Lynn Nottage

In the play “Ruined” by Lynn Nottage, Mama Nadi serves the life of many women living in the Congo during the war. Her desires offer conflict with each other causing problems to appear for her and others. Her strategy of self-isolation helps her deal with many conflicts in order to self-achieve satisfaction. While her strategy does help her in many occasions it also creates self-obstacles she has to deal with on her own. She is unable to create relationships with other becomes a consequence of…

Lynn Nottage once said, “Just because it’s a unique perspective doesn’t mean it can’t offer something universal.” In my opinion, Ruined is a melodrama that illustrates storytelling by allowing characters to identify themselves as well as teach the audience. Storytelling is an exquisite and diverse tool that can be used in a variety of situations for numerous purposes. One peculiar aspect of Ruined is that there is no clear villain and in that way Ruined resists being a melodrama. However,…

Ruined I went to see Ruined in the 4th of October. The play was written by Lynn Nottage. It is about small bar in a town in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mama Nadi owns a bar which offer female waitresses provide food and drink. Also, they offer accompany to bed. Christian is a salesman who always brought new things to Mama Nadi. At the beginning of the play he was talking to Mama Nadi about his last trip. He said that he has three women she could buy (Salima, Sophie, and another girl). She…

Two important works that are good examples of traditional gender roles are Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles and Lynn Nottage’s play Poof. On the surface, these plays don’t seem to have very much in common; a closer look, however, reveals that both plays show similar themes and issues. The issues highlighted in both plays are suppression of women and ramifications of society. In both plays there are similarities but differing in some aspects. Noting the similarities and contrasts in the symbolism,…

“Sweat” could deeply touch a person. After watching this performance for about 2 hours and 25 minutes, I can conclude that the play was indeed both very emotional and remarkable in its storyline. The Broadway production, “Sweat,” written by Lynn Nottage, focused on the lives of blue collar workers in industrial…

Intimate Apparel- Theatre Critique On Tuesday, April 4th, 2017 at 7:30 p.m., I attended a theatre performance, Intimate Apparel, by Lynn Nottage, but was directed by Melissa Maxwell. This performance took place at Texas State University in the Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre which intended to be a thrust type of stage. With the set, lighting of the play, and the thoroughly thought costumes, specific performances, and comical performance style, I would say that the Texas State Universities’…

fearing they may commit a sin if theyshirk their responsibilities in the house, which resulted in them becoming passive obsessives.In order to illustrate the role of the women and the treatment of them in the families I havetaken a look at a play by Lynn Nottage…

Intimate Apparel written by Lynn Nottage a play about a single, middle aged lady named Esther from New York, who makes a living from sewing and making corsets. As she turned 35 she felt old and lonely as she has not gotten married yet and is seeking for the right man. As one day Mrs.Dickson the lady where she stays with gives her a letter, it was from a man she never met named George Armstrong it was a lovely letter and she got some help from her rich friend which she sells the corsets to…

side; happy or not, as he was the breadwinner. Or to become independent and pursue career and life goals which for most women of the time didn 't end well. Intimate Apparel focuses on Esther, a thirty year old African American woman I believe Lynn Nottage wanted to be viewed as strong until her heart became weary for love. I believe this about Esther because, up until the point where she received the letter from George: who would soon be her husband; Esther was focused on opening her own…

these entertainment forms. Additionally, the few roles that are available to people of color are often extremely stereotypical, such as the ‘black best friend’ the ‘thugs’ or, in earlier entertainment, ‘the maid/servant’ or ‘mamie’. Playwright Lynn Nottage highlights the racial prejudice that plagues the film industry in her 2011 work By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. This script follows one woman’s 70-year journey attempting to break into and reform Hollywood to allow for more representation of…