SCCC to Stage ‘The Revolutionists’ for Women’s History Month’
Newton. Sussex County Community College will present Lauren Gunderson’s comedy “The Revolutionists” and a companion exhibit on influential women March 6-7 at the Student Center Theater.
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| 19 Feb 2026 | 01:06
From left, (seated) Danielle DiBattista, of Vernon; Nadia Cameron, of Hackettstown; Lydia Rivera, of Vernon; and Fen Lewin, of Hackettstown will be performing “The Revolutionists” by Lauren Gunderson at Sussex County Community College on March 6-7.
Celebrating Women’s History Month, Sussex County Community College’s history and theater programs will present a play and exhibit highlighting revolutionary women March 6 at 7 p.m. and March 7 at 2 p.m. in the Student Center Theater.
The featured production is The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson, a comedy about four women who lived in France during the Reign of Terror: a playwright, an assassin, a former queen and a rebel from Haiti.
Directed by Allison Ognibene, the cast includes SCCC theater students Danielle DiBattista of Vernon as playwright Olympe de Gouges; Fen Lewin of Hackettstown as Charlotte Corday; Lydia Rivera of Vernon as Marie Antoinette; and Nadia Cameron of Hackettstown as Marianne Angelle.
Complementing the performance is an exhibit curated by Dr. Robyn Muir and Instructor Jason Boehm titled “The Revolutionary Women: From Mesopotamia to Modern Times,” highlighting 24 women who influenced societies around the world.
Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at sussex.simpletix.com or at the door. The Student Center Theater is located in the Student Center (D) Building at Sussex County Community College, 1 College Hill Road, Newton.
“The Revolutionists” is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection.
