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It’s 1905 in Manhattan. Esther, a gifted seamstress, crafts lingerie for a variety of clientele, including Fifth Avenue socialites and Tenderloin district prostitutes. She dreams of finding a husband and beginning a love-filled marriage. She also longs to open a beauty parlor in Harlem with the money she has quietly saved over the years. Through a series of long distance letters, Esther meets George, and her aspirations appear within reach.
In Intimate Apparel, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage weaves a tale of romance, ambition, and self-discovery.
“The language of Intimate Apparel is a thing of beauty, at times approaching poetry…The play is a story about citizens grabbing for the same crust of bread, occasionally pulling nourishment from one another’s mouths. It is a parable about sweet dreams and honeyed words that, in an instant, can turn sour.” —Los Angeles Times
Intimate Apparel is the 2004 winner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play.
- Harold Wheeler
- Lynn Nottage
Authors
Cast and Creative team for Intimate Apparel at Oscar G. Brockett Theatre
Written by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Melissa Maxwell
Directed by Melissa Maxwell
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