Wolfsmouth Players Company

The Wolfsmouth Players Company is a non-profit theatre ensemble company. The company is dedicated to the creation of new and politically engaging work, often housed in "historical watershed moments". It was established in 2021 with its foundational production of Effigy at Theater for the New City in New York, New York.
Laura Anthony and L.A. Mars currently serve as Co-Artistic Directors.
History
The Wolfsmouth Players Company was founded by artistic partners Laura Anthony and L.A. Mars with the 2021 production of Effigy, a triptych examining the American Revolution, Civil War, and Black Lives Matter movement. The original New York cast and crew became the first members of the ensemble.
The origin of the name, Wolfsmouth, comes from the Italian idiom, "In bocca al lupo".
The first general meeting elected Laura Anthony and L.A. Mars as Co-Artistic Directors, Lisa Geerhart as Managing Director, Michael Tilley as Director of Finance, and Gina Sarno as Marketing Director. At the time of the first meeting, the ensemble consisted of thirty theatre artists.
Following their inaugural 2021 production, Wolfsmouth went on to produce a second original work: A Very Great Mischief, The show was performed at Theater for the New City, the New Zealand Fringe Festival, and Brighton Fringe in 2022.
Works
Effigy (2021)
Effigy was written by Laura Anthony, with story by L.A. Mars. The play runs 150 minutes, and examines the legacy of racism in American culture through three interwoven storylines: that of John Laurens, a black Union soldier, and modern-day college students in the American south. The show was in the writing process from 2017 to 2020, and debuted at Theater for the New City in New York, NY on August 24, 2021. Initially the play was accepted to NY Summerfest, but following its indefinite postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic was produced independently by the Wolfsmouth Players Company. A Very Great Mischief debuted at Theater for the New City on February 3, 2022. It later went on to show at the New Zealand Fringe Festival.
"It's a farce, of course," said Mars, "but underneath the high comedy of mistaken identity and antiquated manners there's this story of women's sexuality and how it was controlled by a male-dominant society. There's also discussion of liberation that's separate from gender, and a general struggle against societal norms, and within the rehearsing of the piece we've found some truly beautiful moments of identity and allyship. Mischief is short, and fun, but it's not without substance--so that's why we really wanted to bring it to the city and festivals abroad."<ref name=":2" />
The original cast consisted of: Laura Anthony, Jessi Baden-Campbell, Mari Blake, Andrea Rose Cardoni, Sky Nelson, Cameron Pillitteri, and Mark Simmons. It was directed by L.A. Mars, with stage management by Erin Sabat and Lisa Geerhart.<ref name=":2" />

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