It's hard to ask for a better city in which to perform The Wolves, Sarah DeLappe's acclaimed drama that focuses on the fascinating dynamics of a girls soccer team. With its history of producing fantastic female soccer players and rabid club soccer fanbase, St. Louis is a hotbed for the sport.
Running January 16 - February 3 in The Rep's Studio Theatre, The Wolves was recently named by The New York Times as one of the 25 best plays of the last 25 years. In the play, nine teenage girls (identified only by their jersey numbers) prepare for battle on a soccer field. As they stretch and warm up together, the teammates' nonstop banter reveals how a collection of disparate personalities bonds to form a team. With its engrossing flow of dialogue and authentic characters, DeLappe's acclaimed new play distills the raw passion, confusion and wonder of adolescence into exhilarating theatre.St. Louis theatre star and Rep veteran Nancy Bell (Molly's Hammer, 2016) also appears as a soccer mom.
The soccer-playing members of the cast will work with athletic trainer Lori Khazen to pick up the basics of the sport and authentically portray a team.Melissa Rain Anderson (The Marvelous Wonderettes, 2018) returns to The Rep to direct the show. Her creative team includes scenic designer James Wolk (Mothers and Sons, 2016), costume designer Marci Franklin (Heisenberg, 2017), lighting designer John Wylie (Mothers and Sons, 2016) and The Rep's resident sound designer, Rusty Wandall. Shannon B. Sturgis will stage manage the production.Videos