Damn Robots

1-Minute: It's Amy's first visit home from college and she's brought a friend.

1-Minute: It's Amy's first visit home from college and she's brought a friend.

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Damn Robots

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  • Scott Sickles: Damn Robots

    Prejudices are funny things. Inherently absurd yet with traceable origins. And they are always weapons - defensive and offensive, able to be wielded against others or turned back on ourselves. Within families especially, our biases become prioritized so they either cancel each other out or compound the impact. Hanna’s DAMN ROBOTS achieves all of this in record time! The humor and the hatred escalate beautifully. There’s a logic to the loopiness that’s a perfect microcosm for the way we live now and have always been.

    Prejudices are funny things. Inherently absurd yet with traceable origins. And they are always weapons - defensive and offensive, able to be wielded against others or turned back on ourselves. Within families especially, our biases become prioritized so they either cancel each other out or compound the impact. Hanna’s DAMN ROBOTS achieves all of this in record time! The humor and the hatred escalate beautifully. There’s a logic to the loopiness that’s a perfect microcosm for the way we live now and have always been.

  • Debra A. Cole: Damn Robots

    A build up and a pay off all on one single minute. Would make a hysterical piece in a ONE MINUTE FESTIVAL.

    A build up and a pay off all on one single minute. Would make a hysterical piece in a ONE MINUTE FESTIVAL.

  • Charles Scott Jones: Damn Robots

    I love the sudden - even for a one-minute play! - farcical turn that ROBOTS takes. Will Dad ever be the same? It would be great to witness this on stage for what I think would be a fascinating and complex audience reaction.

    I love the sudden - even for a one-minute play! - farcical turn that ROBOTS takes. Will Dad ever be the same? It would be great to witness this on stage for what I think would be a fascinating and complex audience reaction.

Character Information

  • Mom
    Amy’s calm, loving mother
  • Dad
    Amy’s dad. Nice guy, but he really hates robots.
  • Amy
    Rebellious. Really loves robots.
  • Chris
    Amy’s girlfriend.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Stories Found, Year 2022

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization OG Productions - Red, White, and Blue, Year July 2024
  • Type Professional, Organization Gi60 - NYC - The Tank, Year 2023
  • Type Professional, Organization One Minute Play Festival Austin - Ground Floor Theatre, Year 2018