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Flex Summary

In Flex, a basketball team balances their dreams of going pro with the pressures of being young, Black, and female in rural Arkansas.

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 play by Candrice Jones and directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz celebrates the fierce athleticism of women’s basketball with all the adrenaline and swagger of a four-quarter game.

Candrice Jones makes her New York debut with Flex, for which she was awarded the 2023 Kesselring Prize.

LCT Resident Director Lileana Blain-Cruz was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Director in 2022.

Flex Cast Members:

Brittany Bellizeare, Christiana Clark, Renita Lewis, Erica Matthews, Ciara Monique, Tamera Tomakili

Flex Creative Team

Author: Candrice Jones
Director: Lileana Blain-Cruz
Producer: Lincoln Center Theater
Press Agent: Juliana Hannett

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