Description:

By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Tor Campbell

This Pulitzer Prize-winning play examines race, class, and the costs of capitalism. In once prosperous Rust Belt town, a group of friends spend their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. However, when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat. Sweat captures the ever-present battle between American racial dynamics and collective progress, asking if friendships can endure when all hopes of economic stability and mobility disappear.

Director

Tor Campbell’s experience is wide and varied, and he has extensive creative direction credits both domestically and internationally—most notably in The Venetian Hotel & Sands in Macau, China. On a national level, he has produced, choreographed, and directed numerous productions, including his recent full feature film Paradise  & short film Lovers Discretion. He has also directed stage productions of Dreamgirls and Beauty & the Beast at two renowned LA Theaters. He was the choreographer for Paradise during two runs in LA and for the regional production at the Austin Playhouse. He has directed/choreographed for ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, Macau Cultural Arts Center, Macau Stadium, Paris Bennett Tour, Ann Nesby Tour, Bollywood Awards, Venetian, Las Vegas & Sands Macau, Sheraton Korea, Hollywood Park Casino, Alice Tully Hall, Hansberry Sands Theater Events, George Faison Firehouse Theater, Playboy Club. He has independently developed several innovative Performing Arts programs, encompassing the many varied aspects of the Musical Theater experience.