{"product_id":"revolutionary-women-a-lauren-gunderson-play-collection-emilie-la-marquise-du-chtelet-defends-her-life-tonight-the-revolutionists-ada-and-the-eng-9781350401587","title":"Revolutionary Women: A Lauren Gunderson Play Collection: Emilie: La Marquise Du Ch?telet Defends Her Life Tonight; The Revolutionists; ADA and the Eng","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the power, resilience, and indomitable spirit of women who have shaped history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her first collected works, Lauren Gunderson demonstrates why she has become one of America's most produced playwrights. Weaving together the extraordinary stories of trailblazing women from various eras, Gunderson provides a unique and necessary perspective on modern American feminism, the beautiful humanism of science, and the power of the heartful heroine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmilie: La Marquise Du Ch?telet Defends Her Life Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e: Passionate. Vivid. Defiant. Tonight, 18th-century scientific genius Emilie du Ch?telet is back and determined to answer the question she died with: love or philosophy, head or heart? \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Revolutionists: \u003c\/i\u003e Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie-Antoinette, and Caribbean rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, lose their heads, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in the Paris of 1793. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eAda and the Engine: \u003c\/i\u003e It's 1830 and fiery, brilliant, Ada Lovelace writes the first computer program for her friend and mentor Charles Babbage. They share a language of numbers, and imagine a world of computing machines. But only Ada dreams that those machines will make music. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSilent Sky: \u003c\/i\u003e The true story of 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt plays out against a landscape of fierce sisterly love, early feminism, paradigm shifting science, romance, revelation, and a time when humans were called \"computers\".\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Natural Shocks: \"\u003c\/i\u003eTo be or not to be\" - In this one-woman tour-de-force, witty and wild Angela paces alone in her basement, waiting out an imminent tornado: in such a stark situation, it is only natural that secrets come out, confessions spill over, and a reckoning is about to touch down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduced and contextualized by dramaturg Julie Felise Dubiner, \u003ci\u003eRevolutionary Women\u003c\/i\u003e charts an unforgettable journey through time and place, celebrating and exploring the greatness of history's women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren Gunderson\u003c\/b\u003e has been one of the most produced playwrights in America since 2015 topping the list twice including 2019\/20. She is a two-time winner of the Steinberg\/ATCA New Play Award for \u003ci\u003eI and You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Will\u003c\/i\u003e, the winner of the Lanford Wilson Award and the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award, a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and John Gassner Award for Playwriting, and a recipient of the Mellon Foundation's Residency with Marin Theatre Company. She studied Southern Literature and Drama at Emory University, and Dramatic Writing at NYU's Tisch School where she was a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship. She co-authored the \u003ci\u003eMiss Bennet\u003c\/i\u003e plays with Margot Melcon, and her play \u003ci\u003eThe Half-Life of Marie Curie\u003c\/i\u003e is available on Audible.com. Her work is published at Playscripts (\u003ci\u003eI and You; Exit Pursued By A Bear; The Taming \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Toil And Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e), Dramatists Play Service (\u003ci\u003eThe Revolutionists; The Book of Will; Silent Sky; Bauer, Natural Shocks, The Wickhams \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Miss Bennet\u003c\/i\u003e) and Samuel French (\u003ci\u003eEmilie\u003c\/i\u003e). Her picture book \u003ci\u003eDr Wonderful: Blast Off to the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e is available from Two Lions\/Amazon. LaurenGunderson.com\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892565610770,"sku":"9781350401587","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d551f52c-cb0a-4d92-8451-43b2cbfcd133.jpg?v=1738196217","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/revolutionary-women-a-lauren-gunderson-play-collection-emilie-la-marquise-du-chtelet-defends-her-life-tonight-the-revolutionists-ada-and-the-eng-9781350401587","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}