New Jersey Stage 2017: Issue 4 | Page 67

On Stage: Theatre Intimate Apparel McCarter Theater Center, 91 University Place, Princeton The year is 1905. A young, sin- gle African American seamstress is supporting herself by creat- ing exquisite lingerie for wealthy Manhattan clients. When a letter arrives from a stranger, it awak- ens a desire within her that leads to the love she yearned for, but is nothing like she expected. NJ STAGE 2017 - Vol. 4 No. 4 Jade King Carroll returns to McCarter to direct this tender, exquisitely-written historical ro- mance from Pulitzer Prize-win- ning playwright Lynn Nottage. Directed by Jade King Carroll, McCarter Theatre presents Intimate Apparel from May 5 to June 4. INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 67