The Revolutionists @ The Merc Playhouse
The Revolutionists @ The Merc Playhouse
Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror.
The cast: Playwright Olympe de Gouges played by Megan Schmidt, assassin Charlotte Corday played by Magnolia Brown, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette played by Lexi Lodwig-Mutter, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle played by Nimmi Chandwaney.
All four hang out, murder Marat and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. What was a hopeful revolution for the people is now sinking into hyper violent hypocritical male rhetoric. Modern audiences will relate.
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. 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.
Heads will role. Language will fly. Revolutionaries will swear. You have been warned.
Sunday: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM