Tina Satter's Half Straddle theater company has been putting on daring and delightful shows for three years, featuring a neo-glam, DIY-esque style, that illuminates a slightly fantastic girl-centric world; like in Nurses of New England at Ice Factory 2010.  Here it's an all-girl high school football team; with a cast of nine, including the fierce and fiery Erin Markey (Green Eyes) and the always-wonderful Moe Angelos (The Five Lesbian Brothers.)  A live band will play mash-ups of Lady Gaga songs and tunes from the Stones' Black & Blue album, arranged by Chris Giarmo and Bobby McElver.  I spoke to the talented writer/director.
 
Hi Tina.  Tell me about your new show.
It's about a place, The Pony Palace, in an impressionistic high school setting, where there is a girls football team.  The show is a close-up look at this team, over a couple of games, and its off-the-field interactions.
 
What will we see of this team?
We'll see their offensive line, a couple of cheerleaders, the team's mascot, an Owl, and two coaches; the head coach, played by Glennis McMurray, and the assistant, played by Moe Angelos.
 
Who does Erin Markey play?
Erin plays the wide receiver. She's very athletic and new to the team, potentially diva-esque.  Jess Barbagallo plays the quarterback, Courtney Rutherford is Timber, the Owl mascot.  She also plays tight end.  Emily Davis and Eliza Bent play the two sister cheerleaders.
 
And what will we see?
You're going to see some practices, some games.  But really it's about a feeling.  What I'm trying to capture in my shows is those feelings that are almost impossible to stage.  Like what it feels like after the game, on the bus with your teammates. Sitting next to your best friend on the bus is so inherently un-dramatic, but I want to capture the small, delicate, subversive and human moment on stage.  In one sense, the moment is amazing, and you want it to last forever; but just on the edge of that moment, you know it won't last forever.  It's not "I don't want high school to end," but you know, existentially, intangibly, there is something next, after this moment.  It's about these moments that seem perfect, but are also tinged with melancholy and sadness, in a weird way.
 
I'm curious about what kind of football action there'll be.
I'm working with William Burke, he's our offensive dramaturginator and coordinator.  We're going to run offensive line plays.  It becomes choreographed; we can't have tackles, and we don't have a full team up there.  But we're trying to run certain realistic offensive football plays. We'll complete that pass, drop that one, run a flea-flicker.
 
Is there a story?
It's not super plot-driven.  I love Friday Night Lights, but we're latently touching upon that.  It's really about seeing the small dynamic of the team, like when the players pass each other in the hallways, or when the two cheerleaders talk about wanting to write a thought on their brains.
 
Does the team win their games?
They win the first game, then they lose one; and then they want to get it back.
 
That's what Rex Ryan said to the Jets before the Patriots game -- "We have to get it back."
We're still trying to figure out how effective it is to put it to the stakes of  "win or lose."  We kick it around, the win or lose aspect.
 
The Bushwick Starr, 207 Starr St., Bushwick, Brooklyn.Previews Feb. 8 & 9, opens Feb. 10- 26, Thurs, Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m. $15.