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By Lynn Nottage

ISBN-10: 1559362790

ISBN-13: 9781559362795

“Lynn Nottage’s paintings explores depths of humanness, the overlapping complexities of race, gender, tradition and history—and the startling simplicity of desire—with a transparent tenderness, with humor, with compassion.” —Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

Intimate Apparel: “Thoughtful, affecting new play . . . with seamless elegance.”—Charles Isherwood, Variety

Fabulation: “Robustly interesting comedy . . . with punchy social insights and the firecracker snap of unforeseen humor.”—Ben Brantley, The ny Times

With her newest performs, “exceptionally proficient playwright” (New York Observer) Lynn Nottage has created significant other items that span a hundred years within the lives of African American girls. Intimate Apparel is set the empowerment of Esther, a proud and shy seamstress in 1905 ny who creates beautiful undies for either 5th street boudoirs and Tenderloin bordellos. In Fabulation Nottage re-imagines Esther as Undine, the PR-diva of this day, who spirals down from her swanky ny place of work to her roots again in Brooklyn. via contrary trips, Esther and Undine in achieving a similar gratifying finish, certainly one of self-discovery.

Lynn Nottage’s performs comprise Crumbs from the desk of Joy; Mud, River, Stone; Por’ Knockers; Las Menias; Fabulation and Intimate Apparel, for which she used to be provided the Francesca Primus Prize and the yank Theatre Critics/Steinberg New Play Award in 2004. Her performs were produced at theatres in the course of the nation, with Intimate Apparel slated for sixteen productions through the 2005–2006 season.

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