Cast List
#11- Hallie Stone
#25- Eden Donley
#13- Lexi Kingsley
#46- Kylie Keele
#2- Morgan Case
#7- Naomi Hammond
#14- Elaine Sury
#8- Madison Gray
#00- Noelle Bardin
Soccer Mom- Rachael Clark
#25- Eden Donley
#13- Lexi Kingsley
#46- Kylie Keele
#2- Morgan Case
#7- Naomi Hammond
#14- Elaine Sury
#8- Madison Gray
#00- Noelle Bardin
Soccer Mom- Rachael Clark
Production Meetings
Jan. 17 Wed: Cori and I met over text/email to choose the team color. She selected purple. The uniforms are going to be custom made by Gear Team Apparel and should be ready in 7-10 days. We are buying 9 complete kits which includes jersey, shorts, and socks. The goalie jersey will not be purple, it will be neon yellow with purple trim. We actually have to buy 2 jerseys for #8 because another player has a huge nosebleed all over her jersey and she has to go change before the game. 9 uniforms are costing us less than $500. All I have to do now is come up with shoes.
Fittings
Production Photos
Soccer teammates No. 11 (Dylin Barnard, from left), No. 00 (Noelle Bardin), No. 8 (Madison Gray), No. 2 (Morgan Case) and No. 46 (Kylie Keele) joke around during a morning practice in McLennan Theatre’s “The Wolves,” which opens Thursday.
Cori Burkett, provided
by Carl Hoover
Playwrights have transferred the drama of high school boys’ playing fields and locker rooms to the stage and in Sarah DeLappe’s “The Wolves,” the girls get their chance with a story of a high school soccer team.
The all-female play, whose McLennan Theatre production opens Thursday, examines nine players on a high school team, whose school mascot is the wolf, as they proceed through a season of Saturday morning practices and the stakes get higher.
The regular drama of high school students growing up gets compounded with the pressures on a team, pressures that cause relationships and interpersonal dynamics to shift. Players, identified in the script by the numbers they wear on their jerseys, get injured, worry about being scouted by college coaches, and struggle with personal and family crises.
Needless to say, there’s plenty of drama. “I’ve been intrigued by this play for a while,” admitted McLennan Community College theater instructor Cori Burkett, who directed the play. Part of its appeal to her is its ensemble cast with no dominant character driving the action.
Creating a cohesive ensemble resembled in some way the work coaches do to build a team. Burkett’s cast includes theater department students, non-theater MCC students and some actors from the community. And while two of “The Wolves’” stage team played varsity soccer for Midway High School, others needed a basic introduction to a soccer ball and what to do with it.
In fact, rehearsals found the cast practicing ball handling, warm-up drills and shooting goals on the Music & Theatre Arts building’s small stage to develop credibility with an audience, the director said.
“They have formed quite the team and family. These characters have a lot of depth and layers to them,” she said. “It’s been so fun to watch as a director.”
There’s also a lot of dialogue, with often overlapping conversations and language and subject matter that’s often heard in a locker room. Burkett advises it’s not suitable for children and recommends it to college age and older audiences, who likely will find it resonates with their high school days.
“High school is such a pivotal experience for many people. This will bring people back to that moment in their lives,” she said.
“The Wolves” opens its four-performance run Thursday with performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
"The Wolves"
By McLennan Theatre
When, where: 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday at McLennan Community College's Music & Theater Arts theater.
Tickets: $10 and $8. For tickets and reservations, email [email protected].
Playwrights have transferred the drama of high school boys’ playing fields and locker rooms to the stage and in Sarah DeLappe’s “The Wolves,” the girls get their chance with a story of a high school soccer team.
The all-female play, whose McLennan Theatre production opens Thursday, examines nine players on a high school team, whose school mascot is the wolf, as they proceed through a season of Saturday morning practices and the stakes get higher.
The regular drama of high school students growing up gets compounded with the pressures on a team, pressures that cause relationships and interpersonal dynamics to shift. Players, identified in the script by the numbers they wear on their jerseys, get injured, worry about being scouted by college coaches, and struggle with personal and family crises.
Needless to say, there’s plenty of drama. “I’ve been intrigued by this play for a while,” admitted McLennan Community College theater instructor Cori Burkett, who directed the play. Part of its appeal to her is its ensemble cast with no dominant character driving the action.
Creating a cohesive ensemble resembled in some way the work coaches do to build a team. Burkett’s cast includes theater department students, non-theater MCC students and some actors from the community. And while two of “The Wolves’” stage team played varsity soccer for Midway High School, others needed a basic introduction to a soccer ball and what to do with it.
In fact, rehearsals found the cast practicing ball handling, warm-up drills and shooting goals on the Music & Theatre Arts building’s small stage to develop credibility with an audience, the director said.
“They have formed quite the team and family. These characters have a lot of depth and layers to them,” she said. “It’s been so fun to watch as a director.”
There’s also a lot of dialogue, with often overlapping conversations and language and subject matter that’s often heard in a locker room. Burkett advises it’s not suitable for children and recommends it to college age and older audiences, who likely will find it resonates with their high school days.
“High school is such a pivotal experience for many people. This will bring people back to that moment in their lives,” she said.
“The Wolves” opens its four-performance run Thursday with performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
"The Wolves"
By McLennan Theatre
When, where: 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday at McLennan Community College's Music & Theater Arts theater.
Tickets: $10 and $8. For tickets and reservations, email [email protected].