When: Wednesdays-Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. and Sundays, 2 p.m. Continues through Feb. 2 2025
Sweat emerged from playwright Lynn Nottage’s time spent in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 2011. At the time, it was one of the poorest cities in America, with a poverty rate of over 40%. The play focuses on a group of friends who often meet up at their local bar after a long day of work at the factory. When a Black woman and a white woman both apply for a management job within the factory, tension forms and their friendship is tested. Though Nottage began working on the play in 2011, Sweat debuted in 2015 amid the 2016 election cycle and received many reviews comparing the characters in Sweat to voters in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Ten years after its debut, Sweat remains pertinent with plenty to say about modern American society.
Sweat • Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm through Feb. 2 • $5-$30 • Spokane Civic Theatre • 1020 N. Howard St. • spokanecivictheatre.com