THREE STAGED READINGS: Fri., July 30 at 7:30pm; Sat., July 31 at 3pm and 7:30pm
Scott McCarrey’s
Robot Songs
Directed by Robert Kolby Harper
In a small town where thinking of any sort is typically discouraged, The Man from the Paper tries his best to hide his curious nature from his fellow citizens and the sinister Mayor while consorting with an exiled Artist who lives alone in a shack outside of town. But, the young man’s curiosity cannot be contained when he learns of a strange man of science, known simply as The Creator who is performing suspicious experiments in a towering suburban laboratory. Upon further investigation, The Man from the Paper learns The Creator, fed up with the meaningless rat race which humanity has become, has developed a superhuman robot named Arty with the intention of destroying all mankind. The robot, however, has other intentions. Arty has become fascinated by one topic in particular: an inexplicable, melodic phenomenon which seems to bring all humans together for brief periods of time: pop music. But when Arty broadcasts his music to the town, something strange happens: everyone within earshot begins uncontrollably committing suicide. Robot Songs is a darkly comic fairy tale that examines issues of art, mortality, creation, fate, and destiny.