Flex (2025)
Produced by
Crow’s Theatre and Obsidian Theatre Company
Playwright: Candrice Jones
Director: Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
Venue
Streetcar Crowsnest – The Guloien Theatre
Run
April 15th, 2025 – May 18th, 2025
Synopsis
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. (crowstheatre.com)
Cast
| 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 |
Creative Team
| Candrice Jones | Playwright |
| Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu | Director |
| Raha Javanfar | Lighting Designer |
| Noah Feaver | Assistant Lighting Designer |
| Ken MacKenzie | Set Designer |
| Ming Wong | Costume Designer |
| Thomas Ryder Payne | Sound Designer |
| Lisa Karen Cox | Intimacy Director |
| Richard Lee | Fight Director |
Production
| Hannah MacMillan | Stage Manager |
| Delaney Small | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Peter N. Bailey | Dialect Coach |
| Edz Gyamfi | Movement Coach |
| Shauna Thompson | Fight Captain |
| Jasmine Case | Basketball Captain |
| Alex Johnson | Basketball Coach |
| Deanna Morrison | Lead Scenic Artist |
| Rachel Smith | Scenic Artist |
| Steve Bromley | Scenic Artist |
| Ryan Davy | Lead LX |
| Shaun McPherson | Lead Audio |
| Will Nazar | Audio Crew |
| Michael Brunet | Electronics |
| Ian Noble | Carpentry Lead |
| Phillip Trajcevski | Carpentry Lead |
| Sami Safarian | Carpentry Crew |
| Rowan Jones | Carpentry Crew |
| Douglas Drake | Carpentry Crew |
| Damian Walker | Carpentry Crew |
| Ada Evenden | Carpentry Crew |
| Leighton Smith | Lead Rigger |
| Rhys Bernier | Rigging Crew |
| Ryan Davy | Rigging Crew |
| Rowan Jones | Lighting Crew |
| Sami Safarian | Lighting Crew |
| Emily Kuthe | Lighting Crew |
| Natalie Scagnetto | Lighting Crew |
Staff
| LJ Savage | Director of Production |
| Jeremy Hutton | Production Manager |
| Ryan Borshuk | Technical Director |
| Amber Rea | Assistant Technical Director |
| Kim Schaedlich | House Technician |
| Jay Hines | House Technician |
| Zachery White | House Technician |
