• World premiere was co-produced by American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge, MA) and Yale Repertory Theatre (New Haven, CT) in 2012.
• New York premiere Off-Broadway at Soho Rep in 2013, starring Marin Ireland (who also starred in the Yale production). Received rave reviews.
• Upcoming production at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (Washington, DC) in September 2014.
• Upcoming production at Steppenwolf Theatre (Chicago) in February 2015, directed by Robert O’Hara (also a TCG author).
• Depicts the iconic 18th century French queen and the events of her reign.
• Many of the play’s reviews drew comparisons to the 2006 Sofia Coppola film starring Kirsten Dunst, also titled Marie Antoinette.
• Adjmi’s other most recent play, 3C, is a deconstruction of the sitcom Three’s Company. The play premiered Off-Broadway at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in 2012. It has since been the subject of a highly publicized copyright legal dispute.
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