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The Wolves
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 10w
Image: 2016 Playwrights Realm Production (Daniel Velasquez)
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Cast Size
10w -
Duration
90 minutes -
Subgenre
Romantic Comedy -
Target Audience
Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)
Accolades
Finalist! 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Winner! 2015 Relentless Award for Playwriting
Details
Summary
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
Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals.
History
Cast Attributes
Keywords
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting An indoor soccer field somewhere in Suburban America. Winter. Saturdays.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features No Intermission
- Duration 90 minutes
- Cautions
- Strong Language
- Mild Adult Themes
Media
“A delightful meditation on society, sex, and soccer.” – The Village Voice
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, Read More
“DeLappe has created an ensemble of distinct female characters without leaning on romantic partners or traditional feminine tropes to define them.” – Theatremania, Read More
“DeLappe's exquisitely orchestrated cross talk and overlapping banter, dense with profanity and jokes, is quite musical.” – Time Out NY, Read More
“The Wolves is a delightful meditation on society, sex, and soccer... DeLappe's dialogue is hilarious and idiosyncratic, moving swiftly from gross-out humor to pain... She offers us ninety minutes in a smart, sympathetic, female world. It's a patch of Astroturf I would gladly set foot on again.” – The Village Voice, Read More
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
Scene Study and Classroom Reading: Plays for Colleges and Universities
by Becca Schlossberg
August 23, 2019
Videos
The Playwrights Realm trailer for The Wolves
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A scene from The Wolves
Photos
Image: 2016 Playwrights Realm Production (Daniel Velasquez)
Image: 2016 Playwrights Realm Production (Daniel Velasquez)
Image: 2016 Playwrights Realm Production (Daniel Velasquez)
Image: 2022 Arlington Heights High School Production (Christine Lund)
Image: 2022 Arlington Heights High School Production (Christine Lund)
Image: 2022 Arlington Heights High School Production (Christine Lund)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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