Sweat
Lynn Nottage
Theatre Communications Group
Lynn Nottage
NEW YORK, NY – Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce the publication of
Sweat by Lynn Nottage. Sweat was first
performed at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2015 before playing at
the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. In the fall of 2016 the play
received its Off-Broadway premiere at the Public Theater
before transferring to Broadway in the spring of 2017.
“Sweat
brims with the kind of ripe, richly imagined life associated with the
work of the great August Wilson…From first moments
to last, this compassionate but clear-eyed play throbs with heartfelt
life…That the people onstage are middle-class or lower-middle-class
folks—too rarely given ample time on American stages—makes the play all
the more vital a contribution to contemporary
drama.”
–Charles Isherwood,
New York Times
Lynn
Nottage has written one of her most exquisitely devastating tragedies
to date. In one of the poorest cities in America, Reading, Pennsylvania,
a group of down-and-out
factory workers struggle to keep their present lives in balance,
ignorant of the financial devastation looming in their near future.
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.
“Sweat
is a passionate and necessary drama, a masterful depiction of the
forces that divide and conquer us. It communicates
its points with minimal fuss and maximum grit. Along with the rage,
despair, and violence, there’s humor and abundant humanity. Prophetic
before the 2016 election, the piece now reads as a cautionary tale of
what happens when you don’t know how to resist.”
–David Cote,
Time Out New York
Lynn Nottage
is the recipient of two Pulitzer Prize Awards for Drama for
Sweat and Ruined. She is the first woman playwright to be honored twice. Her other plays include
Intimate Apparel; By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine;
Crumbs from the Table of Joy; and Las Meninas.
For over 50 years,
Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for
the American theatre, has existed to strengthen, nurture and promote
the professional not-for-profit American theatre. TCG’s constituency has
grown from a handful of groundbreaking theatres
to nearly 700 Member Theatres and Affiliate organizations and more than
12,000 individuals nationwide. TCG offers its members networking and
knowledge-building opportunities through conferences, events, research
and communications; awards grants, approximately
$2 million per year, to theatre companies and individual artists;
advocates on the federal level; and serves as the U.S. Center of the
International Theatre Institute, connecting its constituents to the
global theatre community. TCG is North America’s largest
independent trade publisher of dramatic literature, with 15 Pulitzer
Prizes for Best Play on the TCG booklist. It also publishes the
award-winning
American Theatre magazine and ARTSEARCH®, the essential source
for a career in the arts. In all of its endeavors, TCG seeks to increase
the organizational efficiency of its member theatres, cultivate and
celebrate the artistic talent and achievements
of the field and promote a larger public understanding of, and
appreciation for, the theatre.
www.tcg.org.
Comment by email:
Wonderful, thank you, Bill! [Gus Schulenburg]
Comment by email:
Wonderful, thank you, Bill! [Gus Schulenburg]
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