris Ferreira as Radius in RUR by Karel Capek
Daniel Holmes as Busman in RUR by Karel Capek
Brayden Fanti as Primus and Elisabet Ober as Robot Helena in RUR by Karel Capek

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Photos by Rebecca Maxfield

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This activity is made possible in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.