The Original Robot Apocalypse Story. Really.
Humans have invented intelligent robots that look just like them to do all their menial tasks. That is, until the robots revolt. Who saw that one coming? Famous for being the first use of the word “robot”—this play invented all the tropes.
Rossum has developed a method to create human-like robots, and a factory is built on a remote island to crank out enough robots to meet demand. Around the world, robots quickly replace humans in what are considered menial tasks: assembly lines, domestic labor, secretarial work, etc. A young woman journeys to the island to free the robots, but in her naive enthusiasm, becomes deeply embroiled in the fate of the robots, and ultimately, the fate of the human race. R.U.R. is a sci-fi melodrama before the genre existed.
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Mandy Gonzalez in Concert
Hylton Performing Arts Center (11/9 - 11/9) | ||
Prayer for the French Republic
Theater J (10/30 - 11/24) | ||
Les Arts Florissants: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at 300
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (3/30 - 3/30) | ||
Rockville Civic Ballet presents The Nutcraker
F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (12/6 - 12/15) | ||
Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra with Branford Marsalis
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (2/1 - 2/1) | ||
Sons of Serendip
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Atlas Performing Arts Center (11/2 - 11/2) | ||
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Concert Hall at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (12/6 - 12/7) | ||
Dylan Triplett
Hylton Performing Arts Center (2/8 - 2/8) | ||
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