The Revolutionists Program

Department of
Theatre & Dance

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE

David Popalisky, Chair

THE REVOLUTIONISTS

Written by Lauren Gunderson

May 16, 2020 5:00 p.m.
May 17, 2020 1:00 p.m.
Live Streamed Performances

Directed By Michael Zampelli, S.J.
Scenic Design By Jerald Enos
Costume Design By Barbara Murray
Co-Costume Designer Shae Kennedy
Projection and Lighting Design By Derek Duarte
Sound Design By David Sword
Movement Consultant Kristin Kusanovich
Historical Consultant Naomi Andrews
Dramaturgical Website Drew Descourouez

CAST (in order of appearance)

Olympe De Gouges Lucy Gilbert

Marianne Angelle Naima Fonrose

Charlotte Corday Juliet Kulusic

Marie-Antoinette Emma Lenza
The action takes place in Paris during the Reign of Terror (1793).

Or does it?
There will be one fifteen-minute intermission during which time there
will be a short interview with Naomi Andrews, PhD.

Approximate running time is 2 hours (including intermission)

A recording of the live performances will be available post live 2
performances

DIRECTOR’S NOTES

When the Department of Theatre and Dance determined that
the 2019-2020 season would feature the work of women playwrights in
order to appropriately celebrate the centenary of women’s suffrage in
the United States, I chose to submit a piece by the wildly popular Bay
Area playwright, Lauren Gunderson. The Revolutionists arrested me not
only because of its reflections on the purpose of art and its comingling
of contemporary and historical issues of justice but also because of the
juiciness of the women’s roles. I knew that these characters, both comic
and dramatic, would be a feast for the young women in our department.
I was so very excited to collaborate with them in staging what the play-
wright calls “a comedy, a quartet, a revolutionary dream fugue, a true
story.”

I cast the play on March 16th, only a few hours before the shelter-in-
place orders were to take effect. With the move to online instruction
and the cancellation of large public gatherings, we knew that The
Revolutionists could not happen—at least not in the way that we had
anticipated. But all of us involved in the enterprise determined that we
wanted to at least try to tell this story, try to give these characters “a
local habitation and a name,” try to make whatever offering we could to
our various communities whose lives were suddenly out of joint.

So here we find ourselves in a relatively unstable Zoom environment
in which four intrepid and committed actors in rooms of their own (in
California, Washington, Maryland, and New York) are experimenting
with making connections with one another and with those willing to
spend time with them. At a time when we are all hungering and thirst-
ing for communion with one another, they invite us to play with them in
generating a different kind of “presence” than we have come to expect
from the theatre. We would rather be in the same room with you; there
is no question about it. But given that that is not possible we reach out
to see what is possible. In real ways, we (like the characters in the play)
are living in a “reign of terror” and have a stake in the story they tell—a
story about becoming more human, about being real, about finding one’s
voice, about being sisters. After all, “Who are we without a story?”

Thank you for being here. And enjoy the story.
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PRODUCTION STAFF

Production Manager David Sword
& Technical Director

Theatre Technician Robert W. Steiner
Costume Shop Supervisor Patricia Ness

Stage Manager Gabby Carrade
Assistant Technical Director Ryan Murray

Assistant Stage Manager Willy Martinez
Scenic Artist Jerald Enos

Scenery Construction Crew Gabby Yabut
Lucas Bush
Marissa Lebarron
Ryan Murray
Sam Broyles
Taylore Schneberger
Willy Martinez

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Very special thanks to the playwright, Lauren Gunderson, for permission
to produce her play in an online environment.

This experiment could never have happened without contributions
offered by:

David Popalisky and the Department of Theatre and Dance
Brian Thorstensen
Kimberly Mohne-Hill
Aldo Billingslea
Jeffrey Bracco
Michael Whalen

Nancy Cutler and Academic Technology
Ruth Mikusko
Sean Kennedy
Joel Bennett

SCU Media Services
SCU Central Receiving
Santa Clara Jesuit Community
We would like to thank the scene shop crew for constructing an amazing
set before the call was made to move the play to an online format. 4

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE

David J. Popalisky Kimberly Mohne Hill
Department Chair Assoc. Professor,
Assoc. Professor, Modern/ Acting/Voice
Choreography/Dance History Virginia Munday
Adjunct Lecturer,
Aldo Billingslea Modern Dance
Professor, Barbara Murray
Professor,
Acting/Performance Studies Costume Design/
Jeffrey Bracco Musical Theatre
Lecturer,

Directing/Acting/History

Karyn Connell Patt Ness
Lecturer, Ballet/Pilates Lecturer,
Costume Shop Manager
Derek Duarte Robert W. Steiner
Sr. Lecturer, Theatre Technician
Lighting Design

Jerald Enos David Sword
Assoc. Professor, Sr. Lecturer,
Technical Director/
Scene Design Production Manager
Barbara Fraser Brian Thorstenson
Professor, History/Directing
Kristin Kusanovich Lecturer,
Sr. Lecturer, Modern Dance/ Playwriting/
Theatre/Pedagogy Devised Theater
Pauline Locsin-Kanter Michael A. Zampelli, S.J.
Lecturer, Jazz/Tap Assoc. Professor,
Ruth E. Mikusko History/Literature/
Office Manager Performance Studies

The Revolutionists is presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play
Service Inc. (www.dramatists.com)

©2020. This video recording was produced by special arrangement with Dramatists
Play Service and Lauren Gunderson. All rights reserved. This performance is autho-
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DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE DONORS

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE SPONSOR ROBERTA POLLOCK & JAMES SADD FRIEND
CAROLYN SILBERMAN* PATRICIA K. APPEL* DAVID POPALISKY KATHERINE ALMAZOL
ROBERT BAINES LEILA POULOS
& TED BIAGINI VICTOR BECKMAN LORETTA REZOS* MAURA BONINI*
ROBERT DE MATTEI* JOHN BRACCO ANNE ROSENTHAL SARAH BONINI
MELANIE BRACEZ DONNA SCHEER* ANDREW BRANNON*
DEREK DUARTE EILEEN BRISBANE CYNTHIA M. SEELY GIULIANA CHION
JERALD ENOS & CLEMENT STASI KARYN CONNELL MIKE & COLLEEN SEXTON HOBART DAVIS
SUSAN CONNELLY GLENN SIKKEMA HUNTER DONOVAN*
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SCU•PRESENTS DONORS 2019-2020

BENEFACTOR DONOR FRIEND FRIEND
PUJA BOHACEK VICTOR BECKMAN ANDRE ABRAHAMIANS CHRISTINA MARTNEZ
CYNTHIA BOJORGUEZ ELIZABETH ACKERMANN
ASSOCIATE MARTHA MAYEN
ANONYMOUS EMMA BOLICH BOB ALSON TOM MCMULLEN
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RUTH SCHLOTZHAUER THERSA CRAWLEY KANNENGEISER MOLLY AUFDERMAUER MIKE METCALF
SPONSOR RUTH DAVIS MARIONE MICHLICH
PHYLLIS BROWN NICHOLE DE LEON LINDA BENDER BLANCA MONCADA
MIKE & DOROTHY CALLAN ROBERT & MARIAN DE MATTEI WALT BLOMQUIST CHARLOTTE MURRAY
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