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Contact: Sarah Nicholas

STARKVILLE, Miss.ā€”»ØŠćÖ±²„ Stateā€™s Theatre MSU continues its 60th season this month with a theatrical production highlighting the chaos and confusion of teenage life.

Sarah DeLappeā€™s award-winning ā€œThe Wolvesā€ā€”a Pulitzer Prize finalist script depicting young women of a high school soccer team as they gather weekly for practiceā€”is presented on the McComas Hall main stage Feb. 28-March 2.

Tickets for the public show are available for $10 at .

ā€œā€˜The 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 MSUā€™s Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion, said ā€œThis 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 ā€˜The Wolves.ā€™ā€

Theatre MSU will culminate its milestone anniversary season later this spring in a collaboration with MSUā€™s music department. As a way to celebrate and honor the programā€™s 60th anniversary, from April 24-28 Theatre MSU will present ā€œPippin,ā€ the first musical performed in MSUā€™s McComas Hall.

The Department of Communicationā€™s 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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