World premiere produced by The Playwrights Realm (Katherine Kovner, Artistic Director | Roberta Pereira, Producing Director) on September 8, 2016 and remounted on December 5, 2016 by special arrangement with Scott Rudin and Eli Bush.
Originally presented by New York Stage and Film and Vassar in the Powerhouse Season, Summer 2016.
Playwrights Horizons Theater School produced a workshop of The Wolves in 2015 in association with Clubbed Thumb, where the play had been developed previously.
Winner of the 2016 Sky Cooper New American Play Prize at Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, CA Jasson Minadakis, Artistic Director; Keri Kellerman, Managing Director
Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, New York City, 2017
“The Wolves” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Director.......................................................
Dr. Lisa Quoresimo
Assistant Director.....................................................
Soccer Coach and Advisor.................................
Scenic Designer................................................
Costume Designer........................................
Dean Rice
Laurel Buxton
Brian Swanson
Wendy A. Sanders
Lighting/Sound Designer......................................
Hair & Makeup Designer.....................................
Assistant Costume Designer......................
Kolby Clarke
Saylor Hartner
Bethany Prettyman
Stage Manager.........................................................
Sierra May
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Shay Wilkey
Annie Needles
Pixie Isabel Merkley
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#13................................................................
Olivia Wilkinson
Taya Christiansen
Soccer Mom........................................................
Ellie M Swapp
#2...............................................
Mary Sue Elizabeth Anderson
#8................................................................
Catherine Clement
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Rebecca Villalobos
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Rebecca Springer
Assistant Stage Manager........................................
Giorgi Smith
Props Director........................................................
Kaylie Crisp
Electrics Supervisor..................................................
Technical Director................................................
Light Board Operator........................................
Sound Board Operator..................
Kyle Cook
Daniel Traner
Annie Hancock
Kalia Jorgenson-Thompson
Costume Shop Supervisor..................................
Caitlin Leyden
Wardrobe Crew....................................................
Bree Wasden
Adri Birchett
Amelia Brunner
Macie Emma Muller
Alondra Lorraine Cordova-Miralli
Hair and Makeup Head...........................................
Hair and Makeup Crew.........................................
Graphic Designer...............................................
Bria Hansen
Jess Marcano
Dara Bailey
Sophie Stilson
Rafael Arrendondo
Derek Anderson
Ash Bisek
Davey Clark
Ro Christiansen
Angella Lopez
Ethan Akester
Parker Janetzke
Riley Meyers
Keira Miller
Jonny Oborn
Ally Porter
Charlie Adamson
Nora Asplund
Lizzie Coblentz
Annie Hancock
Bria Hansen
Saylor Hartner
Zina Johnstun
Hannah Lemming
Jenna McClellen
Pixie Merkley
Bethany Prettyman
Spencer Smith
Lauryn Weber
Brooke Wilson
Emily Wheeler
For all patrons’ enjoyment, please turn off or silence all cell phones and other electronic devices. There is no texting permitted during the performance.
Children under six years of age may be too young for live performances at SUU. Parents with young children are asked to take seats near the exits. In the event your child becomes disruptive, we request that you and the child exit the theatre during the live performance.
NOTE TO AUDIENCE: The videotaping or audio and/or visual recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
Almost every time this cast had a soccer practice, the creative team would observe the multiple, overlapping conversations that arose over the soon-familiar repetition of warmups and drills. As snatches of the conversations reached us in little snippets about politics, about schoolwork, about bodies, someone would inevitably say “This is it. This is the play.” Sarah DeLappe’s ability to capture that music and to make us care deeply about these characters made this play a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2017. You won’t hear every word that is spoken tonight, anymore than you would if you were sitting on the sidelines during our soccer practices. You will, we hope, get to know and care about each of these players and feel the bonds they have formed both on and off the field.
There is an incredibly volatile feeling within yourself when you’re a teenage girl. There is a desire for combustion—it feels as if the whole world is staring at you, telling you what to look like, what to like, and who to be when you have just begun to explore the world. The Wolves explores the development and relationships that exist between a group of girls on an indoor, competitive soccer team. We watch as these girls use this space, safe or unsafe to them, to answer questions about themselves and the world around them: Who am I? Am I smart enough? Am I enough? How do I protect myself and my friends? How do I stand up for myself? Am I even allowed to ask questions? How do I get respect? Am I a kid or an adult; which do I want to be? What are the depths of my emotions and what do I do if I hit the bottom? This is a story DeLappe felt necessary to tell because it’s a story so many of us have lived. This is what it’s like to grow together and grow apart.
-Dean RiceBen Hohman
Ann Oberhelman
Marielle Boneau
Richard Girtain
Dr. Christine Samson, Movement Medicine Specialist
Danielle Davis
The Utah Shakespeare Festival
Eliza Rose Greiner
Dean Rice
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