See local events happening around town, from movie showings to improv troupes. Spring is a time of rebirth and renewal, and what better way to celebrate than finding something new to do in your ...

One of the first noises you’ll hear in Lauren Gunderson’s The Revolutionists is the slam of a guillotine. No surprises there for a play about the French Revolution, except that playwright Olympe de ...

“We are addressing these really huge questions about revolution and violence and about bravery and courage,” said Carolyn Wright, co-director of “The Revolutionists, which opens Feb. 6 at the Maui ...

ABSTRACT: This paper examines the role of women in shaping discourses of gender equality during the French Revolution (1789-1794), situating their activism within the intellectual framework of the ...

Olympe de Gouges is a name you might remember from your history classes as another casualty of the French Revolution’s bloody Reign of Terror. It’s names like ...

The Georgia Southern Theatre is bringing history, humor, and heart to the stage with The Revolutionists, a fierce and funny reimagining of the French Revolution, starring four actresses playing very ...

Synopsis: Locked up in her cell at the Conciergerie shortly before her trial, Olympe de Gouges confided in Fabien, her jailer, before being taken before the Revolutionary Tribunal presided over by ...

Olympe de Gouges pursued her literary career with new publications: plays, novels and essays. She confirmed her commitment to denouncing slavery by publishing her Réflexions sur les hommes nègres ...

A golden statue of campaigning lawyer Gisèle Halimi now stands proudly in the northern Paris neighbourhood. Halimi, who was born in Tunisia and died five years ago at the age of 93, gained national ...

It’s the French Revolution and four prominent women — playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, Haitian spy Marianne Angelle and Queen Marie Antoinette — find themselves holed up ...

A comedy featuring “four beautiful, badass women” set in the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror will soon take to the New West stage. Vagabond Players presents ...