‘Amplifying and Connecting Black Women’s Stories’ is a fundraiser event in honor of the museum’s renaming. Intimate Apparel, an award-winning play written by Lynn Nottage, presented by Compass Rose Theater of Annapolis, is not to be missed!

Following the show, join us for a talkback and reception with the director, Lottie E. Porch, professional actors, and leaders from the Banneker-Douglas-Tubman Museum.

Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage is a play set in 1905 in New York that illustrates a stark social divide contrasting with a dynamic influx of immigrants. An African American seamstress, Esther, skillfully navigates this world, crafting fine, intimate apparel for clientele from elites to the marginalized. Romance blooms through letters from Panama-based George Armstrong as the story explores independence, connection, and the impacts of deception, racism, and classism.

Winner of the Steinberg New Play Award and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, this play offers poignant commentary on an era when the cut and color of one’s dress – and, of course, skin -determined who one could and could not marry, sleep with, or even talk to in public (Variety).

Compass Rose Theater presents Intimate Apparel

Saturday, September 28 | 2 PM

Compass Rose Theater

801 Chase Street, Annapolis MD 21401

Located within Maryland Hall