';Lynn Nottage's work explores depths of humanness, the overlapping complexities of race, gender, culture and historyand the startling simplicity of desirewith a clear tenderness, with humor, with compassion.' Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrightIntimate Apparel: ';Thoughtful, affecting ne[...]
1905, New York City. Esther, a black seamstress, sews exquisite lingerie for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to prostitutes. She has saved enough to allow her to dream of one day opening a beauty salon for black women, and at thirty-five years old, longs for a husband and a future. Whe[...]