Intimate Apparel at Maryland Ensemble Theatre
Lynn Nottageâs Intimate Apparel has local origins; originally a co-production between Baltimoreâs Center Stage and Californiaâs 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 Nottageâs family history and was inspired by her great-grandmotherâs life as a seamstress in the early 1900âs. Nottage found that the narrative and stories of black women in the early 1900âs were largely absent by researching her great-grandmotherâs life.