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
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