

Emilie's Voltaire
Arthur Giron
Tonight, 18th century scientific genius Emilie du Châtelet is back and determined to answer the question she died with: love or philosophy, head or heart?
Emilie defends her life and loves and ends up with both a formula and a legacy that permeates history.
"Gunderson possesses an antic imagination that seeks to invent its own rules. As soon as we’re drawn in, she shakes us and whisks us 10 or 15 paces ahead."
— Los Angeles Times
"The ambitious, non-linear experiment is a highly theatrical romp that literally crackles with electricity."
— LA/OC Examiner
"The best play I have read in a very long time."
— Robert Schenkkan, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
| Character |
|---|
| EMILIE DU CHÂTELET Forty, dressed in no particular era, confident and curious. |
| VOLTAIRE (V) Fifty, dressed immaculately in 18th-century fashion, charming, boyish. |
| SOUBRETTE A young woman, mid-20s, also plays |
| EMILIE as well as |
| MARY-LOUISE , simple and stupid, and |
| DAUGHTER , direct and strong. |
| GENTLEMAN A handsome man, thirties, plays: |
| JEAN-FRANÇOIS , young and doting and sincere; |
| THE MARQUIS , serious but warm, very formal; |
| MAUPERTUIS , sexy and academic; and |
| MARAIN , snide and proud. |
| MADAM A slightly older woman, fifties, also plays |
| MOTHER , serious and wounded and |
| MADAM GRAFFIGNY , obnoxious and rich. |
Emilie – South Coast Repertory Trailer
Emilie is a American historical play written by Lauren Gunderson and published by Samuel French in New York (2010).
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