Who Was Sweat (Us) Based On

1. 'Sweat' tells a story of the American worker - UNC Greensboro

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  • Students in UNCG's College of Visual and Performing Arts will perform their adaptation of a play dealing with workers’ rights, race, and economic insecurity.

2. Deeper dive: A closer look at 'Sweat' - Denver Center for the Performing Arts

  • Apr 9, 2018 · Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play paints a moving portrait of today's working-class America in decline.

  • Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play paints a moving portrait of today’s working-class America in decline.

3. Introduction to “Sweat” – Trinity Repertory Company

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  • By playwright Lynn Nottage

4. Pulitzer-winning "Sweat" looks at American factory life | Union College

  • May 2, 2023 · Set between the years of 2000 and 2008 in a fictional bar in Reading, Pa., “Sweat” features a group of friends who have spent their lives ...

  • The production will be staged in the Yulman Theater May 17-19 at 7:30 p.m., May 20 at 2:30 p.m. and May 21 at 1 p.m.

5. [PDF] Sweat, by Lynn Nottage, was developed by co-commission from ...

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6. "Sweat" - Rutgers University Press

7. Lynn Nottage on 'Sweat' and the American economy - Marketplace.org

  • Dec 9, 2016 · Johanna Day and Carlo Albán in “Sweat”, written by Lynn Nottage and directed by Kate Whoriskey, running at The Public Theater. Joan Marcus. “ ...

  • Can a work of art capture the feeling of the economy?

8. Steelworkers' stories of disappearing jobs come to life onstage in 'Sweat'

  • Feb 10, 2016 · Sweat,” a new play by Lynn Nottage, is a humorous and harrowing look at the decline of the Rust Belt in modern America.

  • “Sweat,” a new play by Lynn Nottage, is a humorous and harrowing look at the decline of the Rust Belt in modern America. Inspired by stories from Reading, Pennsylvania -- once home to one of the richest corporations in the world and now one of the poorest cities in the nation -- “Sweat” examines the lives of steel workers left behind by changing times. Jeffrey Brown reports.

9. Sweat | Center Theatre Group

  • Based on Nottage's extensive research and ... Sweat is a searing reflection of America's economic decline. ... Surviving Day to Day in L.A.. Join us for ...





  • Critic’s Choice!

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    Riveting! Leaves you breathless.

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    Entertainment Weekly






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10. REVIEW: In Sweat, Reading, Pennsylvania Becomes a ...

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  • It was a chilly autumn night outside, but the Suzanne Roberts Theatre basked in a spring-like glow of hopeful renewal. Philadelphia Theatre Company is back, […]

11. Sweat: An honest depiction of the American working ...

12. Sweat: An Honest Portrayal of the Working Class in America

  • Sweat is based on Nottage's extensive research and countless hours of interviews with residents and factory workers of the industrial town of Reading ...

  • Sweat, a riveting new play at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, offers an honest and emotionally raw portrayal of the working class in America

13. Lynn Nottage's Sweat and Blood - Interview Magazine

  • Dec 13, 2016 · Set in Reading, Pennsylvania, Sweat follows a group of steelworkers as they come to terms with the dissolution of their dreams. The America ...

  • "My motto when I was writing this was ‘replace judgment with curiosity,'" explains Pulitzer-winner Lynn Nottage of her latest play, Sweat, which is currently in its last week of performances at the Public Theater in New York City.

14. ""Sweat:" Through the Lens of Womanness" by Laura Lindenberger

  • Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat," written in 1926, explores a variety of complex issues within a politically, racially, and sexually charged ...

  • Zora Neale Hurston's short story "Sweat," written in 1926, explores a variety of complex issues within a politically, racially, and sexually charged backdrop. The story of Delia, an African-American laundress, who has been married to an abusive husband for fifteen years, "Sweat" questions roles of women and African-Americans within a social and personal context, and how those roles can be changed through an exploration of self-identity. Within the historical time frame of its writing, "Sweat" brings up an interesting dialogue between oppression and repression of women, as well as an emerging identification of women with their gender and the restrictions imposed by society based on race, sex, and class.

15. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright's 'Sweat' depicts an unmoored ...

  • Jul 21, 2022 · Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright's 'Sweat' depicts an unmoored middle class · Rohan Preston · More from Stage and Arts · Company · ADVERTISE · Buy.

  • Lynn Nottage captures how friendship is tested amid hardship in show at Guthrie Theater.

16. 'Sweat': When the American Dream gets outsourced | onbostonstages

  • Feb 7, 2020 · BOSTON – In Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Sweat,” the city of Reading, Pa. is a company town with the company providing the ...

  •   BOSTON – In Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Sweat,” the city of Reading, Pa. is a company town with the company providing the glue that keeps the city together. But what happens …

17. Sweat - The 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winner - Northern Stage

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  • A heart-wrenching portrait of the human cost of the decline in manufacturing that shines a light on working class communities. 3/8-3/26.

18. Don't Sweat It, See It! SWEAT, An Intense Look At What Happens ...

  • Sweat examines what happens to the people of a town when its major employer decides to move operations to Mexico leaving them to fend for themselves with ...

  • By Joe Contreras, Latin Life Denver Media Oscar, played by Gustavo Marquez, is the bar bus boy at the local watering hole in Reading , Pennsylvania where steel mill workers come almost daily to moa…

19. [PDF] Sweat Show Guide - Paramount Theatre

  • NAFTA, or the North American Free Trade Agreement, was implemented to promote trade between the U.S.,. Canada, and Mexico. It went into effect on January 1st,.

20. iFIT Sells SWEAT Back to Co-Founders - Welltodo

  • Nov 30, 2023 · After co-founding the company in 2016, the pair sold SWEAT to the US-based equipment maker in June 2021. But, following iFIT's failed IPO ...

  • Kayla Itsines retakes the reins.

21. It's Us vs Them: Sweat at Pit and Balcony - Saginaw Art Museum

  • Sweat is a story of conflicts, Us vs Them, Labor vs Management, Whites vs Others, Union workers vs Non-union workers, Me vs Myself. Each of the characters ...

  • Pit and Balcony Theatre continued its 91st season with the Regional Premier of Sweat by Lynn Nottage.  The play focuses on seven people who work or have worked in a local manufacturing plant, some have worked there for years, some…

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