Flex

Theatre

Name:	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Address:	150 West 65th Street, New York, NY 10023

Production Information

First performance date:	June 23, 2023
Opening date:	July 20, 2023
Closing date:	August 20, 2023
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

Flex is a new play that follows an Arkansas all-girls high school basketball team in 1997 juggling aspirations of going pro in the WNBA and the pressures of being young, Black, and female in rural Arkansas.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Lincoln Center Theater	Producer

	Candrice Jones	Playwright

	Lileana Blain-Cruz	Director

	Matt Saunders	Set Designer
	Mika Eubanks	Costume Designer
	Adam Honoré	Lighting Designer
	Palmer Hefferan	Sound Designer

	Charles M. Turner III	Stage Manager

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Brittany Bellizeare	N/A
	Christiana Clark	N/A
	Eboni Edwards	N/A
	Renita Lewis	N/A
	Erica Matthews	N/A
	Ciara Monique	N/A
	Tamera Tomakili	N/A

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	NOMINATED	2024 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Ensemble	Brittany Bellizeare	Actor
			Christiana Clark	Actor
			Renita Lewis	Actor
			Erica Matthews	Actor
			Ciara Monique	Actor
			Tamera Tomakili	Actor
			Eboni Edwards	Actor
2	NOMINATED	2023 AUDELCO Award, Lighting Design	Adam Honoré	Lighting Designer
3	NOMINATED	2023 AUDELCO Award, Set Design	Matt Saunders	Set Designer
4	NOMINATED	2023 AUDELCO Award, Playwright	Candrice Jones	Playwright
5	NOMINATED	2023 AUDELCO Award, Outstanding Ensemble Performance	Brittany Bellizeare	Actor
			Christiana Clark	Actor
			Renita Lewis	Actor
			Erica Matthews	Actor
			Ciara Monique	Actor
			Tamera Tomakili	Actor
			Eboni Edwards	Actor
6	NOMINATED	2023 AUDELCO Award, Best Play	Lincoln Center Theater	Producer
7	NOMINATED	2023 AUDELCO Award, Director of a Play	Lileana Blain-Cruz	Director