The Revolutionists is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
The Revolutionists
Lauren Gunderson
February 15 - 25, 2024
Directed by Ashley Cooper
Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world.
“…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.”
—Florida Theater On Stage.
CAST
Charlotte Corday - Donna Bella Litton
Marianne Angelle - Monica Cummings
Olympe De Gouge - Jasmine Christyne
Marie Antoinette - Sarah Ryan -