The Wolves

This brought me back to being a teen in all the most emotional ways. I've been reflecting on these years as a way to heal that puberty-trauma most go through in becoming women, and this play was the perfect amount of #girlboss I needed as a balm.

Post-puberty Eavan did not take to womanhood easily; I was very athletic and a bit mean (just like these girls), and I eventually dropped out of club soccer due to not fitting in. DeLappe understands, in the most realistic way I have seen depicted, becoming a woman in modern America.

So... Why are we girls so fucking mean to each other? Why do we police each other in the stupidest ways? Why don't we ask each other how we're doing?

Sidenote: I saw a production of this in Canada. The audience did show more not know what to do with the Tulsa joke and actually wanted to laugh during the Preamble song. It was... odd. I miss the US. show less

DeLappe does a great job capturing how teenage girls really talk to each other in group settings—often overlapping—hesitant and unsure at times, excited and over confident at others. They talk about nothing and everything, and aren’t made out to be stupid just because of their frequent use of filler words. DeLappe takes her characters seriously, which is so refreshing given how rare it is for people to take teenage girls seriously in any context. As a former girls soccer player, The Wolves brought back memories, but you don’t have to know anything about sports to enjoy this play. I definitely recommend this fast paced read. Tip: Make a cheat sheet of the jersey numbers and character descriptions for easy reference, so you show more don’t have to keep flipping back to the character page. show less

Great play to see staged. If I hadn't been fortunate enough to see it performed, I would not have connected with it on the page. However, seeing it made me want to read it, and that's certainly not true of every play I've attended.

I was in a staged reading of this in college, reading the stage directions. Even the stage directions have a personality to them. It was a fun reading to be part of.