Gamut Theatre Opens Classic Science Fiction Play RUR

Gamut Theatre Group opens the classic science fiction play, RUR by Karel Capek, on February 11, 2017 at the New Gamut Theatre located at 15 N. 4th Street in downtown Harrisburg. The box office and bar will open at 6:30 p.m. and the performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the performance are $30 for adults, $25 for seniors/military, and $15 for students. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.GamutTheatre.org. Following the opening night performance, a reception will be held where guests can meet and mingle with the cast and crew while enjoying refreshments. Tickets to the opening night reception are sold separately. RUR will continue February 11 - 26, 2017 with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.

Imagine the future as seen through the eyes of the past.... In 1921, Czech playwright Karel Capek published his play, RUR: Rossum's Universal Robots, to the world. The dark comedy took as its theme the dehumanization of society by its technology, as well as the self-destructive nature of mankind's all-encompassing drive toward automation. Two years later, in 1923, the play had been translated into over 30 languages including English, by Paul Selver and Nigel Playfair. This resulted in adding a new word to our vocabulary, as "robot" was fated to no longer be simply an obscure Czech term for "worker". Please join us for this hilarious cautionary tale from nearly a century ago, as its message is as contemporary as the latest entry in your Social Media newsfeed.

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