Intimate Apparel

Two students performing in Intimate Apparel

Written by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Diane Benedict
Presented on Mar. 21-23, 27-30, 2019

Lynn Nottage’s poetic, lyrical, heartbreaking play shows a woman with a dream, unbroken in the face of betrayal. Esther, an African-American woman in 1905 New York City, makes her living sewing “intimate apparel” for her clients, hoping one day to open her own store where women of color will be treated as well as her white patrons. Her long-distance relationship, however, threatens those plans.

Cast

Brooklyn Kelly (Esther), Kali Victor (Mrs. Dickson), Harold Lloyd (George), Bella Hartman (Mrs. Van Bure), Jake Zingg (Mr. Marks), Josephine von Oswald (Mayme)

Production Team

Diane Benedict (Director), Lawrence Lacey (Assistant Director), Jason Sheppard (Set Design/Technical Director), Leon Wiebers (Costume Designer), Marisa Whitmore (Lighting Designer), Rob Hillig (Sound and Production Designer), Juan Bernal (Assistant Light Designer), Jesse Yu (Assistant Set Designer), Cassidy Kepp (Dramaturge), John Burton (Prop Master), Andrea Odinov (Dialect Coach), Patricia McMahon Stage (Costume Shop Supervisor), Lindsey Gartner (Manager), Jessica Dickerson, Kennedy Smith (Assistant Stage Managers), Sylvia Yang (Costume Design Assistant), Rhonda O’Neal (Wig/Hair Designer), Eliza Black (Light Board Operator), Polina Capuano (Sound Board Operator), Lucas Bross, Shani Hogan, Charlie Lawver (Running Crew), Niall Sulcer (Props Assistant), Makena Cecil, Katie Colick, Hayley Marian, Haley Skarulis (Wardrobe Crew), Izzy Johnson, Rituja Kashid (Hair/Makeup/Wardrobe Crew), Gillian Ebersole, Marshall McKeever, Gloria Santillan, Kate Phillips, Lisa Lawrence, Madeline Sharp, Rituja Kashid (Costume Work Study), Quinn Williams, Maren English, Mateo Rudich, Enzo Mapua, Ben Lyons, Jessica Hadley, Marisa Whitmore, Juan Bernal, Cate Chapman, Wesley Glenn, Brian Reyes, Bridger Caicedo, Zoe Grandy, Niall Suker, Meghanne Clark, Robert Kinsfather, Giselle Durrand (Set Work Study), Brianna Berkhout, Wesley Glenn, Liliana Koehler, Anna Mueller, Mateo Rudich, Dana Welk, Lian Weller, Quinn Williams, Sijia Yang (Scenery painted by students of THEA 425 Scene Painting), Sophie Kalff and Braden Wells (House Managers), Madison Mellon (Poster Designer)

Intimate Apparel is presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service