Made in SA: Rossum's Universal RobotsMade in SA: R.U.R. – Rossum’s Universal Robots

The Overtime Theater’s adaptation of the classic SF play R.U.R. – Rossum’s Universal Robots premieres this Friday, June 18 and Missions Unknown has the inside scoop. The show, which runs through July 1oth, was adapted by Roy Thomas and directed by Dave Stone-Robb. The cast includes Kaitlin Campbell and Chuck Wigginton.

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This show is a new adaptation of Karel Capek’s prophetic 1921 play that was very influential to modern SF and introduced the word “robot” to the world’s lexicon. Adapter Thomas notes its influence in later works by Isaac Asimov and Philip K. Dick

At its island factory, Rossum’s Universal Robots makes the cheapest, strongest labor force you can find; the best bio-mechanical robots for your every need. They’re so good, they even look human! But when a beautiful young revolutionary arrives with notions of robot liberation, she is greeted by R.U.R.’s managers who assure her that robots are soulless and indifferent to humanity’s cause. However, her idealistic views plant the seeds of a revolution that proves just how dangerously human robots can be.