The Wolves
By Sarah DeLappe
Directed by Siobhan Shea
Assistant Directed by Thom Ingram
Show dates:
June 5, 6, 12, 13 at 7:30 p.m. and June 7 & 14 at 2:30 p.m.
Audition dates:
Sunday, March 22 at 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Monday, March 23 at 6:30-8:30 p.m. potential
Callbacks (as needed) after 3/23
Audition location:
Sand Lake Center for the Arts – 2880 NY Highway 43, Averill Park, NY 12018
Auditions will consist of readings from the script and some improvisation. No prepared monologues necessary.
Tech week: May 30 – June 4 (mandatory rehearsals)
Please bring a list of conflicts from April 13 – June 14 to the auditions.
If you are interested in auditioning, but unavailable during designated auditions times, contact Siobhan Shea (shea.siobhant@gmail.com) by March 22.
Production:
The rehearsal schedule will be built around conflicts presented at auditions and around events/shows scheduled at SLCA. Since this is an ensemble show, most cast will be called to each rehearsal. Cast must be available for tech week through closing night.
Show Info:
“I wanted to see a portrait of teenage girls as human beings – as complicated, nuanced, very idiosyncratic people who weren’t just girlfriends or sex objects or manic pixie dream girls but who were athletes and daughters and students and scholars and people who were trying actively to figure out who they were in this changing world around them.”
— Sarah DeLappe
In this contemporary slice-of-life play, The Wolves, a girls’ indoor soccer team, practice drills as they prepare for a succession of games. As they warm up and talk about life, the girls navigate the politics of their personal lives as well as the politics of the larger world, gossiping about things like war, menstrual products, genocide, sports, pop culture, and their relationships. Each team member struggles to negotiate her individuality while being a part of a group. They bond over a bag of orange slices and personal traumas. The team seems as if it may disband after the sudden death of one of the girls, but they manage to come together. In the end, the surviving team players prepare to play yet another game together – closer, stronger, wiser, and fiercer.
Character breakdown:
Actors of any age are welcome to audition to embody teenage girls.
11: Midfield. She is brainy, morbid, budding elitist, thoughtful.
#00: Goalie. She has intense performance anxiety, perfectionist, high achiever.
#07: Striker. She’s too cool for school. Sarcastic, “fuck,” thick eyeliner.
#14: Midfield. #7s’ insecure sidekick. She just switched to contacts.
#08: Defense. Plays dumber than she is. Childlike and determined to stay that way.
#13: Midfield. Stoner, older pot dealer brother, into her wackiness.
#25: Defense. Captain, Classic (ex.) coach’s daughter.
#46: Bench. New girl, Awkward, different, just wants to fit in.
#02: Defense. She’s innocent, unlucky, kind.
Soccer Mom. #14’s mother. She is the nicest of the moms, and sometimes she sends her daughter to games with bags full of orange slices.
“The Wolves” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
