Sweat

Wed, March 2, 2022
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Roy Bowen Theatre

Thu, March 3, 2022
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Roy Bowen Theatre

Fri, March 4, 2022
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Roy Bowen Theatre

Sat, March 5, 2022
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Roy Bowen Theatre

Sun, March 6, 2022
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Roy Bowen Theatre

Tue, March 8, 2022
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Roy Bowen Theatre

Wed, March 9, 2022
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Roy Bowen Theatre

Thu, March 10, 2022
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Roy Bowen Theatre

Fri, March 11, 2022
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Roy Bowen Theatre

Reservation links are at the bottom of this page.

Synopsis

By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Tom Dugdale

Alternating between 2008 and 2000, the play depicts how Jason and Chris, with their entire lives ahead of them, find their hopes dashed by prison sentences; how Cynthia and Tracey’s childhood friendship disintegrates after competing for the same promotion; and how racial tensions can explode within a community after steel mill jobs are relocated from Reading, Pennsylvania to Mexico.

Lynn Nottage (Intimate Apparel; Ruined; By the Way, Meet Vera Start; Mlima's Tale) won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Sweat and Ruined. She wrote this evocative tragedy after conducting extensive interviews with residents of Reading.