[Capdist-auditions] Auditions: The Role of Marianne in The Revolutionists at Schenectady Civic Players

[Jennifer Van Iderstyne]

Schenectady Civic Players is seeking a BIPOC actress to play the role of Marianne in The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson, directed by Jennifer Van Iderstyne.



Production Dates: March 17-19 & 22-26, 2023


If you are interested please contact Jennifer Van Iderstyne at jvaniderstyne at yahoo.com to arrange a reading. 



Character Description:



Marianne Angelle - 30s. A fierce black woman in Paris. She is from the Caribbean, an activist, and a spy working with her husband Vincent. Tough, classy, vigilant, and the sanest one of them all. Marianne is fueled by both family and justice. She does not have time to save the souls of these white women. She is a working mom: half in the worry of her heart, and half in the work for justice that only she can do. She’s funny too.


Play Synopsis:


Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle 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. 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.

For more information visit: https://www.civicplayers.org/the-revolutionists-by-lauren-gunderson
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