THE ROBOTICS OF LOVE AND LONGING, a digisexual Pygmalion reimagining

*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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THE ROBOTICS OF LOVE AND LONGING, a digisexual Pygmalion reimagining

predominantly female, intergenerational/multi-ethnic cast

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Avant Bard Theatre, Scripts in Play, Year 2025
  • Type Reading, Organization States of Play, Year 2023

Production History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Pegasus Theatre, Year 2023

Awards

  • Fresh Reads 2023
    Pegasus Theatre
    Winner
    2023