Spencer Plachy Stars in Forward Flux Productions' ROBOT SONGS World Premiere, Now thru 7/14

Forward Flux Productions (Wesley Frugé, Artistic Director) will present Scott McCarrey's Robot Songs, a darkly comic fable about the joys and dangers of searching for meaning in the things we create, July 11 - 14, 2013 at Theaterlab (357 West 36th St., 3rd Floor). Patrick Pearson directs.

When an inquisitive small-town reporter investigates the experiments of a mad scientist just outside the city limits, he makes an alarming discovery: a robot designed to bring about the end of the human race. However, the robot is more interested in composing and performing pop music than doing its creator's bidding. Robot Songs is a comedic exploration of humanity's relationship with technology as well as with itself, and the future of our evolution.

The cast includes James Allerdyce, Aaron Gaines, Laura Kaldis, David Kenner, Carly Menkin, Ryan Nicolls, Spencer Plachy, J Reese, Sarah Ripper, Kellie Spill, and Rebecca Tucker. The production team includes CJ Dockery (scenic, costumes, prop design), Joseph Naftal (lighting design), Abby Walsh (assistant art design), and Wesley Frugé (producer).

Performances of Robot Songs are July 11 - 14, Thursday and Friday at 8:00 pm, Saturday at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm and Sunday at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $18 and may be purchased in advance at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/925498.

Forward Flux Productions presents live art utilizing today's technology for today's audiences. The company strives to reinvent the theatre experience by blending the traditional form with unconventional ideas. Last summer, Forward Flux's production ofFriendAndy.com wowed audiences at the New York International Fringe Festival. Martin Denton raved that it was "a wondrously free-flowing, inventive production that makes expert use of near-continuous multimedia; one that establishes its own rules in its very first moments and then sticks to them as it hurls, relentless and unstoppable as the Net itself."

Scott McCarrey (Playwright). His plays include Bleedin' Trees (2011 Goldberg Playwriting Award, NYU; Semifinalist 2011 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference), Robot Songs (2010 New Works Festival, Phoenix Theatre), The Hopeful Monster (The Cherry Pit, NYC), The Wilds (Barrow Street Theatre, NYC), and Grand Canyon (The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.). His work has earned him fellowships to the Kennedy Center and the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, and he has been the recipient of the Rita & Burton Goldberg Playwriting Scholarship. Scott is the creator and proprietor of the Historical Reenactment Society podcast, which can be found in the iTunes store and at hrspod.com. He holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University.

Patrick Pearson (Director) is a native Texan who lives in the LA/Orange County area. Directing credits include: Rooms: a Rock Romance (Chance Theater - 2012 OVATION Nomination for Best Director), The Trouble with Words (Coeurage Theatre), A New Brain (El Portal Forum), Altar Boyz (Celebration Theatre), The Diviners (Kennedy Center), Under Milkwood (Dylan Thomas Boathouse, Laugharne, Wales), Songs from an Unmade Bed (Celebration Theatre), Equus (Young Theatre), As You Like It (Old Globe Summer Shakespeare Intensive), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Old Globe SSI), and Violet (Grand Central Theatre). Member SDC.

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