Sweat
SWEAT PLAY CLUB
FREE to public
The Alliance Theatre is hosting a weeklong Virtual Play Club focusing on the 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Sweat as a catalyst for connectivity, creativity, and civic participation.
Sweat is an incisive account of changing attitudes toward labor and class in America that examines the human costs of the urgent questions we grapple with today in the Covid-19 crisis—what counts as essential labor? How does unemployment impact our mental health? How is economic mobility shaped by race and ethnicity?
Virtually gather with family and friends using the “HOST YOUR OWN PLAY CLUB” guide and explore artistic and civic issues in Sweat. Follow prompts for discussion and artistic interpretation to turn your gathering into an at-home theatre experience that you create.
Then, join us on May 1st - International Labor Day - for a conversation with Tinashe Kajese-Bolden, Director, and Pearl Cleage, award winning Atlanta-based playwright, on Sweat and the role of theatre in times of crisis. Featuring guest appearances and commentary from Atlanta theatre artists and community activists.
READ SCRIPT
This script is no longer available.
No professional or nonprofessional performance of the Play may be given without obtaining in advance the written permission of Dramatists Play Service, Inc., and paying the requisite fee.
Inquiries concerning all other rights should be addressed to Creative Artists Agency, 405 Lexington Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10174. Attn: Olivier Sultan.
HOST YOUR OWN VIRTUAL PLAY CLUB
Gather a group virtually and host your own event with a short play guide created by the Alliance team. Inside you will find step-by-step instructions for getting started, discussion prompts and creative theater-making activities.
TUNE IN
Theater and Community
May 1 at 6pm
What can theatre do at a moment of public crisis? Join us on Facebook Live for a conversation between Tinashe Kajese-Bolden and Pearl Cleage that addresses how storytelling can sustain community during a period of crisis. Kajese-Bolden and Cleage will discuss the play Sweat as a response to the 2008 economic crisis, highlighting the voices of local experts on labor and immigration advocacy, and reflect on their own journey as theater artists striving to center social issues in their work. The live conversation will feature special guests from Atlanta’s theater community responding to how arts can address pressing civic concerns in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. Q&A to follow.
EXPLORE
A multimedia library of commentary and insights from artists, civic leaders and community activists.
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- Community Night/Day
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- Sensory-friendly
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- Readings
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- Behind the Musical/Play
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- Pay What You Can
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- Interpreted (Sign, Shadow, Open Captioning)
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- Teacher Discount Tickets
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- Teen Discount Tickets
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- Veterans Discount Tickets
- Sensory-friendly
- Readings
- Interpreted (Sign, Shadow, Open Captioning)
- Teacher Discount Tickets
- Veterans Discount Tickets
Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Sweat is a topical reflection of the present and poignant outcome of America’s economic decline.
Apr 27 – May 1, 2020
SWEAT PLAY CLUB
FREE to public
The Alliance Theatre is hosting a weeklong Virtual Play Club focusing on the 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Sweat as a catalyst for connectivity, creativity, and civic participation.
Sweat is an incisive account of changing attitudes toward labor and class in America that examines the human costs of the urgent questions we grapple with today in the Covid-19 crisis—what counts as essential labor? How does unemployment impact our mental health? How is economic mobility shaped by race and ethnicity?
Virtually gather with family and friends using the “HOST YOUR OWN PLAY CLUB” guide and explore artistic and civic issues in Sweat. Follow prompts for discussion and artistic interpretation to turn your gathering into an at-home theatre experience that you create.
Then, join us on May 1st – International Labor Day – for a conversation with Tinashe Kajese-Bolden, Director, and Pearl Cleage, award winning Atlanta-based playwright, on Sweat and the role of theatre in times of crisis. Featuring guest appearances and commentary from Atlanta theatre artists and community activists.
READ SCRIPT
This script is no longer available.
No professional or nonprofessional performance of the Play may be given without obtaining in advance the written permission of Dramatists Play Service, Inc., and paying the requisite fee.
Inquiries concerning all other rights should be addressed to Creative Artists Agency, 405 Lexington Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10174. Attn: Olivier Sultan.
HOST YOUR OWN VIRTUAL PLAY CLUB
Gather a group virtually and host your own event with a short play guide created by the Alliance team. Inside you will find step-by-step instructions for getting started, discussion prompts and creative theater-making activities.
TUNE IN
Theater and Community
May 1 at 6pm
What can theatre do at a moment of public crisis? Join us on Facebook Live for a conversation between Tinashe Kajese-Bolden and Pearl Cleage that addresses how storytelling can sustain community during a period of crisis. Kajese-Bolden and Cleage will discuss the play Sweat as a response to the 2008 economic crisis, highlighting the voices of local experts on labor and immigration advocacy, and reflect on their own journey as theater artists striving to center social issues in their work. The live conversation will feature special guests from Atlanta’s theater community responding to how arts can address pressing civic concerns in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. Q&A to follow.
EXPLORE
A multimedia library of commentary and insights from artists, civic leaders and community activists.
Come Curious. Leave Changed.
Join us for transformative theater that speaks to the heart of Atlanta.