Let’s kick it! Join the ladies of The Wolves soccer team for 95 minutes of running, stretching, and scrimmaging their way through the high-pressure world of teenage-life. Sam Houston State University’s Department of Theatre and Musical Theatre presents Sarah DeLappe’s non-stop, high intensity play The Wolves in the Showcase Theatre November 28, 30 and December 1, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. The cast of 10 women push their bodies as they explore their friendships and their understanding of the world through the game of soccer. We see them thrive and struggle with the world around them, from winning a game to losing someone they love. The physical nature of soccer is used as a metaphor for the pressure these women face in their young lives. This physical intensity is what makes the play especially unique. To accomplish this, the cast worked with Ellie Davis, Assistant Coach of SHSU Women's Soccer team, along with some SHSU players. Together they worked to represent soccer in a realistic way. It was a challenge for the cast to learn these skills but they have excelled in bringing the physical action of soccer to the stage. In the end, the cast has created dynamic personalities that reflect the nature of a sports team and the pressures of teenage life.

Call the BOX OFFICE at 936.294.2339 or visit www.shsutickets.com to purchase your tickets online. General admission tickets are $10. 

The Showcase Theatre is located in the University Theatre Center at 1740 Bobby K. Marks Drive and 17th street between the Newton Gresham Library and the James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center.

MEET DIRECTOR Vicky Lance:

Vicky Lantz holds a PhD in Theatre and Drama from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Vicky teaches in the Theatre and English departments at Sam Houston. Vicky has taught drama, acting/devising performance, and youth theatre at UW-Madison, Gettysburg College, and Franklin and Marshall College before coming to Sam Houston State. She is the co-editor of Nationalism and Youth in Theatre and Performance, Routledge 2014 and has an article forthcoming in Popular Entertainment Studies journal. Her research centers on African, Caribbean, and American theatre and performing identities, and presents work regularly at AATE, ASTR, ATHE, and is a committee member of American Drama and Theatre Society. She has directed plays and devised performances for youth and adult audiences in Portland, Or., Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Chicago.

ARTISTIC STAFF

Sound Design, Juanita Salazar (Freshman, Design & Technology major)
Lighting Design, Rhiannon Pletcher (Senior, Design & Technology major)
Scenic Coordinator, Lexi Renfro (Sophomore, Design & Technology major)

PRODUCTION STAFF

Stage Manager, Chelsea Bettis (Senior, Theatre Education major)
Assistant Stage Managers, Megan Poffenbarger (Senior, Theatre Education major) A'Rhyan Samford (Junior, Acting & Directing major)
Technical Coordinator, Charly Topper
Costume Shop Supervisor, George Curry
Theatre Manager, Katie Prior
Box Office Manager, James Shields
Production Coordinator, Bill Thomas
Poster and Photography, Gavin Calais (Senior, Musical Theatre major)