By Sarah DeLappe
Directed by Lana Sugarman
Oct. 3 - 4, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 4 - 5, 2025 at 2 p.m.
UB Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre
$25 Adults
$20 Seniors/Veterans/UB Employees
$15 Students/Children
$10 UB Students
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*Playbill will be available 48 hours before performance.
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 premiered in a production by The Playwright's Realm at The Duke on 42nd Street Theater in New York City in August 2016 under the direction of Lila Neugebauer.
“A delightful meditation on society, sex, and soccer.” – The Village Voice
“The scary, exhilarating brightness of raw adolescence emanates from every scene of this uncannily assured first play by Sarah DeLappe.” – The New York Times
“The Wolves” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
www.concordtheatricals.com
Content warning: The play includes discussions about sexism, racism, genocide, abortion, body image, alcoholism/substance use, and implied sexual assault, eating disorder, and suicide. It also features harsh language, a homophobic slur, and xenophobia.
The production embraces a stripped-down aesthetic. No lighting or set design, and minimal props and costumes --- effectively, conditions which mirror those which Shakespeare’s players worked in. Elizabethan actors often had only four days of rehearsal. According, our actors will take the stage with script in hand – holding scrolls upon which are their parts so they might reference as they act.
Henry VI ii has 52 named parts. Our actors will play between four and six roles each. In addition, each will be cast in two “tracks.” Before every performance, a coin flip will determine which track they play for that performance, ensuring that every performance will be unique.
As the production develops, director Dr. Danielle Rosvally is documenting the behind-the-scenes process on TikTok at: http://www.tiktok.com/@yassifiedshax (look for “Directing Henry” in the video banner).