Flex
By Candrice Jones, Directed by Margo Hall
It’s 1997, and the high school girls on the Lady Train basketball team in Plainnole, Arkansas, 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 the rural South. Will their fouls off the court tear their team apart, or can they keep their pact to stick together through hell or high water?
About the Playwright
Steinberg playwright, CANDRICE JONES, is from Dermott, Arkansas. Her mission is to write love letters for women of the American South. A VONA Playwriting alum and CalArts Critical Studies MFA recipient, she has been a fellow at the Playwrights’ Center and MacDowell. Her play, FLEX, was developed at VONA, Ground Floor, the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, then received a co-world premiere at TheatreSquared and Theatrical Outfit. Since, it has been produced at Lincoln Center Theater and Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul. Candrice has received virtual commissions from People’s Light and Actors Theatre of Louisville. In the spring of 2022, Candrice’s play, A Medusa Thread (KILROYS 2023) was developed in UC Santa Barbara’s Launchpad Series. Candrice currently lives in New York where she is working on commissions.