HAPPENINGS
DEATH, SEX AND MONEY
WITH ANNA SALES
At the start of this year, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage achieved a feat. Three of her works--Clyde's, the musical MJ, and an opera adaptation of her play Intimate Apparel—were playing on New York City stages simultaneously. But three decades ago, during the height of the AIDS and crack epidemics, Lynn almost stopped writing plays for good. "I was watching many of my classmates and my professors get sick and die or succumb to drug addiction," she told me about her time at drama school. "And it was really hard to stay focused on writing and figure out, well, why am I writing? And what is it that I want to write about when there's so much trauma?"
Lynn grew up in Brooklyn, where she now lives in her childhood home. She spoke with me from her living room about how bombing a test in college led her to theater, how quitting her day job and cashing in her 401(k) helped her return to it, and how she shares "marriage miles" with her filmmaker husband. Link Here:
MJ THE MUSICAL
Featuring the Music of Michael Jackson
Book by Lynn Nottage
Directed & Choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon
Neil Simon Theater
Previews: December 6, 2021
Opening: February 1, 2022
Tickets Available Here
WILLIAM INGE CENTER
FOR THE ARTS TO HONOR
LYNN NOTTAGE AT 39th WILLIAM INGE THEATER FESTIVAL
The William Inge Theater Festival
will celebrate its 39th anniversary April 21-23, 2022 by honoring Pulitzer Prize. winning playwright Lynn Nottage with
the Distinguished Achievement in the American Theater Award.
INTIMATE APPAREL
An Opera
Music by Ricky Ian Gordon
Libretto by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Bartlett Sher
Lincoln Center | Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Previews: January 13, 2022
Opening: January 27, 2022
Tickets Available Here
An Opera
Music by Ricky Ian Gordon
Libretto by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Bartlett Sher
Lincoln Center | Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Previews: January 13, 2022
Opening: January 27, 2022
Tickets Available Here
NPR Feature
Morning Edition Interviewed by Jeff Lunden
Two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage
turns a triple play in New York City
January 14, 2022
Morning Edition Interviewed by Jeff Lunden
Two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage
turns a triple play in New York City
January 14, 2022
WNYC's podcast The United States of Anxiety, hosted by Kai Wright, featured Lynn breaking down her career and how, as an optimist at heart, she finds the light and resilience in unexpected stories. She shares her hopes for the future of theater and her interest in making the medium accessible and meeting people where they are.
In their 2021 Greats Issues hitting newsstands October 17, T celebrates four talents - actress
Juliette Binoche, artist Glenn Ligon, playwright Lynn Nottage, and fashion designer Anna Sui -
who have helped make and change the culture.
Juliette Binoche, artist Glenn Ligon, playwright Lynn Nottage, and fashion designer Anna Sui -
who have helped make and change the culture.
THE ART FOR JUSTICE FUND AND LYNN NOTTAGE ON CLYDE'S
In a new video collaboration with the Art for Justice Fund, Nottage speaks with Art for Justice Fund
founder Agnes Gundabout her career as an artist and an activist, and the inspiration for her work.
The Art for Justice Fund is disrupting mass incarceration by funding artists and advocates working
together to reform our criminal justice system, and is a proud sponsor of Clyde's.
founder Agnes Gundabout her career as an artist and an activist, and the inspiration for her work.
The Art for Justice Fund is disrupting mass incarceration by funding artists and advocates working
together to reform our criminal justice system, and is a proud sponsor of Clyde's.
CLYDE'S
Performs November 3-January 16, 2021
Helen Hayes Theater | Second Stage
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Kate Whoriskey
Featuring Uzo Aduba, Ron Cephas Jones, Kara Young, Reza Salazar, Edmund Donovan
Performs November 3-January 16, 2021
Helen Hayes Theater | Second Stage
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Kate Whoriskey
Featuring Uzo Aduba, Ron Cephas Jones, Kara Young, Reza Salazar, Edmund Donovan
In this stirring new play from the team of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and director Kate Whoriskey (Ruined, Sweat), a truck stop sandwich shop offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at reclaiming their lives. Even as the shop's callous owner tries to keep them under her thumb, the staff members are given purpose and permission to dream by their shared quest to create the perfect sandwich. You'll want a seat at the table for this funny, moving, and urgent play. It's an example of Nottage's "genius for bringing politically charged themes to life by embodying
them in ordinary characters living ordinary lives." (The Wall Street Journal)
them in ordinary characters living ordinary lives." (The Wall Street Journal)
WITH HEALING IN MIND,
STAGE COLLABORATORS TAKE A DIP TOGETHER
New York Times Feature on The Watering Hole
STAGE COLLABORATORS TAKE A DIP TOGETHER
New York Times Feature on The Watering Hole
THE WATERING HOLE
An Immersive Theatrical Experience at Signature Theatre
Conceived and Created by Lynn Nottage and Miranda Haymon
An Immersive Theatrical Experience at Signature Theatre
Conceived and Created by Lynn Nottage and Miranda Haymon
The Watering Hole deviates from the norm, presenting a new kind of theatre—one that is collaborative, accessible and safe. In-person, physically distanced audiences will move through a series of installations, entirely curated by creatives of color, at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
The multidimensional and multidisciplinary pieces disrupt traditional notions of theatre-making and challenge viewers to converse with what is most essential to us all, water. Excerpts from the in-person experience will also be available online, in order to bring The Watering Hole to as far an audience as possible. The Watering Hole culminates Lynn's Residency 1 at Signature Theatre.
The multidimensional and multidisciplinary pieces disrupt traditional notions of theatre-making and challenge viewers to converse with what is most essential to us all, water. Excerpts from the in-person experience will also be available online, in order to bring The Watering Hole to as far an audience as possible. The Watering Hole culminates Lynn's Residency 1 at Signature Theatre.
Created in Partnership With: Christina Anderson, Matt Barbot, Montana Levi Blanco, Stefania Bulbarella, Amith Chandrashaker, nicHi douglas, Iyvon E., Justin Ellington, Emmie Finckel, Vanessa German, Ryan J. Haddad, Riccardo Hernández, Phillip Howze, Haruna Lee, Campbell Silverstein, Charly Evon Simpson and Rhiana Yazzie
With: Michael Braun, Francis Jue, Denise Manning, Kenita Miller, Lisa Ramirez, Samy Younes, Lisa Zayas
Performs June 22-August 8, 2021
Tickets Available Here
With: Michael Braun, Francis Jue, Denise Manning, Kenita Miller, Lisa Ramirez, Samy Younes, Lisa Zayas
Performs June 22-August 8, 2021
Tickets Available Here
YOUR HOMETOWN
Podcast Interview on Relationship to Boerum Hill
Lynn is featured on the interview podcast series, Your Hometown, giving an in-depth look on her life in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, and the legacy of her childhood home, where she still currently resides. Your Hometown is co-presented by the Museum of New York. Lynn's interview is featured in Season 1, Episode 5, and is available on the Your Hometown website or on Spotify.
CONEY ISLAND MERMAID PARADE: Mermaid Queen and King,
Lynn Nottage & Jeremy O. Harris
The 38th Annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade went virtual this year as a live-streamed telethon event, dubbed the 2020 Tail-a-Thon. Playwrights Lynn Nottage and Jeremy O. Harris were crowned this year's Queen Mermaid and King Neptune. A proud Brooklyn native, Lynn was honored to participate.
UNFINISHED: DEEP SOUTH
Unfinished: Deep South is a historical true-crime podcast that races to resolve the unfinished business of a small Arkansas town by starting with one question: who lynched Isadore Banks? Sixty-five years after the murder of a wealthy African-American farmer and WWI veteran who found a way to prosper in the Jim Crow South, this series attempts to restore his legacy and solve the crime before the story goes cold forever. My company Market Road Films is proud to be part of the producing team. Created and reported by Taylor Hom and Neil Shea.
PEN World Voices Festival
THESE TRUTHS:
Realizing a New Theatre with Lynn Nottage and Jeremy O. Harris
These Truths is a podcast from the PEN World Voices Festival, exploring literature and the deeper truths that connect us. Lynn Nottage and Jeremy O. Harris join forces for a conversation about some of the most compelling questions facing modern theatre. Where, how, and why do they make theater? Why is inclusion important within the art form—for playwrights and audience members alike? And how can we imagine a new theatre amidst a pandemic and cultural uprising?
Listen to the interview by clicking on the image below:
Listen to the interview by clicking on the image below:
Mindfulness and the Struggle to Make Art During the COVID Crisis
Lynn had the honor of being in conversation with Sharon Salzberg, who is a central figure in the field of meditation, a world-renowned teacher and a New York Times bestselling author. She has played a crucial role in bringing meditation and mindfulness practices to the West and into mainstream culture since 1974, when she first began teaching. She is also co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA.
You can listen to their Zoom conversation, part of the first SigSpace Summit, by clicking on the image below.
You can listen to their Zoom conversation, part of the first SigSpace Summit, by clicking on the image below.
INTIMATE APPAREL
A New Opera
MUSIC BY Ricky Ian Gordon
LIBRETTO BY Lynn Nottage
DIRECTED BY Bartlett Sher
Lincoln Center Theater
Now Playing
The Story of a Thing
The African Sculpture One Playwright Looks at Every Day
The New York Times Style Magazine
Winner Best Play: Sweat
2019 Evening Standard Awards
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Olivia Colmon presented Lynn with this honor on behalf of the Evening Standard Awards, in partnership with Chanel.
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Lynn Nottage celebrating with Olivia Colmon and Sweat Actors Leanne Best, Martha Plimpton, and Clare Perkins:
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The 1619 Project
New York Times Magazine
Times Insider
Special Edition in Honor of the
400th Anniversary of the Trans-Atlantic Slavery Trade
Contributions by Lynn Nottage
New York Times Magazine
Times Insider
Special Edition in Honor of the
400th Anniversary of the Trans-Atlantic Slavery Trade
Contributions by Lynn Nottage
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A Dinner Party Unfolds on
Election Night in 2024
New York Times Style Magazine
Submerged by Lynn Nottage
Images by Lorna Simpson
Election Night in 2024
New York Times Style Magazine
Submerged by Lynn Nottage
Images by Lorna Simpson
FLOYD'S
A World Premiere by Lynn Nottage
Guthrie Theatre
July 27th-August 31st
Tickets Available Here
A World Premiere by Lynn Nottage
Guthrie Theatre
July 27th-August 31st
Tickets Available Here
SWEAT
Donmar Warehouse - West End
Gielgud Theater June 7th-July 20th
https://sweattheplay.com
★★★★★ Broadway World | ★★★★★ Evening Standard ★★★★★ Financial Times | ★★★★★ Guardian ★★★★★ Daily Telegraph | ★★★★★ Time Out ★★★★★ WhatsOnStage
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
World Premiere Musical
Book by LYNN NOTTAGE
Music by DUNCAN SHEIK
Lyrics by SUSAN BIRKENHEAD
Directed by SAM GOLD
Based on the Best selling Novel by SUE MONK KIDD
Atlantic Theater Company
Linda Gross Theater, 336 W. 20th St
May 10 - June 23, 2019
Tickets Available Here
SWEAT
National Mobile Unit Tour
The Public Theater
Playwright 1 Residency
Signature Theater
FABULATION
BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK
SWEAT
MOBILE TOUR
‘They just told my story’:
What happens when a play about union busting tours Rust Belt cities
MLIMA'S TALE
THIS IS READING
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The First Time I Truly Faced My Fear of Driving
The New York Times
COLUMBIA MAGAZINE
SWEAT PLAY LIST
Smooth – Santana
Big Pimpin’ – Jay-Z
107 degrees – Citizen Cope
Teardrop – Massive Attack
American Woman – Lenny Kravitz
The Real Slim Shady – Enimem
Maria Maria – Santana
Salvation – Citizen Cope
Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
No More Drama – Mary J. Blige
Just Fine – Mary J. Blige
Bullet and a Target – Citizen Cope
Little Black Submarine – Black Keys
Live With Me – Massive Attack
Everything Is Everything – Lauryn Hill
You can listen to Lynn’s playlist on Spotify by clicking here.
Smooth – Santana
Big Pimpin’ – Jay-Z
107 degrees – Citizen Cope
Teardrop – Massive Attack
American Woman – Lenny Kravitz
The Real Slim Shady – Enimem
Maria Maria – Santana
Salvation – Citizen Cope
Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
No More Drama – Mary J. Blige
Just Fine – Mary J. Blige
Bullet and a Target – Citizen Cope
Little Black Submarine – Black Keys
Live With Me – Massive Attack
Everything Is Everything – Lauryn Hill
You can listen to Lynn’s playlist on Spotify by clicking here.
Extracting Art From a Downfall
The New York Times
By LYNN NOTTAGE JULY 30, 2015
A broken city gets a turn onstage in the play Sweat