bloody noses by Matilda Corley Schulman

What's the cost of winning? Riley, Lou, and Teddy are about to find out. Their friend and teammate, Bec, is currently unawake in the hospital after being drugged and assaulted on a date....assaulted by their own team athletic trainer...who seems to have done the same thing to more than just Bec. As a story, “bloody noses,” follows the unraveling and aftermath of one female collegiate soccer team as they...
What's the cost of winning? Riley, Lou, and Teddy are about to find out. Their friend and teammate, Bec, is currently unawake in the hospital after being drugged and assaulted on a date....assaulted by their own team athletic trainer...who seems to have done the same thing to more than just Bec. As a story, “bloody noses,” follows the unraveling and aftermath of one female collegiate soccer team as they come to terms with the dark reality of the crushed fairytale dreams they have been fed their whole lives as young female athletes.
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  • Marilyn Schotland:
    28 Mar. 2023
    “ ‘bloody noses’ is a gut-wrenching master class in storytelling. Each one of the girls here is astonishing, vibrant, and deeply felt, and their language and movement is a revelation page after unflinching page. I cannot recommend this play highly enough. ”

BEC; fire and dancing flame, forward—19
RILEY; molten metal trapped in stone, the oldest of the group, midfielder—22
LOU; a star wandering, cosmic, the goalie—20
TEDDY; butterfly who had to grow up into a bee, defender; real name is Teresa, the Spanish pronunciation--20, HISPANIC
CODY; the monster who didn’t have to be a monster, 26-28
COACH; 40s-50s, been in this job too long, has free rein in this job—no one looks at him and what he has to do for this program, because honestly they don’t want to
WIFE/WAITER/ COUNSELOR; the women, the different women, who see this…happening…
*if need be the wife/waiter/counselor and Bec can be doubled by those playing the other three girls…