Lynn Nottage

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lynn Nottage
Occupation	Playwright
Date Of Birth	Nov 2, 1964(1964-11-02)
Age	60
Birthplace	Brooklyn
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Scorpio

Lynn Nottage Biography

Lynn Nottage is one of the most popular and richest Playwright who was born on November 2, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

In 1905 New York, Esther, a Black seamstress, lives in a boarding house for women, and sews intimate apparel for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to prostitutes. One by one, the other denizens of the boarding house marry and move away, but Esther remains, lonely and longing for a husband and a future. Her plan is to find the right man and use the money she’s saved to open a beauty parlor where black women will be treated as royally as the white women she sews for.

Lynn Nottage (born November 2, 1964) is an American playwright whose work often deals with the lives of marginalized people. She is a professor of Playwriting at Columbia University.

Lynn Nottage Net Worth

Lynn Nottage is one of the richest Playwright from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lynn Nottage 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The Guardian noted: “Nottage’s two decades of work has garnered praise for bringing challenging and often forgotten, stories onto the stage. … Ruined explored the use of rape as a weapon against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, while Intimate Apparel focused on a lonely black seamstress working in New York in 1905… Future areas the 51-year-old is keen to explore in her plays includes the American prison industrial complex, which is “destroying the lives of so many men of colour” but is barely talked about in the national conversation or on the stage. Yet Nottage also expressed disappointment that her work was constantly defined by both her own race and gender, unlike her white male counterparts.”

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Who is Lynn Nottage Dating?

According to our records, Lynn Nottage married to Tony Gerber. As of December 1, 2023, Lynn Nottage’s is not dating anyone.

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The West Coast premiere of her Crumbs from the Table of Joy, at South Coast Repertory in September 1996, earned two NAACP Theatre Awards for performance.

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Manjusha Ranked on the list of most popular Playwright. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Lynn Nottage celebrates birthday on November 2 of every year.

Co-commissioned and produced at Baltimore’s Center Stage, it premiered in February 2003 and South Coast Repertory. The Off-Broadway production at Roundabout Theatre Company opened in 2004, starring Viola Davis, and receiving critical acclaim. It received the 2004 AUDELCO Viv Award for Playwriting; AUDELCO (Audience Development Committee) recognizes and honors excellence in Black theatre. Intimate Apparel has since been commissioned by the MET / Lincoln Center to be adapted into an opera, and will be composed by Ricky Ian Gordon.

Why is Lynn Nottage important?

The American playwright Lynn Nottage is the only woman to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice. Her plays, highlighting the struggles of people forced to the margins of society, have been produced across the United States and throughout the world.

Is Lynn Nottage black?

Lynn Nottage
Spouse| Tony Gerber
Children| 2

Where does Lynn Nottage live now?

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.

How old is Lynn Nottage?

57 years (November 2, 1964)

Is August Wilson still alive?

October 2, 2005