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Sweat & Labor Songs
11.07–09.25 | Hazel-Pruitt Armory, Collaboratory
Sweat & Labor Songs
Opera Up Close
MUSIC BY
Juliet Palmer
LIBRETTO BY
Anna Chatterton

DIRECTOR

Kit Wilder

CONDUCTOR
Richard W. Robbins
VOCAL COACH
Maja Tremiszewska
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
Juan-David Domínguez
GRADUATE ASSISTANT / REHEARSAL PIANIST 
David M. Glasgow
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
Emma Faraone
Darynn Wannamaker 
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
Amy J. Larson
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Joseph Cecil
PRODUCTION DESIGN SUPERVISION
Kit Wilder

Sweat is presented by special arrangement with the composer and librettist.

November 7–9, 2025
Hazel-Pruitt Armory, Collaboratory
Shenandoah Conservatory

Production Ratings & Content Warnings
Suggested Show Rating: R

This production contains mature themes, including references to violence, abuse, sexual assault, discrimination and/or bigotry, suicide and death. It also features a gunshot effect. Please be aware that our actors make full use of the space, including the aisles and other audience spaces. Contact the Box Office or speak with an usher for more information.

Program
Labor Songs from The Workers’ Songbooks (1934, 1935)

Selections to be announced from the stage.

PRELUDE ENSEMBLE

Jose Barrera
Chenchen "Morna" Chu
Kinsey McCulloch
Aislin Given
Mary-Kelly Reimel
Tegan Smith
Savannah Lea Mae Stephens


- brief pause -


Sweat

Music by Juliet Palmer
Libretto by Anna Chatterton

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Jeffrey Marlatt, Jennifer Green-Flint, Byron Jones, R. Eric Stone, John Bonanni, Jonathan Newman, Nicholas Yovina, Elizabeth Albert, Stephanie Higgins Marshall, Courtney Reilly, Alisa Holley, Brandey Downs, Megan Smallwood, Jordan Swann, Colin Christie, April Black, MiKayla Hatfield, Kaitlynne Dennis, Zoe Grimes