The first thing I asked myself when I saw the title of this show was, “why would I want to see a show about cancer? There are enough depressing things going on in the world today.” Even though the show’s creator and only performer, Montana von Fliss, described it to me as a “black comedy,” I still wasn’t totally convinced.
Boy, was I wrong.
Let me preface this posting by stating that yes, you will cry. Unless you have a heart of absolute solid granite, you will most likely be stifling a …

From the RoboPop! press release from Washington Ensemble Theatre, the show is described as:
“An exuberant kaleidoscope of pop that follows one woman’s heroic quest to save the human race in an epic battle of Man vs. Robot where love is her downfall and ultimate savior… this performance piece delivers imaginative and heartfelt storytelling like only Washington Ensemble Theatre can.”
However, audiences who have attended the show so far have called it “unlike anything I’ve ever seen” and one was quoted as saying “If you don’t see this show, there is clearly something …