Critically-acclaimed Broadway play and 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner, Sweat playing at DTC
In Sweat, it's the year 2000 in the steel town of Reading, Penn., and the only things best friends Tracey and Cynthia need are their steady factory jobs, their favorite bar and each other. As years pass and a recession hits, hard times at the factory threaten their livelihoods and test the limits of their friendship. Written by acclaimed playwright Lynn Nottage, Sweat is the winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize and was nominated for the 2017 Tony Award for Best Play. Sweat takes an unflinching look at life in the industrial working class that has been hailed as "the first theatrical landmark of the Trump era."
2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award recipient Dallas Theater Center (DTC) announces titles for the 2018-2019 season, including the heartwarming, southern comedy Steel Magnolias; the critically-acclaimed Broadway play and winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, Sweat; William Shakespeare's delightful comedy, Twelfth Night; the acclaimed comedy, then film, Real Women Have Curves; a world premiere play set in Dallas, Penny Candy; a new play fresh off the New York Theater season, The Wolves, and a fascinating play about the relationship between Muhammad Ali and Stepin Fetchit, Fetch Clay, Make Man. Productions will take place at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center and at the Kalita Humphreys Theater. Full season subscriptions are on sale now at www.DallasTheaterCenter.org and by phone at (214) 880-0202.
"Our 2018-2019 season is filled with exciting new productions and much-loved classics," said Kevin Moriarty, DTC's Enloe/Rose Artistic Director. "I'm thrilled to introduce Jonathan Norton's play, Penny Candy, to the American theater, where I'm certain it will have a lasting, national impact. I'm overjoyed to welcome the work of DTC's Playwright-in-Residence, Will Power, to our stage. I'm honored to introduce some of the most acclaimed plays of the past year to Dallas audiences in their regional premieres, and I'm eager to laugh alongside our audiences with a trio of feel-good classic comedies."
The full season will be presented as follows: in the Potter Rose Performance Hall at the Wyly Theatre, Steel Magnolias (Sept. 28 to Oct. 21); in the Studio Theatre at the Wyly Theatre, Fetch Clay, Make Man (Dec. 5 to Jan. 6); in the Kalita Humphreys Theater, Sweat (Feb. 8 to March 3); in the Studio Theatre, The Wolves (March 6 to April 7); in the Potter Rose Performance Hall, Twelfth Night (March 29 to April 28); in the Studio Theatre, Penny Candy (June 5 to July 7) and in the Kalita Humphreys Theater, Real Women Have Curves (June 28 to July 21). A Christmas Carol (Nov. 21 to Dec. 30) in the Potter Rose Performance Hall is not included in season subscriptions, but will be available as a holiday add-on. Also available as a subscription add-on is a summer musical for all ages that will be announced soon. Finally, information about Public Works Dallas will be released at a later date. All titles, dates and venues are subject to change.