Wolf Play

The play tells the story of a Korean boy, portrayed with a puppet and puppeteer, brought to a new home by his adoptive American father, only to find that the household belongs to a female American boxer and her wife. With a single signature, the father legally ends his adoption of the boy, effectively placing him with his new parents. However, just before departing, he realizes that the couple is a lesbian pair. The remainder of the play follows the former father's attempts to reclaim the boy, aided by Ryan—both the boxer's coach and her wife's brother—who is suspicious of the boy.^[2]

The show premiered at the Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, Oregon on March 19, 2019 and ran through April 7, 2019, directed by Dámaso Rodríguez and starring Tamera Lyn, Ayanna Berkshire, Vin Shambry, Vin Shambry and Christopher Larkin. The show received acclaim, with BroadwayWorld calling it " one of the finest pieces of theatre (they've) ever seen."^[7]

The show then opened in Chicago at The Gift Theatre, starring Isa Arciniegas, Jennifer Glasse, Al’Jaleel McGhee, Tim Martin and Dan Lin and directed by Jess McLeod.^[8] It ran from July 18, 2019 through August 18, 2019, and garnered strong reviews, with Chicago On Stage calling it "fun, clever and original."^[9]

Next, the show premiered in Boston at Company One Theatre, running January 30 to Feb 29, 2020 at Rabb Hall at Boston Public Library. The show featured Inés de la Cruz, Minh-Anh Day, Tonasia Jones, Adrian Peguero and Greg Maraio. The Boston Globe lauded the production as "moving and inventively on-point."^[10]

Following its critically-acclaimed runs, the show opened off-Broadway in a co-production between MCC Theater, Ma-Yi Theatre Company and Soho Rep, opening February 13, 2023 and extending through March 19, 2023. The production was directed by Dustin Wills, and featured Esco Jouléy, Nicole Vilamil, Brian Quijada, Christopher Bannow and Mitchell Winter. It received similar acclaim, with The New York Times lauding the performances as "uniformly strong" and the play "thrilling."^[11] The production received five Lucille Lortel Awards, including Outstanding Play,^[1][12] and three Drama League Award nominations.^[13] Playwright Hansol Jung was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award for her writing.^[14]

The play has since been performed regionally, including productions at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California^[15] and Shotgun Players in Los Angeles, California.^[16]