Intimate Apparel
| Author: Lynn Nottage | |
| Premiered: 2003 | Work Type: Play |
| Description: Intimate Apparel is a play by Lynn Nottage set in 1905 New York City, following Esther, a Black seamstress who creates lingerie for a diverse clientele while dreaming of opening a beauty salon for Black women. Her life changes when she begins a correspondence with a Caribbean man working on the Panama Canal, leading to a marriage proposal and a journey exploring themes of race, gender, love, and loneliness through her relationships with him, a prostitute, and a Hasidic fabric merchant. | |
All shows for this title:
| Long Beach Playhouse (Mainstage) | 5/21/2022 - 6/18/2022 |