SWEAT at Stray Cat Theatre

SWEAT by Lynn Nottage directed by Chanel Bragg Tempe Center for the Arts Studio Theatre November 22 - December 7, 2024

2017 Pulitzer Prize Winner

In the industrial town of Reading, Pennsylvania, a group of friends spend their days on the factory floor and their nights sharing drinks, secrets and laughs. But then layoffs and picket lines begin to erode their trust, and they find themselves pitted against each other in a scalding fight for self-preservation. A brave dive into the fractured heart of working-class America.

“In this exciting, Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Lynn Nottage shows why she's earned the title of one of the finest living contemporary playwrights in America.” – Chicago Theatre Review

*Please be aware the show contains adult language including some intense racially charged language, adult situations, and some intense violence.*

WHEN: FRIDAY 11.22.24 at 7:30pm – OFFICIAL OPENING NIGHT SATURDAY 11.23.24 at 7:30pm SUNDAY 11.24.24 at 2:00pm - FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A POST-SHOW DISCUSSION

NO SHOW THURSDAY 11.28.24 IN OBSERVATION OF THANKSGIVING FRIDAY 11.29.24 at 7:30pm SATURDAY 11.30.24 at 7:30pm SUNDAY 12.1.24 at 2:00pm - FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY A POST-SHOW DISCUSSION SUNDAY 12.1.24 at 7:00pm - ADDED PERFORMANCE

WEDNESDAY 12.4.24 at 7:30pm THURSDAY 12.5.24 at 7:30pm FRIDAY 12.6.24 at 7:30pm SATURDAY 12.7.24 at 7:30pm - CLOSING PERFORMANCE

WHERE: Tempe Center for the Arts STUDIO THEATRE 700 W Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, AZ 85281 PLENTY OF FREE PARKING AVAILABLE!** **THE PARKING GARAGE RIGHT NEXT TO THE VENUE IS OPEN. ALL PATRONS WILL RECEIVE COMPLIMENTARY VALIDATION.

TICKETS: $40 ADULTS $35 SENIORS 65+ $20 STUDENTS W/ VALID, CURRENT ID $15 GROUPS 10+ prices do not include service or convenience fees

Buy online 24/7 at http://straycattheatre.org or call 480.350.2822

CAST:

OSCAR - RICKY ARAIZA (Stray Cat’s The Fourth Graders Present an Unnamed Love-Suicide)

JASON - TY KLASSEN (Stray Cat DEBUT!)

TRACEY - CINDY COVINGTON (Stray Cat DEBUT!)

JESSIE - KIM RICHARDS (Stray Cat’s Dog Sees God, Pulp, All New People)

CYNTHIA - RYAN L. JENKINS (Stray Cat’s Anything You Hear and Only Half of What You See, Until the Flood)

CHRIS - TANNER J. CONLEY (Stray Cat’s Until the Flood, Sleeping Giant, The Minutes)

BRUCIE - ROOSEVELT WATTS JR. (Stray Cat DEBUT!)

STAN - WALT PEDANO (Stray Cat’s Sons of the Prophet)

EVAN - RAPHAEL HAMILTON (Stray Cat DEBUT!)