'Sweat' Comes Home to Reading
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Hosted by the Genesius Theatre
Still from a 2018 production of Sweat at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles (Craig Schwartz)
Reading, Pa.'s community-oriented Genesius Theatre will present Lynn Nottage's play (winner of the 2017 Drama Prize) for the first time in the city that inspired the work.
Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, 'Sweat' tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets and laughs, while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat.