Essential Collective Theatre

Bobbie just returned to school after dealing with the suicide of her brother; a former basketball superstar whose life was turned upside down when he was outed as a homosexual. To process her grief, she joins the senior girls’ basketball team as they prepare for a live-or-die championship battle. The crushing weight of expectation, grief, fear, and identity looms as each player navigates their uncertain futures.

Penned by 25-year-old Hamilton playwright Michael Kras, recently won the Herman Voaden National Playwriting Contest and was shortlisted for the Safe Words New Play Award. In a partnership between the Essential Collective Theatre and Theatre Aquarius, this world premiere production of The Team will be performed both in St. Catharines and Hamilton.