Flex

A Crow’s Theatre and Obsidian Theatre Company Co-production
Written by Candrice Jones
Directed by Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
Tickets $65.00-$100.00
Approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes including intermission

Canadian Premiere
Apr 15, 2025 - May 18, 2025
Guloien Theatre

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It’s 1997 and the WNBA is changing the game. Every player on Plainnole’s Lady Train High School basketball team dreams of going pro. But first, they must navigate the pressures of being young, Black, and female in rural Arkansas, where a mistake on the court can become a foul in real life.

With the swagger, determination, and adrenaline of a four-quarter game, Flex celebrates the fierce strength and athleticism of young women and what it means to be going for your shot at greatness.

Playwright Candrice Jones’s primary goal is to write “love letters for and to women of the American south.” Director Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu is the artistic director of Obsidian Theatre.

Winner of the National Arts Club’s Kesselring Prize for Playwriting.


Critics' Pick

- The New York Times

Flex hits the right rhythms on the court and off.

- The New York Times

Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu directs with cool confidence.

- The Globe and Mail

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Artistic Team

Jewell Bowry

April Jenkins

Jasmine Case

Sidney Brown

Asha James

Donna Cunningham

Trinity Lloyd

Cherise Howard

Shauna Thompson

Starra Jones

Sophia Walker

Coach Francine Pace

Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu

Director

Candrice Jones

Playwright

Ken Mackenzie

Set & Props Designer

Thomas Ryder Payne

Sound Designer

Raha Javanfar

Lighting Designer

Ming Wong

Costume Designer

Noah Feaver

Associate Lighting Designer

Peter N. Bailey

Dialect Coach

Edz Gyamfi

Movement Coach

Alex Dean Johnson

Basketball Coach

Richard Lee

Fight Director

Lisa Karen Cox

Intimacy Director

Hannah MacMillan

Stage Manager

Delaney Small

Assistant Stage Manager

Elaine May

Head of Wardrobe

Chynah Philadelphia

Head of Props

Arianna Lilith Moodie

YGB - Costume Design Apprentice

Lilian Adom

YGB - Lighting Design Apprentice

Germaine Konji

YGB - Directing Apprentice

Riel Reddick-Stevens

YGB - Sound Design Apprentice

Sharine Taylor

YGB - Set Design Apprentice

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