The Broadway transfer of Lynn Nottage’s award-winning new play Sweat opens March 26. The production, directed by Kate Whoriskey, played an acclaimed and sold-out Off-Broadway engagement before transferring to Studio 54, where it began previews March 4.
Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives working together on the factory floor. When rumors of layoffs begin to stir, rifts form, chipping away at their trust and pitting them against each other. The play marks the Broadway playwriting debut for Nottage, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ruined.
Returning from the Off-Broadway staging are Carlo Albán (Oscar), James Colby (Stan), Khris Davis (Chris), Johanna Day (Tracey), John Earl Jelks (Brucie), Will Pullen (Jason), Lance Coadie Williams (Evan), and Michelle Wilson (Cynthia). Alison Wright is new to the company in the role of Jessie.
Sweat was co-commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and D.C.’s Arena Stage. The play received its world premiere at OSF in July 2015 and subsequently played an acclaimed run at Arena Stage in January 2016. The Public Theater engagement, which began in November 2016, was extended three times.
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