At the Footlight Club:
Intimate Apparel
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Peyton Pugmire
Produced by Christopher Nadeau & Kristin MacDougall
It’s 1905, in New York City, where Esther, a black seamstress, lives in a boarding house and sews intimate apparel for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to prostitutes. 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 royally. Through an aquiantance she begins corresponding with a Carribbean man, George, who convinces Esther to marry him sight unseen. Once in New York, George squanders Esther savings on liquor and whores. Hurt by his betrayal, Esther returns to her sewing in hopes of again fulfilling her dream. &&Drama
Friday and Saturdays, Jan. 30 - Feb. 14, 2009
Curtain @ 8 pm for all performances
The Cast
Esther
F. Zandra Bennett
Mr. Marks
Tom Giordano
Mrs. Dickson
Carmen Dillon
Mayme
Lyndsay Allyn Cox
Mrs. Van Buren
Nicole Prefontaine
George
Franklin Onuoha