Sweat

Opening our season, legendary writer and two-time Pulitzer winner, Lynn Nottage’s Sweat, a gripping, sobering portrait of the unraveling of the American dream. Set in Reading, Pennsylvania in 2008, the play follows a tight-knight group of factory workers whose lives are upended as layoffs, economic anxiety, and rising tensions begin to fracture their community. Inspired by Nottage’s years of interviews with residents of Reading, one of America’s hardest-hit post-industrial cities, this Tony-nominated drama captures the anger, loyalty, humor, and heartbreak of people fighting to hold onto dignity in a system leaving them behind.