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Universal Robots

First Preview: May 16, 2016
Opening Date: Jun 3, 2016
Closing Date: Jun 26, 2016
Running Time: 01:20
Universal Robots

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Playing @
The Sheen Center
18 Bleecker St, New York City, NY 10012
Offering a compelling alternate history of the twentieth century, imagining the invention of the robot in 1921 and chronicling the shocking consequences of that invention, Universal Robots is part science fiction thriller, part political allegory and part love story masterpiece written by Mac Rogers and produced by the award-winning theater company Gideon Productions.

The Great War has just ended. The fledgling Republic of Czechoslovakia boasts a thriving artistic community. At the center of that community is Karel Capek, a celebrated playwright and a passionate advocate for all his newborn nation can achieve. But this brave new world arrives faster that Karel could have ever expected when a young woman walks into his life with a strange mannequin in a wheelchair... a mannequin that gets up and walks all by itself.  

UNIVERSAL ROBOTS offers a compelling alternate history of the Twentieth Century, imagining the invention of the robot in 1921 Czechosolvakia and chronicling the shocking consequences of that invention right up to the present day.
 

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
MONDAY, THURSDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 2 PM
Off BroadwayPerformance ArtPlay - Drama
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 16
Audience Advisory: Underserved Community Outreach will be featured at the below performances: Performance for Families (Teaching artists child care) - 6/12 Performance for the Blind - 6/15 Performance for the Deaf - 6/23

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$25.00 - $25.00

Lottery & Rush

$18 - Students

Accessibility

  • Assisted Listening System

    Listening Devices Available
  • Parking

    Icon Parking 303 Elizabeth Street
  • Seating

    273-seat neoclassical proscenium - Loreto Theatre
  • Wheelchair Info

    Both Loreto & Black Box Theatres are Wheelchair Accessible Studio C is not

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