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Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But 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.
Thursdays-Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Sundays at 3:00 pm
** Please note: this production features the use of stage blood which may splatter the front row of the audience. If you have any questions, please email the Box Office at boxoffice@keegantheatre.com. **
$50 for single tickets
20% discount when you build a package with 3+ mainstage shows
25% discount when you build a package with 7+ mainstage shows
$10 off per ticket when you buy 10+ tickets to a single performance
2 hours 25 minutes with one 15-minute intermission
This production contains violence, racist and ableist language, and references to suicide and drug use.
Additionally, this production features the use of stage blood which may splatter the front row of the audience.
If you have any questions, please email the Box Office at boxoffice@keegantheatre.com.
August 25, 2023 | Happy Hour @ 7:00 pm, Show @ 8:00 pm
Discounted tickets are $40 and include 1 pre-show drink, exclusive access to our mezzanine, and a seat for the evening’s performance
August 27, 2023 | Following the performance
Free and open to all patrons
Broadway World Review
“Nottage’s masterful study of what these sorts of complicated messes do to very real people is timeless, brilliant, moving, and being very well rendered by Keegan as the final show in its 26th season…”
MD Theatre Guide Review
“Keegan’s production represents that deeply provocative nexus where the sheer talent of the actors meets a richly done theatrical experience resulting in an explosive piece of performance art…”
Metro Weekly Review
“The unspoken distance between actor and character diminishes sharply watching Lolita Marie’s careful, contained Cyn, and it vanishes entirely watching Susan Marie Rhea tear shit up as blowzy, boozy Tracey, the sort who…”
Washington City Paper Review
“…the standouts in Keegan’s largely able cast excel in the quiet moments. … These sorts of delicate touches are vital when producing a play as dexterous in its examination of human desire, anxiety, and prejudice…”
DC Theater Arts Review
“Sweat’s strong, steady-eyed look at the current state of the union at a neighborhood and personal level is powerfully delivered through the uniformly strong acting of its cast and the clear-eyed yet lyrical direction by Angelisa Gillyard…”
