Production Staff
Director: Valerie Joyce
Scenic Designer: Joshua Gallagher
Costume Designer: Janus Stefanowicz
Lighting Designer: Jerold R. Forsyth
Sound Designer: John Stovicek
Dialect Coach: Neill Hartley
Dramaturg: Andrea Rumble-Moore
Stage Manager: Leo Bond
Cast
Esther: Sisi Wright
Mrs. Dickson: Marissa Kennedy
Mrs. Van Buren: Kara Krichman
Mr. Marks: Nikitas Menotiades
Mayme: Alexandra King
George: Brishen Miller
Dramaturgical Resources
DC Metro's Michael Kelly says, "Wright...effortlessly channels the dreamy heart of her character. Kennedy captures Mrs. Dickson's astute but caring nature perfectly in her reprimanding of Esther's naïve notions of love and commitment.
Krichman... artfully tempers Van Buren's egotism with a touch of sadness" while Mayme is "brought emphatically to life by Alexandra King... Menotiades brims with clumsy charm as the romantic neophyte awkwardly courting Esther, whereas Miller's take on the brooding and restless George underpinned the show in a disquieting dread."
“unforgettably poignant”
- The Telegraph
Intimate Apparel
by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Valerie Joyce
November 7 - 19, 2017
Travel back to 1900’s New York and meet Esther, a black seamstress with gifted hands and grand ambitions. By day, Esther sews intimate apparel for her clients — from socialites to prostitutes — while at night, she dreams of opening her own beauty parlor, where black and white women receive the same royal treatment. Determined to fashion a future as breathtaking as her garments, Esther pursues her passions while searching for intimacy in her own life. Nottage, a “rare, vital, important theatrical voice,” spins a tale of desire and heartache, weaving together fragility with the perseverance of the human spirit (The New York Times).