February 15 – March 2, 2013
R.U.R. / lol a devised work of The LIDA Project
The LIDA Project at work | space (Denver, CO)
Co-Projection Design / Co-Producer
Director: Lorenzo Sariñana
Part text. Part noise. Part sound. Part image. All Robot.
R.U.R./lol, an original work loosely based on the 1920 Czech science-fiction play Rossum’s Universal Robots. At the end of humanity four robots remain. Through their controllers they work to protect what remains of the planet from a catastrophic event. The process leads them to question how we came to this end.
Awards
Best Multimedia Integration (Steven J. Deidel, Kenrick Fischer, Kevin Zegan, Max Peterson and Brian Freeland), True West Award
Best New Play, True West Awards Nomination
Media Coverage
LIDA Project’s R.U.R./lol uses robots to examine what it means to be human – Westword
Photo Essay: My Night at LIDA Project’s ‘R.U.R./lol’ – CultureWest
* World Premiere