Intimate Apparel
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SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 21, 2003
Closed Mar 30, 2003
Opened Feb 21, 2003
Closed Mar 30, 2003
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
It's lower Manhattan, 1905, and opportunities are scarce for 'colored' women. Esther Mills, a seamstress specializing in intimate apparel, leads a full--if not exactly exciting-- life and still hopes to find marriage, intimacy, and love with the man of her dreams. When she begins a correspondence with George Armstrong, a laborer on the Panama Canal and an acquaintance of a distant cousin, his letters quickly inspire Esther to imagine a new life for herself--a life of passion and possibilities. But when George finally arrives in New York, Esther must ask herself: is this distant, brooding man the same person who penned those romantic thoughts?
Center Stage, in association with South Coast Repertory, presents the world premiere of Intimate Apparel, by Lynn Nottage. Kate Whoriskey directs.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
CENTERSTAGE
700 N Calvert St
Baltimore, MD 21202
For over forty years, CENTERSTAGE has been Baltimore's leading professional producing theater company and a pioneer in America's regional theater movement. Our smart, bold interpretations of both classic and contemporary plays and our exceptional pro [...] Read More
700 N Calvert St
Baltimore, MD 21202
For over forty years, CENTERSTAGE has been Baltimore's leading professional producing theater company and a pioneer in America's regional theater movement. Our smart, bold interpretations of both classic and contemporary plays and our exceptional pro [...] Read More
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Dreams die hard in Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel, a turn-of-the-century drama just unveiled at Baltimore's Center Stage during the company's 40th anniversary season. As long as those hopes survive, however elusive, they are as elegant and as well-appointed as the undergarment that is the play's centerpiece -- one sample wrapped around the central character and others arranged on dress forms floating above the stage.
Filtering aspects of the African-American experience through an O. Henry sensibility, Nottage has written a piece that is dappled by familiar plot turns found in dozens of tales of marriages arranged blindly across miles and oceans. She uses a wedding corset as the central me[...]