Last of the Red Hot Robots is a science-fiction comedy comprised of four one-act plays. Each play requires two males and a female, and the same three actors can play the roles for each play. Featuring aliens, evil tech entrepreneurs, robots and social media influencers, the plays can be performed individually or together.
The Wrong Stuff was originally performed at Ft. Lauderdale’s Empire Stage as part of The Monster Project (2013) produced by The Playgroup and Empire Stage.
THE UPLIFTING Two zoogoers encounter an alluring alien.
THE WRONG STUFF Too much time on a spaceship leads to strange pastimes.
YOUR DNA AND YOU A social media influencer finds her DNA is highly unusual.
LAST OF THE RED HOT ROBOTS A married couple find their routine disrupted by a temperamental robot.
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I just finished Last of the Red Hot Robots by Brian Harris. I first saw a play by Brian The Business Proposal in 2005. He tends to write dark comedies with a twist at the end. And this set of four short plays falls right into that genre. They are basically The Twilight Zone meets modern technology with a comedic slant and every one of them has a surprise at the very last moment, Twilight Zone style. This won't take you long to read but you'll have a few laughs and maybe it will get you thinking about the Law of Unintended Consequences writ large in our AI age.