Sweat
The searing new play from two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage
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"Sweat communicates its points with minimal fuss and maximum grit. Along with the rage, despair and violence, there's humor and abundant humanity."
Time Out New York
The searing new play from two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage
The searing new play from two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage
Following its sell-out run at the Public Theater, Lynn Nottage sees her acclaimed drama and 2017 Tony Award nominee for Best Play about the decline of industry transfer to Broadway's Studio 54. A searing portrayal of a group of friends pitted against each other in order to save their jobs amidst cutbacks, Nottage's work has been described by critics as incredibly timely for the state of employment in America. Sweat was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, making Nottage the first female playwright to win the prestigious award twice, following her 2009 win for Ruined.
Part murder mystery, part human drama, Sweat is set against a backdrop of a rapidly changing America, flashing backwards and forwards over the course of eight years as it traces the socio-economic woes of a group of factory workers whose community is shaken by a brutal crime.
America at the start of 2000 is a landscape of industrial decay, with lay-offs and factory closures decimating working class communities across the country. It's a desperate situation which spurs on reckless actions, and two friends, Jason and Chris, are sent to jail for taking part in a violent crime. Eight years later they're released, and find their old hometown to be a very different place. The pair head to a local bar where they meet up with friends and family, and as they all discuss the economic woes of their hometown, the real story of Jason and Chris's crimes is revealed.
Sweat was co-commissioned by both DC's Arena Stage and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, debuting in Oregon in 2015. It was originally directed by Kate Whoriskey, who aided Nottage in interviewing many inhabitants of Pennsylvania and Reading in the course of researching the play, and who returns to direct this New York staging.
Carlo Alban
James Colby
Khris Davis
Johanna Day
John Earl Jelks
Will Pullen
Lance Coadie Williams
Michelle Wilson
Alison Wright
Written by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Kate Whoriskey
Produced by Stuart Thompson Productions
2017 TONY AWARD NOMINATIONS
Best Play
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play - Johanna Day
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play - Michelle Wilson
Outstanding Fight Choreography
Outstanding Play
Mike G.
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