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Exploring themes of agency, justice, and resilience, The Angel Makers uses a folk-rock score to tell this true story about how far women are willing to go to fight for their freedom.
Based on a true story, The Angel Makers is a new musical about a group of women who systematically poison their husbands to escape abusive marriages.
As men return to the Hungarian village of Nagyrév after fighting in World War I, Suzannah, the midwife—and the only medical professional in town—begins treating the women for various injuries inflicted by their husbands.
When one woman appears at Suzannah’s home in desperate need of a solution, Suzannah reluctantly offers her a vial of poison. This small act spreads like wildfire throughout the women of the town, leading them to also seek Suzannah’s “remedy” for their marriages. With the help of the town coroner’s wife, Júlia, they form a group - known as “The Angel Makers”- to murder the men of their town.
What at first appears as the only way to stop the atrocities inflicted by their husbands, the women’s ambition soon overtakes their morality. These events spiral out of control requiring sacrifices far greater than any of them could have anticipated.
