First Daughter, Helen Spectacular, arrives at the world’s largest robot-producing start-up with a plan to free the robots and grant them human rights. She quickly becomes embroiled in both a love triangle and a secret science experiment that might be what’s causing the robots to revolt. Absurdly comic and existentially chilling, U-R-U examines the societal obsession with progress at all costs and the decreasing worth of humanity in this increasingly artificial world. A comedy about the inevitable robot take-over and the value of humanity (if it still exists).
A new play inspired by Karel Capek's R.U.R., perfect for colleges & high schools!
Keywords: Robots, technology, large cast, comedy, apocalypse, humanity, love, LGTBQ, future, adaptation, feminist
Genre: Comedy
Run time: 100 minutes
Acts: 4
Genre: Comedy
Run time: 100 minutes
Acts: 4
Cast size: 9 actors
Male roles: 3
Female roles: 7
Trans/Non-Binary/Gender Non-Conforming roles: 8
Suitable for students aged 14+
Maximum # of roles: 18
Minimum # of roles: 7
Lots of flexibility in casting in terms of number of actors, gender, ethnicity, etc., play can be performed with anywhere from 7-18 actors (9 being ideal). Characters can (and have) been played by teen actors, but are not written as under 18.
Male roles: 3
Female roles: 7
Trans/Non-Binary/Gender Non-Conforming roles: 8
Suitable for students aged 14+
Maximum # of roles: 18
Minimum # of roles: 7
Lots of flexibility in casting in terms of number of actors, gender, ethnicity, etc., play can be performed with anywhere from 7-18 actors (9 being ideal). Characters can (and have) been played by teen actors, but are not written as under 18.
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