THE ROBOTICS OF LOVE AND LONGING, a digisexual Pygmalion reimagining
by Germaine Shames
*Fresh Reads 2023 First Place Winner
* Scripts in Play 2025
A lonely, overworked medical resident buys a state-of-the-art female pleasure robot, with which he begins an intimate relationship — until his mother discovers the lifelike gynoid sprawled, half-naked, on his bed.
A tender family dramedy about technology, taboos, and the lengths to which the human need for connection may drive us, The Robotics of Love...
*Fresh Reads 2023 First Place Winner
* Scripts in Play 2025
A lonely, overworked medical resident buys a state-of-the-art female pleasure robot, with which he begins an intimate relationship — until his mother discovers the lifelike gynoid sprawled, half-naked, on his bed.
A tender family dramedy about technology, taboos, and the lengths to which the human need for connection may drive us, The Robotics of Love and Longing ponders that AI augurs for the future of romance and procreation.
Roll over, George Bernard Shaw!
Highlight Reel: https://youtu.be/CswwzM8MF4I
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Pegasus Theatre's Artistic Director, Kurt Kleinmann, awarded the Fresh Reads 1st Place prize to The Robotics of Love and Longing for "its sense of humor and its exploration of what it means to find true connection in a high-tech society."
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