"Sometimes a Revolution needs a woman's touch!"
Synopsis: 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 theater, feminism and activism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. It’s a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection…that ends in a song and a scaffold." - Dramatists Play Services
"Gunderson's script doesn't just skew reality by taking liberties with history, but also by playing with the conventions of storytelling, including several winks to theatre fans. Olympe and all the other characters, and actors, and you, are writing themselves into history through their actions, for good or ill."- River Cities Readers
“…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.
Lumos Players is excited to announce the cast of THE REVOLUTIONISTS by Lauren Gunderson!
OLYMPE DE GOUGES: Jacqlyn Schott
MARIANNE ANGELLE: Anecia Johnson
CHARLOTTE CORDAY: Christine Gallagher
MARIE ANTOINETTE: Emma McGee
Director - Ashley Herbert
Producer - Corey Nieman
Production Asst. - Amy Haake - Rowland
Stage Manager - Nicole Haake
Asst. Stage Manager - Tina Behringer
Come join the revolution with THE REVOLUTIONISTS on 11/15/24- 11/23/24
at Lakeview UCC, 8639 Columbia Rd. Maineville, OH 45039.
Tickets $10 at the door or online. Tickets will be available online soon!
