Intimate Apparel at Maryland Ensemble Theatre
Lynn Nottageās Intimate Apparel has local origins; originally a co-production between Baltimoreās Center Stage and Californiaās South Coast Repertory in 2003, it went on to a 3-month Off-Broadway run starring Viola Davis. The material also has a direct link to Nottageās family history and was inspired by her great-grandmotherās life as a seamstress in the early 1900ās. Nottage found that the narrative and stories of black women in the early 1900ās were largely absent by researching her great-grandmotherās life.