Intimate Apparel (play)

Intimate Apparel
Written byLynn Nottage
CharactersEsther
Mrs. Dickson
Mrs. Van Buren
Mr. Marks
Mayme
George
Date premieredFebruary 21, 2003 (2003-02-21)
Place premieredCenter Stage, Baltimore
Original languageEnglish
SettingLower Manhattan

Intimate Apparel is a play written by Lynn Nottage. The play was originally a co-production and co-commission between Center Stage, Baltimore, Maryland, and South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California. The play is set in New York City in 1905 and concerns a young African-American woman who travels to New York to pursue her dreams, becoming an independent woman as a seamstress.