THEATER PICKS (KERRY REID)

Czech writer Karel Čapek is probably best known for his dystopian drama about robots taking over the world, 1920’s R.U.R. Trap Door Theatre mounts a rare production of this 1937 play, which was written as Germany’s threats against Čapek’s homeland were increasing. As a nation faces looming warfare, a strange disease begins killing people over the age of 45. Nicole Wiesner directs. Trap Door Theatre, 12/5-1/11, trapdoortheatre.com

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