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Opening in One Week: SWEAT presented by Villagers Theatre

Arts and Entertainment

September 12, 2023

From: Villagers Theatre

Villagers invites you to a Main Stage Production of..

SWEAT
by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Mimi B. Francis

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PERFORMANCE DATES:

Friday, Sep 15, 2023 – 8:00pm

Saturday, Sep 16, 2023 – 8:00pm

Sunday, Sep 17, 2023, 2023 – 2:00pm

Friday, Sep 22, 2023 – 8:00pm

Saturday, Sep 23, 2023 – 8:00pm

Sunday, Sep 24, 2023 – 2:00pm

Please join us for a talkback following the Sep 17 matinee.

THE STORY:

Sweat examines the changing lives of factory workers in Reading, Pennsylvania, between the years of 2000 and 2008. The play is also set at a pivotal transitional time in American industry, when many longstanding factory jobs were outsourced to other countries. The play examines the intersecting stories of workers on strike, three female friends who work together in a plant, and the generational differences between these workers and their sons. Most of the play’s action takes place in a local bar run by Stan—a former factory worker.