Auditions for Intimate Apparel by Lynn NottageFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Wayne Olson, Office Manager What: Auditions for Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage When: Monday, July 23 and Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 7:30 PM (no appointments necessary) Where: Raleigh Little Theatre's Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre at 301 Pogue Street Raleigh, NC 27607 (2 blocks off of Hillsborough Street) In Brief: Intimate Apparel tells the story of Esther, a shy thirty-five year old African American woman who makes a living as a seamstress sewing intimate apparel to women from all walks of life. It is 1905 and there are strict rules of propriety defined by gender, race, economics, fashion and religion but as Esther's clients try on the intimate clothing she has made especially for them and as she discusses the quality of the fabric she chooses to purchase from the fabric supplier, these barriers break down and she is made privy to the most intimate of secrets and has conversations that would never otherwise take place. For eighteen years, Esther has resided in a boarding house for ladies run by the lively and chatty, Mrs. Dickson. Esther longs to be a married lady and her life radically changes when she receives a letter from George Armstrong, an attractive Barbadian man working on the Panama Canal. He has befriended the son of the deacon at Esther's church. George asks if he may write to Esther in order to "ward off this awful boredom." Since Esther can neither read nor write, many of her letters are read and written by her customer, Mrs. Van Buren. After time, George proposes. Esther accepts and they are married. The tender intimacy of their courtship by mail soon fades in the real world. Setting: Lower Manhattan For more information about the auditions and the script, go to www.raleighlittletheatre.org and click on "Shows". Callbacks will be Saturday, July 28, 2007 11:00 PM in the Raleigh Little Theatre's Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre. Perusal scripts are available through the Raleigh Little Theatre's business office. Please call the business office at (919)821-4579 to check on availability. A press release archive may be found at our web site www.raleighlittletheatre.org under "About RLT". You are here: Home > Press Releases > Auditions for Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage |