THEATRE WORKS PRESENTS
The Wolves
BY SARAH DELAPPE
10-20 JUNE | THEATRE WORKS
BY SARAH DELAPPE
Before the whistle blows... we are the wolves. WE ARE THE WOLVES.
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.
The Wolves was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 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.
VENUE
THEATRE WORKS
14 Acland Street, St Kilda
DURATION
90 minutes
WARNINGS
Strong & Offensive Language, References to Death and Mature Themes
ACCESSIBILITY
Theatre Works is a wheelchair accessible venue. A full access guide will be available closer to the date.
"The scary, exhilarating brightness of raw adolescence emanates from every scene of this uncannily assured first play by Sarah DeLappe."
- The New York Times
"DeLappe has created an ensemble of distinct female characters without leaning on romantic partners or traditional feminine tropes to define them."
- Theatremania
"DeLappe's exquisitly orchestrated cross talk and overlapping banter, dense with profanity and jokes, is quite musical."
- Time Out NY
"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
DATES + TIMES
Wednesday 10 June - 7:30pm (Preview)
Thursday 11 June - 7:30pm (Opening)
Friday 12 June - 7:30pm
Saturday 13 June - 7:30pm
Tuesday 16 June - 7:30pm
Wednesday 17 June - 7:30pm
Thursday 18 June - 7:30pm
Friday 19 June - 7:30pm
Saturday 20 June - 7:30pm
Theatre Works has a lockout policy for latecomers. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to ensure you don't miss out.
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Refunds will not be issued to latecomers.
CREDITS
DIRECTED BY
Belle Hansen
SOUND DESIGN & COMPOSITION
Jack Burmeister
SET DESIGN
Harry Gill
LIGHTING DESIGN
Sidney Younger
MEET THE ARTIST
SARAH DELAPPE
Sarah DeLappe is an American playwright, screenwriter, and television writer known for her play The Wolves and the A24 film Bodies Bodies Bodies. Her play The Wolves, which premiered off-Broadway in 2016, was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and has been performed worldwide. DeLappe's work often features naturalistic dialogue and explores themes of female adolescence, identity, and power.
