Solo Chicken Productions in partnership with Black Box Productions, The UNB Women’s REDS Hockey Team and STU Athletics are proud to present their newest creative work, Powerplay.  Written by New Brunswick playwright Jena McLean in collaboration with Lisa Anne Ross and Solo Chicken Productions, Powerplay follows a fictional university women’s hockey team on their hunt for glory. As a new Head Coach attempts to rebuild the program, six players contend with inner demons, external societal forces, and the privilege of pressure. Combining witty dialogue and ripped-from-real-life-characters with a hockey/physical theatre mash-up, POWERPLAY is a door into the world of women’s hockey, where strength is celebrated and community is key.

At a time when our future feels so uncertain, there is a growing light in the dark.  Against all odds, women’s sports are thriving.  A grassroots resistance, proof positive that powerful women will never be erased, and a signal to young girls to stand in their power.  POWERPLAY celebrates the work of the women who made it possible for us to be at this moment and is an ode to the girls, women and communities who are making it happen on and off the ice right now.