{"id":192316,"date":"2026-05-14T14:57:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/192316\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:57:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:57:24","slug":"same-team-play-brings-womens-soccer-story-to-philly-as-world-cup-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/192316\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Same Team\u2019 play brings women\u2019s soccer story to Philly as World Cup begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-end=\"644\" data-start=\"422\">Inis Nua Theatre Company will stage \u201cSame Team,\u201d a play about five women who come together through a community soccer team, from May 27 through June 14 at the Proscenium Theatre at The Drake in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"800\" data-start=\"646\">The production is timed with the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will bring international soccer matches to Philadelphia and other cities across North America.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1019\" data-start=\"802\">Set around the Homeless World Cup, the play follows a women\u2019s team representing Scotland. The story focuses on women from different backgrounds who slowly build friendships and support each other on and off the field.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1113\" data-start=\"1021\">The cast includes Asha Bagal Kelly, Leanna Doyle, Page Whitman, K. O\u2019Rourke and V. Sterling.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1206\" data-start=\"1115\">\u201cSame Team\u201d was written by Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse and is directed by Kittson O\u2019Neill.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1359\" data-start=\"1208\">Tickets and additional information are available through <a data-end=\"1358\" data-original-title=\"\" data-start=\"1265\" href=\"https:\/\/inisnuatheatre.org\/show\/same-team\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_new\" title=\"\">Inis Nua Theatre Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Same Team&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1359\" data-start=\"1208\">May 27 &#8211; June 14<br \/>Proscenium Theatre at The Drake<br \/>302 S Hicks St.<br \/>Philadelphia, PA 19102<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1359\" data-start=\"1208\">This content was generated by PhillyVoice Media Events, not by the newsroom staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inis Nua Theatre Company will stage \u201cSame Team,\u201d a play about five women who come together through a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70,11868,7866,2236],"class_list":["post-192316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-soccer","tag-theatre","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}