Sweat and Tears by Lucia Leone is a stage play composed as biting, symbolic series of satirical vignettes on the absurd realities of the typical workplace environment. The play is explosive, dynamic, thought provoking, and occasionally mysterious. The writing is laconic and sharp, funny and poetic, rich in depth and meaning. At times, hilarious coalesces with tragic and laughter blends with sadness. Who knows? You may recognize some of the characters in this play... Sweat and Tears is a playful fusion of eccentricity and tradition, with burlesque turns in the plot, elegant puns, and intriguing connections: mythological characters who are also human beings, abstract philosophical conversations during bloody revolutions, allusions to inspiring literature and profound existentialism, etc, etc...