Canadian Stage and Studio 180 Theatre are pleased to announce the cast for the Torontopremiere production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Sweat by Lynn Nottage. A Canadian Stage andStudio 180 co-production, performances begin on January 14, 2020 at the Berkeley Street Theatre.

Directed by award-winning actor, director and educator David Storch, the stellar cast includes veteranShaw and Stratford award-winning actor Kelli Fox (Penelopiad, Nightwood Theatre) as Tracey, award-winning stage and screen actor Allegra Fulton (CTV’s Cardinal, CBC’s Schitt’s Creek, Oscar winning filmThe Shape of Water) will play Jessie, major theatre and TV actor Ordena Stephens-Thompson (Fences atGrand Theatre, Bravo’s The Handmaid's Tale, CTV’s Designated Survivor) will play Cynthia and DoraAward-winning, Gemini Award-nominated actor Maurice Dean Wint will play Evan. The cast alsoincludes Christopher Allen, Jhonattan Ardila, Peter N. Bailey, Timothy Dowler-Coltman and Ron Lea, withSabryn Rock as Assistant Director.

Written by Time 100 Most Influential People 2019 recipient Lynn Nottage, Sweat is a searingexamination of industrial decline, race, politics, and friendship. Declared by The New York Times as “Amust-see,” Sweat was the winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for an OlivierAward and three Tony Awards including Best Play.

Sweat chronicles the lives of a group of friends working in a steel mill. When rumours surface that thecompany is considering layoffs and flyers are hung to recruit non-union workers for less money, the warbetween community and capitalism begins and tensions start to destroy not only jobs, but friendships.

SWEAT

January 14-Febraury 2 at the Marilyn and Charles Baillie Theatre, 26 Berkeley St.

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Photo: Cover of play script of Sweat. © 2018 Nick Hern Books.