“Sweat” play about race relations at The Rogue Theater in September, 2022

“Sweat” by Lynn Nottage

PRODUCTION SPONSOR:
Andy Watson

Directed by Cynthia Meier
Music Direction by Russell Ronnebaum

September 8–25, 2022

Thursday–Saturday 7:30 P.M., Saturday & Sunday 2:00 P.M.

“In an eastern Pennsylvania bar, we see American factory workers vulnerable to economic changes, racial confrontations, and a rapidly diversifying population. Dramatic and powerful. Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.”

The Rogue Theatre at The Historic Y
300 East University Boulevard

Tucson, AZ  85705

Free Off-Street Parking

Tickets: $32 Preview to $42: Buy Tickets — The Rogue Theatre

Carolyn’s note: One of the main male characters Evan is played by a friend of mine, Victor Bowleg, the Racial Justice Center Manager at the YWCA of Southern Arizona. I also know Victor from his work with League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson. He is originally from the Bahamas.

“Victor Bowleg (Evan) is thrilled to be making his Rogue Theatre debut. Recently he served as the dramaturg for both The Sound of Cracking Bones (Teatro Dignidad) and The Dogs of Rwanda (Tucson Labyrinth Project). He has appeared in Emmett, Down in My Heart (TADA); Inspecting Carol (St. Francis Theater); Hokey Pokey (Gavin Kayner/Old Pueblo Playwrights); America Hurrah (Studio Connections); A Raisin in the Sun (ATC); U/S in To Kill a Mockingbird (ATC); Inspecting Carol (Live Theater Workshop); The King of the Kosher Grocers (Catalina Players); Guys & Dolls (Redondo Music Theatre); Guantanamo (Borderlands Theater); and Stop Kiss (Live Theater Workshop). Staged readings include Strange Fruit; Magic People; and Bang, Bang, Dead (Old Pueblo Playwrights); Cato: A Tragedy (University of Arizona Freedom Center); The Last Red Book, (Café Bohemia/Arizona Theatre Company); and To Kill a Mockingbird (ATC). He is a graduate of both the University of Louisville and the University of Cincinnati. He has also been trained in both Theater of the Oppressed and Playback Theater. He currently serves as the Racial Justice Center Manager at the YWCA of Southern Arizona via the MacArthur Grant Foundation.”

More about “Sweat”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweat_(play)