12 must-read theatre books like The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story by Lauren Gunderson

Cover of The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story by Lauren Gunderson

The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

By: Lauren Gunderson

4.23

Format: 73 pages, Paperback

THE REVOLUTIONISTS is a brutal comedic quartet about four very real women who lived boldly in Franc…

If you liked the theatre plot in The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story by Lauren Gunderson , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Sweat by Lynn Nottage

1. Sweat

By: Lynn Nottage

4.06

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In one of the poorest cities in America, Reading, Pennsylvania, a group of down-and-out factory wor… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Nottage's Sweat book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

  • theatre
  • drama
  • plays
  • read for school
Cover of Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue by Quiara Alegría Hudes

2. Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue

By: Quiara Alegría Hudes

3.84

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

Drama Full Length Cast: 3 men, 1 woman: 4 total Setting: EXTERIOR THE STORY:Tracing the legacy of w… read more

Similar categories in Quiara Alegría Hudes's Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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3. How I Learned to Drive

By: Paula Vogel

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl

4. Eurydice

By: Sarah Ruhl

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Sarah Ruhl re-imagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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5. Lobby Hero

By: Kenneth Lonergan

3.64

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

With his acclaimed plays This Is Our Youth and The Waverly Gallery and his Oscar-nominated film You… read more

Similar categories in Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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6. Trumpet

By: Jackie Kay

3.87

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

In her starkly beautiful and wholly unexpected tale, Jackie Kay delves into the most intimate worki… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Kay's Trumpet book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

  • historical fiction

7. The 39 Steps

By: John Buchan , Patrick Barlow

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps was the novel that introduced readers to the cunning Richard Ha… read more

Similar categories in John Buchan's The 39 Steps book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

8. Stop Kiss

By: None

3.14

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Ben Brantley of the New York Times summed up the critical reaction to Diana Son's play Stop Kiss wh… read more

Similar categories in None's Stop Kiss book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

9. Proof

By: David Auburn

3.63

Format: 256 pages,

"One of the most acclaimed plays of recent seasons, Proof explores the unknowability of love as muc… read more

Similar categories in David Auburn's Proof book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

10. The Flick

By: Annie Baker

3.98

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In a rundown movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees sweep up popcorn in … read more

Similar categories in Annie Baker's The Flick book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

11. Doubt

By: John Patrick Shanley

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

"A superb new drama written by John Patrick Shanley. It is an inspired study in moral uncertainty w… read more

Similar categories in John Patrick Shanley's Doubt book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

12. Trifles

By: Susan Glaspell

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Trifles is a one-act play by Susan Glaspell. Her short story, "A Jury of Her Peers", was adapted fr… read more

Similar categories in Susan Glaspell's Trifles book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

13. Reasons to Be Pretty

By: Neil LaBute

4.07

Format: 154 pages, Paperback

In Reasons to Be Pretty, Greg's tight-knit social circle is thrown into turmoil when his offhand re… read more

Similar categories in Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

14. Men on Boats

By: Jaclyn Backhaus

3.06

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. MEN ON BOATS is the true(ish) history of an 1869 exped… read more

Similar categories in Jaclyn Backhaus's Men on Boats book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

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15. Fairview

By: Jackie Sibblies Drury

4.27

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Grandma's birthday approaches. Beverly is organizing the perfect dinner, but everything seems doome… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Sibblies Drury's Fairview book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

  • theatre
  • drama
  • plays
  • read for school
"Once... Well, not once, not at all once. Many many many many times, there was a person who worked hard, a person who tried to work hard, and tried to do their best, and tried to do well by their fami…"

-Jackie Sibblies Drury, Fairview

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16. The Thanksgiving Play

By: Larissa FastHorse

3.87

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A mismatched but well-meaning foursome sets out to devise a politically correct school play that ca… read more

Similar categories in Larissa FastHorse's The Thanksgiving Play book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

  • humor
  • read for school
  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe

17. The Wolves

By: Sarah DeLappe

4.27

Format: 175 pages, None

Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburba… read more

Similar categories in Sarah DeLappe's The Wolves book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

  • read for school
  • theatre
  • womens
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange

18. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

By: Ntozake Shange

4.28

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In celebration of its highly anticipated Broadway revival, Ntozake Shange’s classic, award-winning … read more

Similar categories in Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

  • theatre
  • womens
  • plays
  • drama
"What I want and I wanted to be unforgettable."

-Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

"i done forgot all abt words aint got no definitions"

-Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

"Through my tears 1 found god in myself and I loved her fiercely"."

-Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

"And this is for Colored girls who have considered suicide, but are moving to the ends of their own rainbows."

-Ntozake Shange, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Cover of The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story by Lauren Gunderson

19. The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

By: Lauren Gunderson

4.23

Format: 73 pages, Paperback

THE REVOLUTIONISTS is a brutal comedic quartet about four very real women who lived boldly in Franc… read more

Similar categories in Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

  • humor
  • read for school
  • theatre
  • france
  • historical fiction
  • womens
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of POTUS by Selina Fillinger

20. POTUS

By: Selina Fillinger

4.31

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spin… read more

Similar categories in Selina Fillinger's POTUS book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh

21. School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play

By: Jocelyn Bioh

3.92

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

Paulina, the reigning queen bee at Ghana's most exclusive boarding school, has her sights set on th… read more

Similar categories in Jocelyn Bioh's School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play book and Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story

  • theatre
  • drama
  • plays
  • read for school

12 must-read plays books like The Revolutionists: A Comedy, a Quartet, a Revolutionary Dream Fugue, a True Story by Lauren Gunderson

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Paula Vogel

3.85

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Sarah Ruhl

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Nick Payne

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