RLTP produced Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nottage’s smash-hit Sweat in 2023. Ensemble member Johnny Barden will return in Clyde’s to reprise his role of Jason in Sweat.
Clyde’s
By Lynn Nottage
April 16 - May 16
Directed by John Hurley
Cast coming soon!
Welcome to Clyde’s, a truck stop sandwich shop frequented by truckers making the long journey across Pennsylvania. The kitchen is staffed exclusively by formerly incarcerated individuals looking for their shot at redemption. Even as the shop’s menacing owner, Clyde, tries to keep them under her thumb, the staff members are given purpose and permission to dream by their shared quest to create the perfect sandwich. Sandwiches become symbolic and the play blends humor with poignant commentary on systemic struggles, hope, and finding humanity behind a criminal record.