Janus Theatre Company closes out its 26th season presenting The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson.

Running Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm on October 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20.

*Sat Oct 19 performance will be at 2pm. No evening performance due to Nightmare on Chicago Street.

Performances take place at the Elgin Art Showcase, 164 Division Street, Elgin, IL on the 8th floor. Tickets are $22.

Tickets: The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson Tickets, Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 8:00 PM | Eventbrite

The play is directed by Sean Hargadon. With production assistance from Tara Morrison. Costumes by Tiffany Jasinski. Co-produced by Sean Hargadon and Heidi Swarthout.

The cast features Jennifer Reeves Wilson, Amber Cartwright, Tiffany Jasinski, and Heidi Swarthout.

About the story: 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.

Janus Theatre is sponsored in part by the City of Elgin, Elgin Cultural Arts Commission, and the Elgin Art Showcase.