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The Revolutionists

The Revolutionists
Your Price: $20.95 CDN
Biz Bestseller!
Author: Lauren Gunderson
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service (cover may change)
Format: Softcover
# of Pages: 73
Pub. Date: 2018
Edition: Acting
ISBN-10: 0822237687
ISBN-13: 9780822237686
Cast Size: 4 female

About the Play:

The Revolutionists is a full-length comedy by Lauren Gunderson. Set during the French Revolution, four beautiful, badass women have a distinctly modern (and hilarious) sensibility when it comes to ousting political tyrants. These four women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world.

The Revolutionists is a brutal comedic quartet about four very real women who lived boldly in France during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror (1793-1794). What began as a hopeful revolution for the people of France and her colonies to address social and economic inequality is now sinking into hyper-violent extremist insanity. Playwright Olympe de Gouge attempts to write something politically meaningful for which she will be remembered. Charlotte Corday plots to assassinate one of the Revolution's most evil participants. Deposed Queen Marie Antoinette grapples with her recent losses. Marianne Angelle, free woman of colour and Caribbean spy, fights to expand the nation's notion of liberty to include women of colour. When Lauren Gunderson puts these four women in the same room, questions arise about art's ability to make meaningful change, whether violence is ever the right course of action and what on earth a woman's role can be in the midst of the madness. It is a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection… that ends in a song and a scaffold.

The Revolutionists premiered in 2016 at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Parkand. The play enjoyed widespread acceptance among leading regional theatres, got critical acclaim for its take on how history is made and people are remembered, and become a popular choice for college and community theatre productions.

Cast: 4 female

What people say:

"…a sassy, hold-on-to-your-seats theatrical adventure…[Gunderson] has created a play that is wonderfully wild and raucous…It's a wild ride, filled with verbal gymnastics that come racing at you so quickly it's occasionally hard to keep up. Listen closely, though, and hang on tight. If you do, you'll be treated to an invigorating and enlightening journey." — Cincinnati Enquirer

"It's simply a brilliant script…." — CityBeat (Cincinnati)

"…in this sparkling work, politics is very, very funny. [Gunderson] knows it's tricky to present entertaining, yet socially driven art, but she does so without losing the rhythm and forward momentum of her characters…These are hilarious and lovable women trapped in a history with a somber final act." — Houston Chronicle

"…an astoundingly accomplished show…a cause for rejoice…Ingeniously conceived and delivered." — Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"The Revolutionists resembles a blindingly scintillating gem-like puzzle…By turns it is drolly funny and affectingly poignant, then doubles back to satirical farce, then ends by bringing into stark relief the social commentary that it has been nurturing all night." — FloridaTheaterOnStage.com

About the Playwright:

Lauren M. Gunderson is an American playwright, screenwriter, and short story author originally from Atlanta, Georgia. She received her BA in English/Creative Writing at Emory University, and her MFA in Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch, where she was also a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship.

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