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. <i>Revolutionary Women </i>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. <i>Emilie: La Marquise Du Ch¿let Defends Her Life Tonight</i>: Passionate. Brilliant. Defiant. Tonight, 18th century scienti