Photos: My night at LIDA Project’s ‘R.U.R./lol’

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The LIDA Project was founded in 1985 by the ever edge-cutting Brian Freeland, below, according to the mission, above.

 

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David Lafont, above, who designed the set with Steven J. Deidel, appears onstage briefly as “a controller.” Otherwise, he is stationed behind a scrim pushing some multimedia buttons that employ the use of cool toys like the tiny robots you see below.

 

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The presentation of “R.U.R./l.o.l.” requires a whole lot of light.

 

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