The Wolves
by Sarah DeLappe

Name: The Wolves
Brand: Sarah DeLappe
SKU: 9780573705977
Rating: 4.24 (82 reviews)

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Highlights

Female

90 mins Present Day All Women Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Pulitzer Prize

Finalist: 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner! 2015 Relentless Award for Playwriting

Synopsis

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.

Press Reviews

"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

"DeLappe has created an ensemble of distinct female characters without leaning on romantic partners or traditional feminine tropes to define them."
— TheaterMania

"DeLappe's exquisitely 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

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
#25 Defense, Captain. Classic (ex)coach’s daughter. Seventeen.	female	—	Defense, Captain. Classic (ex)coach’s daughter. Seventeen.
#13 Midfield. Stoner, older pot dealer brother, into her wackiness. Sixteen.	female	—	Midfield. Stoner, older pot dealer brother, into her wackiness. Sixteen.
#46 Bench. New girl. Awkward, different, just wants to fit in. Sixteen.	—	—	Bench. New girl. Awkward, different, just wants to fit in. Sixteen.
#2 Defense. Innocent, unlucky, kind, skinny. Sixteen.	—	—	Defense. Innocent, unlucky, kind, skinny. Sixteen.
#7 Striker. Too cool for school. Sarcastic, “fuck”, thick eyeliner. Almost seventeen.	—	—	Striker. Too cool for school. Sarcastic, “fuck”, thick eyeliner. Almost seventeen.
#14 Midfield. #7’s insecure sidekick. Just switched to contacts. Sixteen.	—	—	Midfield. #7’s insecure sidekick. Just switched to contacts. Sixteen.
#8 Defense. Plays dumber than she is. Sixteen.	female	—	Defense. Plays dumber than she is. Sixteen.
#00 Goalie. Intense performance anxiety, perfectionist, high achiever. Seventeen.	—	—	Goalie. Intense performance anxiety, perfectionist, high achiever. Seventeen.
Soccer Mom	—	—	—
#11 Midfield. Brainy, morbid, budding elitist, thoughtful. Seventeen.	—	—	Midfield. Brainy, morbid, budding elitist, thoughtful. Seventeen.