THIS HOUSE
THIS HOUSE - WORLD PREMIERE - Starting May 31st, 2025
Opera of St.Louis - https://opera-stl.org/whats-on/this-house/
By: Ricky Ian Gordon, Lynn Nottage, & Ruby Aiyo Gerber
We walk in the shadows of ancestors. A house is more than four walls and a roof — it is a keeper of memories and a witness to legacy.The Walker family has lived in the same Harlem brownstone since the 1920s, and they have fought hard to keep what they have. When Zoe returns home after many years away, she asks her mother Ida and her brother Lindon to let her renovate the dilapidated building. But Ida and Lindon cannot let go of the past. The
house is their whole world, and every room is full of ghostly voices and
painful memories. As hidden truths about the family’s legacy come to light, Zoe begins
to realize that the secrets harbored within these walls are deeper and more profound
than she ever dared to imagine.
New York, 1905. Emmy Award winner Samira Wiley plays Esther, who sews exquisite lingerie for women from all walks of life. Successful and fiercely independent, she dreams of opening her own beauty salon, but can’t shake the longing to fall in love. When she begins to receive beautiful letters from a lonesome stranger, it looks like it could just be her ticket to happiness.
Double Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Lynn Nottage reunites with director Lynette Linton (Critics’ Circle Best Director for Blues for an Alabama Sky) for this new production of one of Nottage’s most acclaimed plays, following their sell-out productions of Sweat and Clyde’s for the Donmar.
TICKETS: https://www.donmarwarehouse.com/whats-on/34/by-lynn-nottage/intimate-apparel
AND STILL THEY RISE
How a community—and a legacy—of black playwrights and theater-makers has transformed the American stage
HARPER'S BAZAAR
Story by Imani Perry, Photograph by John Edmonds, Styling by Miguel Enamorado
CLYDE'S
BY LYNN NOTTAGE
DIRECTED BY LYNETTE LINTON
WITH RONKẸ ADÉKỌLUẸ́JỌ́,PATRICK GIBSON,GBEMISOLA IKUMELO,SEBASTIAN OROZCO,GILES TERERA
Designer: Frankie Bradshaw
Lighting Designer: Oliver Fenwick
Sound Designer: George Dennis
Movement Director: Kane Husbands
Composer: Duramaney Kamara
Wigs, Hair and Make Up Designer: Cynthia De La Rosa
16 October 2023 - 2 December 2023
★★★★ “This might be the best thing since sliced bread. It’s uproarious fun” Evening Standard
★★★★ “Lynn Nottage's mouthwatering, gloriously performed play” The Guardian
★★★★ “A blisteringly funny, warm-hearted comedy... Lynette Linton has assembled the perfect ingredients for a dynamic, humane, laugh-out-loud evening.” The Telegraph
★★★★ “Few playwrights can shake the stage like Lynn Nottage. The reverberations are even stronger when her work is directed by Lynette Linton.” The Observer
★★★★ “There is no better acting to be seen in London than in Lynette Linton's stunning production” Daily Mail
★★★★ "A radiant drama about love, hope and sandwiches.” Time Out
★★★★ “Lynn Nottage has cooked up a joyful feast… fizzing dialogue… an excellent cast” The Times
★★★★ “A glorious, funny and touching production of a play that argues fiercely for rehabilitation, redemption and hope” Financial Times
★★★★ “A vivid, life-enhancing play, full of heart, hope and humour... Linton’s production is a real beauty. You’ll come out beaming." WhatsOnStage
★★★★ “Clyde's is absolutely packed with belly laughs… it offers an uplifting message of hope. A show to be savoured. Delicious.” Mail on Sunday
★★★★ “Lynette Linton’s frankly delicious production.” The Stage
Kiln Theatre presents the UK Premiere
MLIMA’S TALE
BY LYNN NOTTAGE DIRECTED BY MIRANDA CROMWELL
★★★★ “A brutal, beautiful experience” – Evening Standard
The cast includes Ira Mandela Siobhan , Gabrielle Brooks, Pui Fan Lee, Brandon Grace, Natey Jones
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
THE ALMEIDA THEATRE
Book by Lynn Nottage, Music by Duncan Sheik,
Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, Based on the Novel by Sue Monk Kidd,
Directed by Whitney White
Sat 8 Apr – Sat 27 May 2023
INTIMATE APPAREL
THE OPERA
on Great Performances/PBS
Experience the story of seamstress Esther who begins
writing to a mysterious suitor laboring on the Panama Canal.
Composed by Ricky Ian Gordon
Libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage,
this powerful opera is directed by Tony winner Bartlett Sher.
Now Streaming PBS
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
The William Inge Theater Festival
April 21-23, 2022
Honoring Lynn Nottage withthe 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
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.
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
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)
THE WATERING HOLE
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.
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
Your Hometown is co-presented by the Museum of New York.
Season 1, Episode 5, and is available on the Your Hometown website or on Spotify.
Season 1, Episode 5, and is available on the Your Hometown website or on Spotify.
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.
CONEY ISLAND MERMAID PARADE: Mermaid Queen and King, Lynn Nottage & Jeremy O. Harris
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
A Musical Interlude courtesy of the Virunga Church Choir
Directed by Tony Gerber, Market Road Films
Virunga Church Choir from Market Road Films on Vimeo.