Be seduced by the story of Esther, a Black seamstress in 1905 New York seeking love and companionship. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage returns to Asolo Rep with Intimate Apparel, a searing, sensual, and powerful story of forbidden romance. Esther spends her days sewing corsets for other women but hasn’t found love for herself. When she receives a letter from a Barbadian man working on the Panama Canal, Esther kindles an exchange that leads to marriage with a stranger, even while her heart is drawn to a Jewish shop owner who’s promised to another woman. Nottage’s lyrical and heart wrenching play is a modern classic about the power of human connection.
Directed by Austene Van
Featuring Sasha Andreev, Curtis Bannister, Ariel Blue, Trezure B Coles, Aneisa J. Hicks, Rebecca Rose Mims, Adelin Phelps, Jordan Sam Rich, Angelle Mishon, Danielle Vivcharenko, Rueben Wakefield, Regina Marie Williams