{"product_id":"the-wolves-a-play-off-broadway-edition-9781468315714","title":"The Wolves: A Play: Off-Broadway Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the most-talked about Off-Broadway plays, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Sarah DeLappe's award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e opened to enthusiastic acclaim, including two sold-out extended runs at The Playwrights Realm\/The Duke on 42nd Street.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Incandescent . . . The scary, exhilarating brightness of raw adolescence emanates from every scene of this uncannily assured first play.\" --Bent Brantley, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Critics' Pick \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e follows nine teenage girls--members of an indoor soccer team--as they warm up, engage in banter and one-upmanship, and fight battles big and small with one another and themselves. As the teammates warm up in sync, a symphony of overlapping dialogue spills out their concerns, including menstruation (pads or tampons?), \"Is Coach well?,\" eating disorders, sexual pressure, the new girl, and the Khmer Rouge (what it is, how to pronounce it, and do they need to know about it--\"We don't do genocides 'til senior year.\") \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By season's and play's end, amidst the wins and losses, rivalries and tragedies, they are warriors tested and ready--they are \u003ci\u003eThe Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Playwright DeLappe writes in her preface, \"I wrote this play in a sports bra. I am not an athlete in my current life and hadn't worn one since high school. I would take off my shirt, take off my bra, pull the sports bra over my chest, and sit to write. I overshare not to advocate for method writing (although . . .) but to suggest just what sort of play this play was from the start. Physical. Concerned with the body, with women's bodies, not as eye candy or symbolic vessels but as muscular, dexterous, capable, contradictory, and fallible individuals.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e DeLappe's debut is a wonderful piece of theater that features strong young women \"going to war\" in suburban America--through the lens of a high school soccer team. It is a triumph of insight and energy into what it takes for young women to come of age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11006958\"\u003eSarah Delappe\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781468315714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1468315714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA001000\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA019000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER011030\"\u003eTheater | Playwriting\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harry N. Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42704175038701,"sku":"9781468315714","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_16850599-da39-4aba-a724-0cdb99599f4e.jpg?v=1747451708","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-wolves-a-play-off-broadway-edition-9781468315714","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}