The Wolves
The WOLVES by Sarah DeLappe is a contemporary comedy/drama about a high school girls’ indoor soccer team; it chronicles a series of warm ups amongst the team as they navigate big questions and small battles with themselves, each other, and the world.
CRITIC'S PICK! "The scary, exhilarating brightness of raw adolescence emanates from every scene of this uncannily assured first play by Sarah DeLappe." – The New York Times.
General Advisory: Recommended for ages 13 and older due to adult language and subject matter.
Content Advisory:
Topics in discussion/dialogue:
Death—vehicular trauma and fatal accident/cancer/suicide; grief; violence/murder/genocide; race/ethnicity/nationalism; body image/appearance; disordered eating; social anxiety disorders; alcohol and drug use; implied sexual assault; sexual exploration and orientation; nausea/vomiting; physical injuries including concussions and leg trauma; menstruation/birth control/Plan B/abortion
Actually depicted on stage:
Adult language [throughout]; use of an ableist slur (the r-word) [Scene 2]; vomiting sounds [Scene 2]; binge eating [Scene 2]; nosebleed [Scene 3]; grief/panic attack [Scene 5]
Additional Advisory:
This show may be challenging for audience members who struggle with auditory/visual processing due to bright stage lights (no strobe), loud/overlapping dialogue; soccer action/physical movements happening simultaneously; a loud sports whistle at various times throughout the performance.
The WOLVES encapsulates the complexity of the adolescent experience. We hope our informed audience members find truth in the character identities and authenticity in the stories they carry.
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ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Sarah DeLappe's acclaimed play The Wolves premiered Off-Broadway at The Playwrights Realm, following an engagement at New York Stage and Film, and development at Clubbed Thumb and Great Plains Theatre Conference, and was subsequently remounted at Lincoln Center. The Wolves received the American Playwriting Foundation's inaugural Relentless Award, and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and the Yale Drama Series Prize.
Fellowships and developmental support include The MacDowell Colony, The Ground Floor, LCT3 Playwright in Residence, Ars Nova Play Group, Page One Fellowship at The Playwrights Realm, SPACE on Ryder Farm and Sitka Fellows Program.
Past affiliations: Clubbed Thumb's Early Career Writers' Group and New Georges Audrey Residency. MFA in process at Brooklyn College.