At the Darkhorse Theater
The Revolutionists Premiers at Darkhorse Theater
To mark the International Women’s Day, Women in Theater (WIT) Nashville brings to stage Lauren Gunderson’s acclaimed play The Revolutionists, directed by Stephanie Dillard, who also serves as the board president of WIT.
The Revolutionists is a comedy that depicts the fictional meeting of real people: playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons!) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle, who face their disagreements and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 French Revolution Paris. This is a comedy about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisterhood, and how we actually go about changing the world.
Playwright Lauren Gunderson is one of the most produced playwrights in the United States since 2015, topping the list thrice including 2022/23.
Women in Theatre (WIT) Nashville was founded in 2023 to showcase the incredible talent, stories, and voices of women in the performing arts. It strives to create a vibrant and inclusive artistic space that champions the unique perspectives of women.
Performances are at the Darkhorse theater, March 8-9. For tickets and more information: https://www.witnashville.org.
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Fjolla Hoxha is a writer, theater & drama critic, and performance maker from Prizren/Kosova, newly based in Nashville. Her artistic practice is rooted on assiduous research that grounds on critical theory, cultural studies, oral histories and narratives, institutional and personal archives. Aside from being a writer, Fjolla works as a cross-media performance artist, focused on site-specificity and audience participation. She has collaborated with various artists, collectives and institutions based in Europe and the U.S. and her work has been staged and stage-read in Kosova, Finland, Switzerland, Germany, UK while her plays and reviews have also been published in Greece and New York.
