About the Show

Two rising football stars confront desire, identity, and fame on the eve of glory.

The Pass is a sharp, emotionally charged drama set in a hotel room in Eastern Europe on the night before two rising British football stars make their Champions League debut. As they prepare for the biggest match of their careers, an unexpected encounter forces them to confront deeply personal questions that neither elite training nor media scrutiny has prepared them to face.

Blending wit, tension, and emotional depth, the play explores themes of masculinity, identity, desire, and the pressures of fame in the world of professional sport. As ambition collides with vulnerability, The Pass reveals that the greatest challenge may not be winning on the field, but facing the truths that lie beyond it.

Critic Reviews (9)

"The Pass is an unsentimental look at what one must give up in order to obtain fame and fortune in professional sports—a bet plenty are still willing to take. It’s not nearly as heartwarming as Heated Rivalry, but it’s a lot more honest."
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"It's a tricky piece, irritating at first, then finding its stride in the middle before an only semi-satisfactory windup. In soccer terms, it's something of a draw.'
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"Begin as a play about soccer, but its real subject is the terrible distance between the person we perform for the world and the person we might have become had we ever been permitted to live honestly"
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“The Pass” is something of a tease -- sexy, twisty, suspenseful, but also downbeat and misleading
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Psychosexual tensions abound between two soccer players in this energetic and searingly performed production.
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‘The Pass’ has momentary bursts of action and energy, but ultimately drags on like one of those scoreless matches in a Tier 21 league. ★★☆☆☆
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John Donnelly’s gay soccer drama explores the price of fame and fortune.
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“We leave the theater feeling like we’ve just spent the evening with people we never hope to meet again.”
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