(SCC) City Theatre's "Sweat!"

Filled with humor and immense heart, Sweat tells the journey of a group of friends who share drinks, laughs, and secrets at their favorite local bar after work on the factory floor. The close-knit group’s trust is tested during impending layoffs and strikes as they fight to stay afloat and reach for the American dream. This powerful and poignant story provides an emphatic look at working-class Americans and the intricacy of identity, race, and humanity. Produced on Broadway, Lynn Nottage’s contemporary play Sweat won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2017.

Performances

• March 1 through 17, 2024
  
  • Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30 pm
  • Sundays at 2:00 pm
• Saturday, March 16 at 2:00 pm

About the Playwright

Lynn Nottage

Lynn Nottage is an American playwright, screenwriter, and professor. She is the first and only woman to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Nottage’s plays and musicals have been produced on Broadway and throughout the United States at professional and community theatres, and colleges. Her plays include Intimate Apparel (starring Viola Davis in the Off-Broadway production), By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, Ruined (2009 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama), Sweat (2017 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, Clyde’s, and POOF!. Nottage’s musical work includes writing the book for MJ the Musical featuring the music of Michael Jackson, writing the book for the musical adaption of Sue Monk Kidd’s novel The Secret life of Bees, and an opera adaption of Intimate Apparel.

Nottage has received numerous awards and fellowships including the MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellowship, Nelson A. Rockefeller Award for Creativity, and Helen Hayes Award. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Brown University and her Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama. Also, Nottage is a Theatre Arts Professor at Columbia School of the Arts.

Tickets

• $20 – General
• $15 – Seniors, People with Disabilities, Military/Veterans, & SARTA Members
• $10 – Students

Tickets may be purchased online at www.citytheatre.net and in person 30 minutes prior to the performance.

Ticket Specials

• Student tickets are 2 for 1 on the March 1 through 3 performances. Please use the promo code “student241” online at ticketing checkout.
• Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD) faculty and employee tickets are 2 for 1 on the March 1 through 17 performances. Please use the code “faculty241” online at the ticketing checkout.

Creative

• Playwright: Lynn Nottage
• Director: Janey Pintar
• Scenic Designer: Shawn Weinsheink
• Lighting Designer: Isaiah Leeper
• Costume Designer: Nicole Sivell
• Projection Designers: Shawn Weinsheink, Janey Pintar
• Sound Designer: Elijah DeAnda
• Fight Choreographer: Matt Miller
• Production Stage Manager: Eva Hernandez
• Assistant Stage Manager: Luna Solis

Cast

• Sonny Alforque
• Jamareá Austin
• Shaquarrius Calloway
• Heather Cross
• Conrad Crump
• Destiny DeJesus
• Tem Huerta
• Keyaun Jackson
• Dakoda “deejay” Jones
• Howard Liu
• Parker Newman
• Allison “Alli” Noren
• Des Silva
• Bill Qarau
• Marcus Wilson