It's worth a read if you love reading plays that are just as entertaining on the page as they are in person. So good. Sweat by Lynn Nottage Donmar Warehouse / Dec 2018 and Gielgud Theatre / June 2019 Direction: Lynette Linton Set and Costume: Frankie Bradshaw Lighting: Oliver Fenwick Sound: George Dennis Photos by Johan Persson Frankie Bradshaw and Lynette Linton were joint winners for the award for Best Creative West End Debut at the Stage Debut awards 2019 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Play. This play is set in Reading, Pennsylvania and follows a group of friends who work in the same factory. "Sweat" brings to life a small slice of Americana that has largely been ignored - the plight of blue-collar factory workers being screwed over by the fat-cat owners. The stage directions at the top of each scene are helpful in placing the reader in what's going on in the world, giving national and local headlines. The play premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2015; it was produced Off-Broadway in 2016 and on Broadway in 2017. I have a special interest in this one, because the setting (Reading, PA) is 5 minutes away from where I grew up. The characters in this Pulitzer Prize (2017) winning play are from a blue-collar community in Not so much, I'm afraid. We’d love your help. Sweat by Lynn Nottage Donmar Warehouse / Dec 2018 and Gielgud Theatre / June 2019 Direction: Lynette Linton Set and Costume: Frankie Bradshaw Lighting: Oliver Fenwick Sound: George Dennis Photos by Johan Persson Frankie Bradshaw and Lynette Linton were joint winners for the award for Best Creative West End Debut at the Stage Debut awards 2019 The quickness with which they could turn on life-long friends and the rather predictable ending. The famed French philosopher would surely pity the characters in Sweat, Lynn Nottage's 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, directed with brave physicality by Tim Bond at … Lynn Nottage Her plays have been produced at theaters throughout the country. Reading it felt exciting and sad and frustrating and hopeful and angry and.....and.....and a whole other list of feelings. Set near her hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania, Sweat details the life of a close knit group of friends who have been affected by their factory closing, ending the only way of life the town has known for generations. Lynn Nottage is the only woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice (Ruined in 2009 and Sweat in 2017).Sweat has close ties to Floyd’s, the Guthrie-commissioned play that had its world premiere on our stage last summer.Nottage worked on both plays in tandem after spending two years in Reading, Pennsylvania, interviewing residents about the city’s economic changes. By Lynn Nottage Directed by Tim Altmeyer Sweat darts between 2000 and 2008 as it tells the story of a group of friends that work together at a steel mill in Reading, Pennsylvania. Despite it winning ANOTHER Pulitzer, I found it somewhat of a disappointment - I mean, it's competent, but there is really none of the freshness in plot, subject, character or execution exemplified in her earlier work. Word Count: 429. Edgy, humorous, important, deeply moving. Sweat Mar 26, 2017 Jun 25, 2017 . DPS offers an extensive list of titles that includes many of the most significant plays of the past century. (I wrote some more here: A quick, gripping read about the consequences for working-class people when longtime jobs disappear. In September 2008, Jason, a man with white supremacist facial tattoos, meets with Evan, his African American parole officer. L ynn Nottage’s Sweat is a play set in 2000 and 2008 that explores the tension in a group of friends in the midst of layoffs at a factory in Reading, Pennsylvania. This play is certainly of its time; the scenes open with news-like recaps of what is going on socially and politically in America during the early 2ooos. Inspired by field research and first-person testimonials collected in Reading, PA, Lynn Nottage’s unflinching, intensely researched, and Pulitzer-winning slice-of-life drama, Sweat, captures … Sweat by Lynn Nottage Buy Your Tickets Online Directed by Matt J. Bannister November 1 - 23, 2019 Matinees: November 10 and 17 at 2pm A play in a bar like none other. So painful. Written by Lynn Nottage. Start time for Sweat is 7:30pm for all shows except the 3:00pm matinee on Sunday, August 12. 1, 2020 Huntington Avenue Theatre, 264 Huntington Avenue. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. I loved Nottage's last Pulitzer-winning play, "Ruined." Six Degrees of Separation Apr 25, 2017 Written by Lynn Nottage. And so fresh in my mind. So needed in the theater. Sweat is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by acclaimed African-American playwright Lynn Nottage (author of Ruined and Intimate Apparel). Grapples with the big problems of 21st century America. I'm glad the astonishing 'Oslo' prevailed over it at the Tony Awards for Best Play this year. Powerful play--near classical tragedy with class rather than individual protagonists--circling around the weight of our screwed up economic system--capitalist red in tooth and damn claw--on workers caught in a whirlpool with no escape. FIRST LINE REVIEW: "So, you got a job?" So I picked this book up and put it down, completed, an hour later. Nottage hits on something really important when she shows how racial resentment creeps into communities the moment the going gets tough, even if it never made much of an appearance before. October 17 – November 18, 2018 Sacramento Premiere | 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winner. Lynn Nottage on ‘Sweat’ and the American economy Lizzie O'Leary Dec 9, 2016 Johanna Day, Michelle Wilson, Miriam Shor, and Carlo Albán in Sweat, written by Lynn Nottage and directed by … This play is about a group of working class friends who are hit with the recession, and how, when the potential of poverty is in sight, allow racial discriminations to break them apart. Anastasia Apr 24, 2017 Mar 31, 2019 . 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. Excellent play about the situation in the rust belt of Pennsylvania. Based on interviews with residents of small-town Pennsylvania, Lynn Nottage’s play vividly describes the betrayal and resentments of striking female factory workers in an era of industrial decline Based on Nottage’s extensive research and interviews with residents of Reading, Sweat is a topical reflection of the present and poignant outcome of America’s economic decline. Significant quotes in Lynn Nottage's Sweat with explanations. The following version of this play was used to create this study guide: Nottage, Lynn, Sweat, Theatre Communications Group, 2007. More specifically, the loss of jobs in 21st C. America. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their … This play is about a group of working class friends who are hit with the recession, and how, when the potential of poverty is in sight, allow racial discriminations to break them apart. Required reading and viewing. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Set near her hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania, Sweat details the life of a close knit group of friends who have been affected by their factory closing, ending the only way of life the town has known for generations. More specifically, the loss of jobs in 21st C. America. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Based on Nottage’s extensive research and interviews with residents of Reading, Sweat is a topical reflection of the present and poignant outcome of America’s economic decline. The owners and administration of the factory do not appear in this play, but their back-handed dealings and manipulations of the community are the catalysts that move the story forward, creating an unseen, all-powerful character pulling the strings of everyone that is seen on stage. To see what your friends thought of this book. I sobbed as I finished reading the play - I can only imagine what it would feel like as an audience member...especially one who calls Berks County home, lived in Reading for the first 8 yrs of my life, and has family and friends who were affected by NAFTA and economic changes within the time period the play spans. LOVED it! (I'm assuming, I haven't seen it live). To survive from day to day is an epic struggle to find a way to feed yourself, clothe yourself, put a roof over your head. Deserves the Pulitzer it won. In Stock. This play jumps between 2000 and 2008, mostly centered in a bar in Reading, PA, from just before W won the election into everything going to hell when the recession hit. It seemed derivative - kind of an amalgamation of Lindsay-Abaire's 'Good People' and 'Norma Rae'. SWEAT was originally produced on Broadway at Studio 54 by Stuart Thompson and Louise L. Gund, premiering on March 26, 2017. This is a story of the moment (and of the last few decades), and definitely worth your time. Sweat is a 2015 play by American playwright Lynn Nottage. Not so much, I'm afraid. I would love to see a production of this play. It's a bit like Steinbeck writing about the guy with the bulldozer at the Joad homestead--you can strike out against him, but he's caught in the same vortex and you don't have a way of striking the people making the calls. The play was produced Off-Broadway in 2016 and on Broadway in 2017. She is the first woman playwright to be honored twice. The writing in this play is exquisite - sparse enough to allow productions creative license to make it their own, yet detailed enough for a reader to imagine everything that is going on. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Unable to add item to List. Sweat by Lynn Nottage Buy Your Tickets Online Directed by Matt J. Bannister November 1 - 23, 2019 Matinees: November 10 and 17 at 2pm A play in a bar like none other. Sweat, a play written by Lynn Nottage and directed by Kimberly Senior, confronts disillusionment, racism, and the tribulations of the working class from the moment the play begins. This play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2017. okay so I re-read this after seeing it over the weekend, and I'll leave my original review below but just know I was wrong because this is quite clearly one of the best plays to come out of America maybe ever. There are 0 customer reviews and 12 customer ratings. FIRST LINE REVIEW: "So, you got a job?" FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00. Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Sweat, now playing at the Mark Taper Forum, exposes the collapse of the American working class in the new millennium.When backed up … I wish there were more fictional stories about labor! This play jumps between 2000 and 2008, mostly centered in a bar in Reading, PA, from just before W won the election into everything going to hell when the recession hit. I have used "Ruined" in the past and am excited about "Sweat" because it will be far more relatable for my students. So easy to see why this won the Pulitzer, Sweat captures the cultural zeitgeist of our country right now. About a group of people you normally don't see plays written about. I loved this. Set in a working-class bar in Reading, Pennsylvania, over the course of the ‘00 election, I broke down just reading this; I can imagine what it's like to see it performed. This bar-code number lets you verify that you're getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. SWEAT was originally produced on Broadway at Studio 54 by Stuart Thompson and Louise L. Gund, premiering on March 26, 2017. I suspect it would be very powerful indeed when seen onstage, but it lost a little something for me in reading it on paper. This fall, The Public Theater launches a free, four-week tour of Lynn Nottage’s powerful Pulitzer Prize-winning play, SWEAT, directed by Kate Whoriskey. Sweat is a two-act play written by Lynn Nottage. This is a biting and fierce account of working-class America and how they survive. She was the first woman to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice; the first in 2009 for Ruined, and the second in 2017 for Sweat. Jobs are at the heart of this newest Pulitzer-winning drama. I am planning to use this play in the Women in Theatre course I teach. The play premiered at Oregon Shakespeare Festival on July 29, 2015 under the direction of Kate Whoriskey. Sweat examines the changing lives of factory workers in Reading, Pennsylvania, between the years of 2000 and 2008. A proud Brooklyn native, Lynn was honored to participate. I think the comparisons some reviewers are making between "Ruined" and "Sweat" are misguided. Sweat by Lynn Nottage Directed by Loretta Greco The Geary Theater September 26–October 21, 2018 Words on Plays Volume XXV, No. The drone of the TV in the background provides the context of the destruction of unions, a political system where the people who theoretically support you are hip deep in the corruption. A couple minutes, and your whole life changes, that's it. I've read and/or seen three earlier Nottage plays (Las Meninas, her first Pulitzer winner Ruined, and Meet Vera Stark), and enjoyed them all, so was excited to tackle her latest. Be the first to ask a question about Sweat. Last Reviewed on June 19, 2019, by eNotes Editorial. Please try again. The production team was the same as the Public Theater’s, with the following change made to the cast: JESSIE ..... Alison Wright Sweat by Lynn Nottage, a play that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2017, examines the lives of working-class Americans in the early 2000s and shows how periods of economic downfall and poverty can affect the dynamics between friends, family, and community.. Nottage’s characters were based on personal research and interviews she conducted in Reading throughout 2011. April 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 at 7:30 p.m. | April 13 at 2 p.m. School matinee April 10 at 10 a.m. Lynn Nottage & Jeremy O. Harris The 38th Annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade went virtual this year as a live-streamed telethon event, dubbed the 2020 Tail-a-Thon. I suspect that's my fault/lack of imagination rather than a fault of the text itself. Hardcover. Paperback $ 13.45 $14.95 Save 10% Current price is $13.45, Original price is $14.95. Sweat is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by acclaimed African-American playwright Lynn Nottage (author of Ruined and Intimate Apparel). 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