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 2024 Drama League Award, Outstanding Production of a Play Lincoln Center Theater Producer
3 NOMINATED 2023 AUDELCO Award, Lighting Design Adam Honoré Lighting Designer
4 NOMINATED 2023 AUDELCO Award, Set Design Matt Saunders Set Designer
5 NOMINATED 2023 AUDELCO Award, Playwright Candrice Jones Playwright
6 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
7 NOMINATED 2023 AUDELCO Award, Best Play Lincoln Center Theater Producer
8 NOMINATED 2023 AUDELCO Award, Director of a Play Lileana Blain-Cruz Director