THE PLAY
By Candrice Jones
TheatreSquared (T2) will produce the co-world premiere of FLEX by Candrice Jones, an Arkansas native and winner of the 2020 Steinberg Playwright Award. FLEX tells the story of a girls’ high school basketball team from Plainnole, Arkansas. It’s 1997, and the women of the Lady Train team are inspired by the successes of the WNBA. With aspirations of going pro, they must first navigate the pressures of being young, Black and female in rural Arkansas. Will their fouls off the court tear their team apart? Or can they keep their pact to stick together through hell or high water? This powerful new play celebrates the fierce athleticism of women’s basketball with all the adrenaline and swagger of a four-quarter game.
Content Guidance
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Flex includes frank discussion of adult themes. Characters in the show reference sexual assult, sex acts, and abortion. Audience discretion is advised.
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TIX
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CREATIVE TEAM
DELICIA TURNER SONNENBERG# Director
KIM EUELL Developmental Dramaturg
KIMBERLY V. POWERS^ Scenic Design
TANNER MCALPIN Costume Design
SHERRICE MOJGANI^ Lighting Design
RODOLFO ORTEGA Sound Design
BRODIE JASCH Props Manager
FIOR TAT* Stage Manager
CAST
ALAINA KAI CHESTER* April Jenkins
SYDNEY LOLITA CUSIC Cherise Howard
HALILI KNOX* Coach Francine Pace
ERICA MATTHEWS Starra Jones
NASWANA MOON* Sidney Brown
ARIELLE SILER* Donna Cunningham
ADDITIONAL CREATIVES
CODA BOYCE Assistant Stage Manager
KATRINA NESBY Basketball Coach
UNDERSTUDIES
CODA BOYCE (Starra/Sidney/April)
JUSTINE RYAN (Cherise/Donna/Coach)