Hear Us Roar

by Rachel Bublitz

Hawthorne University's club water polo team has just got earth shattering news: this is their last year, because next year their club team will become women's varsity! Elation doesn't even cover it. This means funding and support; buses and team suits! But, it also means growing pains. Not all the players from the club team will be asked to join varsity. And while they gain women's varsity water polo, other...

Hawthorne University's club water polo team has just got earth shattering news: this is their last year, because next year their club team will become women's varsity! Elation doesn't even cover it. This means funding and support; buses and team suits! But, it also means growing pains. Not all the players from the club team will be asked to join varsity. And while they gain women's varsity water polo, other athletic programs are lost. Set in the late 90's, when women's varsity water polo saw a nation wide explosion after it was announced that women's water polo would be played in the 2000 Summer Olympics for the first time in history. This play is a love letter to the game, and the players who put all their heart, soul, grit, and moxie into it. GO LIONS!

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Hear Us Roar

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    This play hits like a punch to the gut — sharp, unapologetic, and fiercely alive. It captures the contradictions of teenage girls on the edge of something — power, violence, womanhood — without ever reducing them to tropes. The characters speak with urgency and vulnerability, and the rhythm of the dialogue keeps you on edge in the best way. There’s nothing tidy or expected here, and that’s what makes it linger.

    This play hits like a punch to the gut — sharp, unapologetic, and fiercely alive. It captures the contradictions of teenage girls on the edge of something — power, violence, womanhood — without ever reducing them to tropes. The characters speak with urgency and vulnerability, and the rhythm of the dialogue keeps you on edge in the best way. There’s nothing tidy or expected here, and that’s what makes it linger.

    ”
Cast of 14, 13 she/her, 1 he/his

Development History

  • Commission, University of Utah, 2024
  • Workshop, University of Utah, 2024