Lauren Gunderson’s ‘The Revolutionists’ Comes to International City Theatre

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The Revolutionists runs June 12 through June 28 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.

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Playwright Lauren Gunderson is giving France’s Reign of Terror a sharp-tongued makeover with The Revolutionists, next up at International City Theatre. ICT favorite Jamie Torcellini directs a three-week run, June 12 through June 28, at ICT’s home in the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center. Two low-priced previews take place on June 10 and June 11.

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Four women to be reckoned with lose their heads (both figuratively and literally) in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s La Terreur. Playwright Olympe de Gouges (played by Amie Farrell), assassin Charlotte Corday ( Sarah Pierce ), former queen and fan of ribbons Marie Antoinette ( Lyndsi LaRose ), and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle (Nondumiso Tembe) 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 real life, Olympe de Gouges was a French playwright and political activist best known for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen and other writings advocating for women’s rights and abolitionism. Her increasingly vehement political writings led to her eventual arrest and execution by guillotine. Charlotte Corday , believing the Revolution had become too radical, assassinated Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat, facing the guillotine just days later. Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, became a scapegoat for France’s financial troubles, leading to her infamous execution in Paris’s Place de la Revolution. Marianne Angelle, a character created by Gunderson, represents a composite of free Black women revolutionaries from the Caribbean island of Saint Domingue (now Haiti) who fought against French colonial forces and slavery.

The creative team for The Revolutionists includes set designer Mio Okada-Nuñez, lighting designer Donna Ruzika , Costume Designer Kim DeShazo, sound designer Hunter Moody and prop designer Patty Briles. Casting is by Michael Donovan , CSA and Richie Ferris, CSA. The stage manager is Donna R. Parsons.

The Revolutionists runs June 12 through June 28 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Two preview performances take place on Wednesday, June 10 and Thursday, June 11 both at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $56 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, except opening night (Friday, June 12), and $59 on opening night and at Sunday matinees. Low-priced tickets to previews are $44.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Lauren-Gundersons-THE-REVOLUTIONISTS-to-be-Presented-at-ICT-20260507)._