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The Verdict Read Reviews for the Off-Broadway Return of The Wolves Sarah DeLappe’s award-winning play is back Off-Broadway for a limited run at Lincoln Center Theater.

Lincoln Center Theater celebrated the official opening of Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves on November 20. The adolescent soccer drama is back Off-Broadway following two acclaimed engagements at The Duke on 42nd Street last fall.

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The cast of The Wolves at Lincoln Center Theater Julieta Cervantes

With director Lila Neugebauer back at the helm, performances of The Wolves began November 1 at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.

Set on an indoor soccer field, the play details the experiences of high school girls as they prepare for their game—from politics, sports, and history to family, friendship, and everything in between.

Read reviews for the return engagement of The Wolves:

The Daily Beast (Tim Teeman)

Entertainment Weekly (Isabella Biedenharn)

The Hollywood Reporter (David Rooney)

HuffPost (Steven Suskin)

New York Magazine (Sara Holdren)

The New York Times (Ben Brantley)

NY Daily News (Joe Dziemianowicz)

Time Out New York (Adam Feldman)

The Wrap (Robert Hofler)

The Wolves was originally produced last year at The Duke on 42nd Street by The Playwrights Realm in association with New York Stage & Film and Vassar’s Powerhouse Theatre season. It subsequently returned to the Off-Broadway venue with additional support from commercial producers Scott Rudin and Eli Bush.

Read: WHY TWO OF BROADWAY’S BIGGEST PRODUCERS BACKED THE WOLVES

The cast of the LCT run includes original cast members Tedra Millan (Present Laughter), Sarah Mezzanotte (Six Degrees of Separation), Mia Barron, Brenna Coates, Jenna Dioguardi, Samia Finnerty, Midori Francis, Lizzy Jutila, and Susannah Perkins. Paola Sanchez Abreu completes the cast.

The Wolves was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The production won an OBIE Ensemble Award—for Neugebauer and the acting ensemble—and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble. The play received nominations for the the Lucille Lortel Award, the Drama League Award, and the Outer Critics Circle Award.

The LCT production features scenic design by Laura Jellinek, costume design by Ásta Bennie Hostetter, lighting design by Lap Chi Chu, and sound design by Stowe Nelson.

 
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