Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play unfolds in a rain forest bar and brothel in war-torn Congo, where matriarch Mama Nadi navigates the brutal realities of civil war. Blending humor and song with poignant themes of postcolonialism and feminism, the play offers an intimate and gripping exploration of human resilience.
In her bar/brothel in the rainforest of the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, the shrewd, larger-than-life madam both protects and profits from the women who come to her seeking refuge from rape and violence at the hands of government and rebel soldiers alike.
A heart-wrenching play about the international ivory trade, portraying humankind's capacity for corruption and greed, and our continued destruction of the natural world.
In 2011, Lynn Nottage began spending time with the people of Reading, Pennsylvania: officially one of the poorest cities in the USA. Sweat is the Pulitzer Prize-winning play that Lynn Nottage wrote following her experience.