Pythagoras of Cascadia

Surviving the Robot Apocalypse

Like troubadours of old, Pythagoras of Cascadia, in his series of evolving, iterating, timely one-man shows "Surviving the Robot Apocalypse," combines storytelling and song to contemplate moments, now and throughout history, when the world changed forever, what people did about it, and how we might come together again today to do the same. Pythagoras roams from prehistoric land formations to ancient cities, from early civilization to his own childhood, from long ago to the urgent present to always. He models his namesake to balance the rational with the irrational and determine what brings people together and what drives them apart. He combines left-brain skills with right-brain sensibilities, numbers with conversations, non-profit work with three decades of experience as a software engineer, all supplemented with — and accompanied by — his prolific and prodigious work as a singer/songwriter. His stories are woven through with original music and reimagined covers, which he not only performs himself but invites his audience to perform as well. Pythagoras of Cascadia aims to heal the world — or at least survive the robots — by joining with others to gather in person, sing together, and tell stories about all we share, that which unites rather than divides or tears apart, how we've overcome before and therefore might again, if only we joyfully listen.