Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Lynn Nottage is the recipient of two Pulitzer Prize Awards for Drama for Sweat and Ruined. She is the first woman playwright to be honored twice.
Lynn Nottage is the recipient of two Pulitzer Prize Awards for Drama for Sweat and Ruined. She is the first woman playwright to be honored twice.
THE STORY: Recently widowed Godfrey, and his daughters Ernestine and Ermina, move from Florida to Brooklyn for a better life.
Ms. Nottage shaped this story with such theatrical inventiveness and discipline that it never feels sensational… A finely wrought fusion of elements.” —Ben Brantley, New York Times Continuing in her tradition of crafting thought ...
Lynn Nottage's plays include Crumbs from the Table of Joy; Mud, River, Stone; Por' Knockers; Las Menias; Fabulation and Intimate Apparel, for which she was awarded the Francesca Primus Prize and the American Theatre Critics/Steinberg New ...
... sweat ) : Why don't we first just try it on the cheek in rehearsal ... and then , and then we can , we can- VIRGINIA : Yes . Perhaps we should save the lips for opening night . DOROTHEE : Do you have any training ? In acting I mean ...
... sweat. you wanted the They eat. Chinese food from styrofoam containers, cans of soda, fortune cookies. Lincoln eats slowly and carefully, Booth eats ravenously. Lincoln Yr getting good at solitaire? Booth Yeah. How about we play a hand ...
... sweat of his brow . No matter who he is , that's the whole point of his life . And all his happiness . How wonderful it must be to get up at dawn and pave streets , or be a shepherd , or a school teacher who teaches children , or work ...
... sweat it, Dick. You're not my first Rice King today. WHEELER: “Rice King”? MINNIE: You're a smart guy, you figure it out. WHEELER: I'm actually not hitting on you, you're way too young for me. MINNIE: No shit. WHEELER: How old are you ...
... sweat at least ... Not to be — I know it might be too early for you to— GABE : I — it is kind of a- NICKY : I really just wanna take a walk . Promise . GABE : I ... have this candidates ' forum thing tomorrow- NICKY : Not till ten ...