In one of the poorest cities in America – Reading, Pennsylvania – a group of factory workers struggle to keep their present lives in balance, ignorant of the financial devastation looming in their near future. Based on the playwright’s extensive interviews with residents of Reading, Lynn Nottage’s play Sweat is a tale of friends pitted against each other by big business, and a topical reflection of the present and poignant decline of the American Dream.

The play premiered in Oregon in 2015, before being produced at the Public Theater, New York, in 2016, and the following year on Broadway, where it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It received its UK premiere at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2018, directed by Lynette Linton, and went on to win Best Play at the 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

Cast
Evan: Jovell Bailey
Jason: Frank West
Chris: Chris Emanuel
Stan: Kevin Magee
Oscar: Chris Cespedes
Tracey: Barbara Bloemink
Cynthia: Lucia Williams
Jessie & Newscaster: Carrie Ellman-Larsen
Brucie: Gregory Taylor

Creative Team
Director: Anadina Saladino
Assistant Director: Jai Sada
Production Stage Manager: Anne Young
Set Design: Anadina Saladino
Lighting Design: Nick Diaz
Costume Design: Anne Young
Sound Design: Anadina Saladino
Flyer Artwork: Anadina Saladino
Fight Captain: Javan Zapata