Theater Review: A.C.T. Presents Sweat – Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize Winning Drama about Working Class America

The cast of of Sweat, l. to r.: Jed Parsario, Adrian Roberts, Chiké Johnson, Tonye Patano, Lise Bruneau, Rod Gnapp, Sarah Nina Hayon, Kadeem Ali Harris, and David Darrow.

Simmering tensions underly a seemingly good time as friends gather at a bar in Reading, Pennsylvania. Set in the 2000s, scenes flash back and forth piecing together a riveting examination of corporate greed and its effects on working class America.

Sweat begins in an interrogation room ran by a very patient Evan (Adrian Roberts) as Jason (David Darrow) spews out anger and racial slurs. Chris (Kadeem Ali Harris) enters the scene and although the two men don’t remain in the same room, their bond is palpable. Something happened, and we aren’t quite sure what yet, as we flash back to three long time friends and steel factory workers, Tracey (Lise Bruneau), Cynthia (Tonye Patano), and Jessie (Sarah Nina Hayon). Continue reading “Theater Review: A.C.T. Presents Sweat — Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize Winning Drama about Working Class America”