Guide written by Nemuna Ceesay PDF downloads of all 1725 LitCharts literature guides, and of every new one we publish. TRACEY: You want us to feel sorry for you? passionate and necessarya masterful depiction of the forces that divide and conquer usSWEAT communicates its points with minimal fuss and maximum grit. Lynn Nottage, Tracey is outside the bar smoking. Just as Oscar goes to take some beer crates to the back, Oscar walks back in, looking uncomfortably at, Olsteads isnt Oscars faulthes only trying to make a living just like they are. Tracey, Jessie, and Jason make racist slurs and comments at Oscar, and Jason stands up threateningly. Jason panics and goes to leave, but he stops when Stan enters to wipe down tables. Chris and Jason rush off to Olsteads. Want new monologue material three days a week? Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 3) If you have trouble submitting or are unable to film yourself, dont worry. PDF Sweat play by lynn nottage pdf The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of. Jason asks where his mom is, but Jessie doesnt know; Jason reassures her that, Berks County, Pennsylvania, experiences a 111-percent rise in power shutoffs. They also discuss Freddy Brunner, an acquaintance who recently burned his own house down. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Along with the rage, despair and violence, theres humor and abundant humanitya cautionary tale of what happens when you dont know how to resist. Time Out NY. Brucie, whose union has been locked out of the citys other plant for two months after the union balked at draconian pay cuts, has been hitting something harder than the bottle. No thank you. [] I betcha they wanted a minority. 440 Park Avenue South Nobodys going anywhere. Actors Ensemble of Berkeley - P.O. That the people onstage are middle-class or lower-middle-class folks too rarely given ample time on American stages makes the play all the more vital a contribution to contemporary drama. Lynn Nottage explains how a broken city gets a turn onstage in her play Sweat.. Tracey Sweat 1 All monologues are property and copyright of their owners. Oscar doesnt care, thougheveryone in Reading others him, so he feels no loyalty to them. The two women begin talking about recent changes at Olsteads: theres an open position for Warehouse Supervisor, and to Traceys surprise, Cynthia is thinking of going for the job. Chris Monologue from "Sweat" by Lynn Nottage - YouTube Tracey? Through their barroom conversation, the women reveal that Jason has no future plans beyond factory work, and Chris has been accepted to college. Management is for them. But I meancmonyou guys coming over here, you can get a job faster than. At the same time, all the characters in Sweat are given to elaborate passages of exposition, laying out the histories of their families, their employers, their city.
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