Sweat
Written by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Argo Thompson
Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. a masterful depiction of the forces that divide and conquer us
Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay true to themselves and each other.
Sept 4 -27, 2020
TH FR SA SU
4 5 6
10 11 12 13
17 18 19 20
24 25 26 27
LIVESTREAM SEPT 4-13
Tickets $10-30.
ON-DEMAND
Tickets $10
CAST
Evan: Corey Jackson
Jason: Skylar Bird
Chris: Sam Ademola
Stan: Mike Pavone
Oscar: Anthony Martinez
Cynthia: Serena Elize Flores
Tracy: Jill Zimmerman
Jessie: Lydia Revelos
Brucie: Corey Jackson
CREW
Director: Argo Thompson
Production Manager: Vicki Martinez
Lighting Designer: April George
Set Design: Argo Thompson
Costume Designer: Sandra Ish
Sound Designer: Joe Winkler
Remote SM: Jeff Basham
Remote SM: Brooke Dengler
Produced by special arrangement with
Dramatists Play Service
SPECIAL THANKS
To all our friends and family who have so graciously
contributed and allowed us to
do our work from home.
Time and Place:
Reading, Pennsylvania
2008 and 2000
RUNTIME:
2 hours 25 minutes
With a 5 minute Intermission
The Cast & Crew
Lynn Nottage is a playwright and a screenwriter. She is the first, and remains the only, woman to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice. Her plays have been produced widely in the United States and throughout the world.
Her play Sweat (Pulitzer Prize, Evening Standard Award, Obie Award, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Tony Nomination, Drama Desk Nomination) moved to Broadway after a sold-out run at The Public Theater. It premiered and was commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival American Revolutions History Cycle/Arena Stage. Inspired by her research on Sweat, Nottage developed This is Reading, a performance installation based on two years of interviews, at the Franklin Street, Reading Railroad Station in Reading, PA in July 2017.
Playwright
— Lynn Nottage