Award-winning Theatre MSU continues 60-year milestone with coming-of-age dramatic comedy āThe Wolvesā
Contact: Sarah Nicholas
STARKVILLE, Miss.ā»ØŠćÖ±²„ Stateās Theatre MSU continues its 60th season this month with a theatrical production highlighting the chaos and confusion of teenage life.
Sarah DeLappeās award-winning āThe Wolvesāāa Pulitzer Prize finalist script depicting young women of a high school soccer team as they gather weekly for practiceāis presented on the McComas Hall main stage Feb. 28-March 2.
Tickets for the public show are available for $10 at .
āāThe Wolvesā is a timely play about a girlsā high school soccer team.Ā It explores the formation of young women when faced with challenges while working within the framework of a team. This production will be produced in our intimate black box style theater which engages audiences in the play on a new level,ā said Tonya S. Hays, an MSU assistant professor of theater performance.
Kala Morris, student director for the production and a graduate student in MSUās Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion, said āThis play showcases the indominable human spirit of resilience in the face of adversity, and I want the audience to leave with a sense of togetherness and connection fostered through a shared experience. Although we may differ, I want people to realize through this show that at our core, we are all similar and crave the same things. Inside, we are all āThe Wolves.āā
Theatre MSU will culminate its milestone anniversary season later this spring in a collaboration with MSUās music department. As a way to celebrate and honor the programās 60th anniversary, from April 24-28 Theatre MSU will present āPippin,ā the first musical performed in MSUās McComas Hall.
The Department of Communicationās production division, Theatre MSU, is a 2021 School of Excellence awardee in Higher Education from the »ØŠćÖ±²„ Alliance for Arts Education and is celebrating a long legacy of theatrical excellence on campus.
For more about the Theatre MSU season, contact Hays at thays@comm.msstate.edu.
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