THE WOLVES

by Sarah DeLappe

03.24.15

Val Day & Di Glazer

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 CHARACTERS

#11 Midfield. Brainy, morbid, budding elitist, thoughtful. Seventeen.

#25 Defense, Captain. Classic (ex)coach’s daughter. Serious, introvert. Seventeen.

#13 Midfield. Stoner, older pot dealer brother, into her wackiness. Sixteen.

#46 Bench. New girl. Awkward, different, just wants to fit in. Sixteen.

#2 Defense. Innocent, unlucky, kind, skinny. Sixteen.

#7 Striker. Too cool for school. Sarcastic, “fuck”, thick eyeliner. Almost seventeen.

#14 Midfield. #7’s insecure sidekick. Just switched to contacts. Sixteen.

#8 Defense. Plays dumber than she is. Sixteen.

#00 Goalie. Intense performance anxiety, perfectionist, high achiever. Seventeen.

SOCCER MOM

SETTING

An indoor soccer field somewhere in suburban America. The field is AstroTurf. We only
see the field: no goals, no bleachers. The back wall is Plexiglas. Fans, flourescents. There
should be the sense that the field goes on forever.

Winter. Saturdays.

NOTE

Each scene is a warm-up for a game. The warm-up is a series of exactly timed stretches
and exercises: squats, jumping jacks, quads, hamstrings, butterfly, etc. The team executes
it wordlessly, in perfect unison and with military precision.

Over the course of the play, #46 learns the warm-up.

SPEED

The play should take 90 minutes.

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 We are always the same age inside.
Gertrude Stein

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WEEK ONE – THE CAMBODIAN

nine girls in uniform stretch in a circle on an astroturf indoor soccer field

#11
but it’s like
he’s old

#25
he murdered 1000s of people

#13
literally 100s of 1000s

#11
yeah but did you see the photo?

#46
what photo

#13
the photo

#25
oh yeah the photo of

#2
have you played with it before

#8
what?

#2
nothing

#14*
what’d she say?

#2
(a little louder)
have you played with it before

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*
#14 has a cold this week

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 #7
like yeah of course we have
We’re Women
that’s like what we do

#2
has it been a problem

#7
like has blood run down my legs?

#11
yeah he’s like 90 years old
and like has the old person eyes
and all these wrinkles
and like gave testimony on Skype from his hospital bed

#25
I don’t think they have Skype in Cambodia

#13
that is like so

#25
what

#13
like so bad
like you can’t say that
cause it’s like

#11
yeah

#13
insensitive

#25
no
no it’s not
it’s not insensitive

#11
they definitely have Skype in Cambodia

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#25
the internet isn’t the internet everywhere you guys

#46
are you talking about Cambodia?

#13
that’s the stupidest shit

#11
no
she’s right

#25
yeah
(thank you)
it’s like
like here we can look up whatever we want
but like in china they don’t have twitter in china

#11
well that’s not exactly

#8
omigosh

#2 is beet red

#14
you gotta get off of those

#7
that’s like running around with a diaper or something

#8
omigosh soooo nasty

#14
you want a ?
cause i can get you one

#8
same

#2
(shakes head no)

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 #7
no you want it
trust me you want it

#14
(motions off)
they're just in my backpack

#2
(on the verge of tears)
no
thank you

#8 #7
you should like totally take one (you remember Courtney)

#2 #14
yeah (oh Jesus Courtney)

#8 #7
it’s not so hard (with the super plus)
you just like
pop! #14
(oh my god yes)
#8
I have like special sporty ones #7
like the ones on tv (little perv)

#2 #14
we don’t have a tv hahaha
hahaha
#8 hahaha
omigosh that’s so sad!
I always forget that about you

#7
wait you use the sporty ones from tv?

#8
yeah I think yeah

#7
those commercials are like clearly the product of the male mind
nobody looks like that on their period on like a waterski you know
NObody

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#11
I mean like
yeah we should take our liberties for granted

#13
um

#11
what

#13
um no we should not
we should like definitely not take our liberties for granted

#11
I never said we should take our liberties for granted

#13
um

#25
you did

#11
no
I didn’t
I would never say that

#46
I’ve been to Cambodia

#13
we should be like very very thankful for our liberties you know

#11
oh my god I like totally know and believe in that
guys you know what i

#46
(louder)
I’ve been to Phnom Penh

#11
I am like firmly pro-liberty
I just meant like

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 #7
what if it ran down and like stained the ball

#2
what?

#14
yeah like that would be so epic
like so scary for the other team

#8
omigosh you guys are so gross

#7
yeah like
“score on me with my own baby blood?
I think not!”

#14
yeah ha like
“want a piece of me?
here! have a piece of my ovary”

#7
yeah like
(pause to think of joke)

#14
ha yeah yeah

#7
like you know uh
like
uh

#14
totally
haha

#7
like
uh
suck my tampon bitchesssss!

#14
hahaha yeahhh

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 #8
gross!

#7
suck it!

#14
“you got my period on your cleats fool”

#7
SUCK IT

#8
you guys are being soooo gross

#2 abruptly stands up
jogs away from the circle

#8
yay! she’s doing it!
you go girl!

#2
no I just um
I have to go to the portaparty
…portapotty

#14
take one
seriously
they’re in my backpack in a little polka dot thing

#7
RUN BITCH RUN

#25
language

#7 and #14 exchange an eye-roll

#25
HUSTLE BACK
KICK-OFF’S IN TEN

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 #8
(to #7)
you know she doesn’t like that word

#7
I don’t like your face
doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist

#14
guys guys guys:
she uses pads

#11
really?

#7
yep

#13
weird

#8
(scolding)
you guys her family is like super religious

#11
um what does that have to do with her feminine product of choice

#13
word up

#8
I just don’t think we should call her
we shouldn’t use the
the b-word

#7
bitch

#14
ha biotch

#25
hey

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#14
oh my god it is just like a female dog!

#13
I hear she like
she like speaks in tongues

#8
no she doesn’t

#13
that’s not what Kristen told me

#8
she doesn’t
she goes to my step-mom’s church
she’s Episcopalian

#13
(speaking in tongues aka ululation)
lalalalalala

#11
I saw this documentary on netflix
about like snake handling
have you guys heard about snake handling

#7
more like
Bitch-co-palian

#13
(tongues become more of a song)
lalalalalala

#11
all these southerners like die of snakebites
while like communing with god
it’s so dark

#25
why would you watch a documentary?

#11
I dunno
it’s cool stuff

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#14
or like
like
E-bitch-co-palian

#7 #11
um hello they have so many options on there
just made that joke you should check it out
#13
#25 lalalalalalala
#14 lalalalalalala
ha yeah you did but for fun?
you do that for fun? lalalalalalala
lalalalalalala
#7 lalalalalalala
shut up whore #11
yeah lalalalalalala
or like lalalalalalala
#14 lalalalalalala
ha ha shut it you uh on family movie night
(to #13) lalalalalalala
you uh lalalala
would you shut up?
#7 did you say
make me bitch family
#25
you guys do movie nights? mooooovie
#14 night?
…ok
#11
punches her in boob I don’t want to talk about it

#7
OW!

#25
Ladies

#14
(to 7)
baby

#7
that hurt asshole

#14
faker baby

#7
fuck you they’re really tender right now

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#25
Ladies

#46
(trying to get in on the fun)
is it because you are pregnant?

long awkward pause

#8
were you guys talking about the khmer rouge?

#11
yeah

#8
did you read that

#11
that article yeah

#46
what article

#8
so horrible

#11
yeah

#46
guys what article

#7
(to #46)
would you shut the fuck up?

#13 #14
i thought it was (mispronounces khmer rouge) (to 7)
(hey)
#11 (hey)
no I’m pretty sure it’s khmer rouge (hey)

#13 #7
oh khmer rouge (what)

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