Lynn Nottage\'s work explores depths of humanness, the overlapping complexities of race, gender, culture and history--and the startling simplicity of desire--with a clear tenderness, with humor, with compassion.
Her plays have been produced at theatres throughout the country, with Intimate Apparel slated for 16 productions during the 2005-2006 season..
Lynn Nottage \'s plays include Crumbs from the Table of Joy
Mud, River, Stone
Por\' Knockers
Las Menias
Fabulation and Intimate Apparel , for which she was awarded the Francesca Primus Prize and the American Theatre Critics/Steinberg New Play Award in 2004.
Through opposite journeys, Esther and Undine achieve the same satisfying end, one of self-discovery.
In Fabulation Nottage re-imagines Esther as Undine, the PR-diva of today, who spirals down from her swanky Manhattan office to her roots back in Brooklyn.
Intimate Apparel is about the empowerment of Esther, a proud and shy seamstress in 1905 New York who creates exquisite lingerie for both Fifth Avenue boudoirs and Tenderloin bordellos. with punchy social insights and the firecracker snap of unexpected humor.--Ben Brantley, The New York Times With her two latest plays, exceptionally gifted playwright ( New York Observer ) Lynn Nottage has created companion pieces that span 100 years in the lives of African American women. . . with seamless elegance.--Charles Isherwood, Variety Fabulation Robustly entertaining comedy . . . --Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Intimate Apparel Thoughtful, affecting new play .
Lynn Nottage\'s work explores depths of humanness, the overlapping complexities of race, gender, culture and history--and the startling simplicity of desire--with a clear tenderness, with humor, with compassion
