Lauren Gunderson is one of the most produced playwrights in America since 2015 topping the list three times including 2022/23. A two-time winner of the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, winner of the Lanford Wilson Award and the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award and a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and John Gassner Award for Playwriting, her work has been seen by audiences across the world. this is a collection of her plays inspired by historical women, science, and literature. Revolutionary Women is the first collected works by Gunderson, brining together the stories of extraordinary women from throughout history whilst also serving as a lens by which to see modern American Feminism is action. Introduced and contextualized by dramaturg Julie Felise Dubiner this is a unique and necessary collection for theatre fans and students of historical drama. Emilie: La Marquise Du Ch-let Defends Her Life Tonight: Passionate. Brilliant. Defiant. Tonight, 18th century scienti
