The time is 1905, the place New York City, where Esther, a black seamstress, fashions intimate apparel for ladies from all walks of life. Its theme is love: love yearned for and denied, love misplaced, as in the case of Miss Esther and Mr. Marks – who are deeply in love but will never be able to speak of it – love betrayed, and the love of craft and beauty.
By Lynn Nottage
September 7-23, 2007
Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre
View the photos by Stuart Wagner
Cast
Esther: Barbette Hunter
Mrs. Dickson: LeDawna Akins
Mrs. Van Buren: Staci Sabarsky
Mr. Marks: Leon Sabarsky
Mayme: Sharon Tazewell
George: Joseph Callender
Production Staff
Director: Linda O’Day Young
Scenic Designer: Rick Young
Costume Designer: Vicki Olson
Associate Costume Designer: Jenny Butler
Lighting Designer: Rick Young
Sound Designer: Jim Zervas
Prop Master: Rick Young
Wig Designer: Benjamin Butler
Technical Director: Jim Zervas
Sound Engineer: Becca Easley
Stage Manager: Scott Wray
Assistant Stage Manager: Natasha Jackson
Audition Coordinator: Marie Berry
House Manager Coordinator: Ellen Landau
Usher Coordinator: Adrienne Dyson
Concession Coordinator: G. Paul Slovensky
Graphic Design: Scotty Cherryholmes
Playbill Design: Heidi Dragon
Poster Design: Scotty Cherryholmes
Production Crew
Audition Crew: Marie Berry (Crew Chief), Alan Cason & Don Smith
Box Office: Harvey Bumgardner & Patsy Clarke
Costume Shop Crew: Mary Ali, Betsy Bates, Marie Berry, Becca Easely, Barbara Fields, Steve Issak, Jhonny Izza, Maria Juri, Jason Justice, JeMarl Kearney, Susan Kimmel, Zhenya La Motte, Catherine Lambe, Su-Jung Lee, Kathy Mauney, Nnebuchi Nwankwo, Wayne Olson, Elaine Petrone, Lynn Prather, Tsafi Shalev, Debbie Sherrod, Yvonne Terrelongue, Marjorie Terry, Lydia Wagner, Lynne Wellin, Jean Wilkinson, Aaron Wright & Joan Wright
Dresser Crew: Judy Keyes (Crew Chief), Marie Berry, Amy Blackwell, Vickie Gardner, Catherine Lambe, Julie Robinson & Tatyana Stemkovski,
House Managers: Patsy Clarke, Carol Friedlander, Robin Hughes, Lilo Miles & Judy Wilkinson
Light Hang/Focus Crew: Becca Easley, David Malone, Alyssa Petrone, David Petrone, Elaine Petrone & Tommy Tallis
Light Crew: Nick Blinn (Crew Chief), Frank Bobbitt & Keith Rothschi
Public Relations Crew: Harvey Bumgardner, Scotty Cherryholmes, Patsy Clarke, Barbara Fields, Catherine Lambe, Martha Noyes, Stuart Wagner & David Watts
Set Construction Crew: LeDawna Akins, Bill Boyd, Noel Butzke, Natasha Jackson, Jason Justice, David Langmeyer, Dave Petrone, Elaine Petrone, John Price, Leon Sabarsky, Staci Sabarsky, Dick Shirk & Scott Wray
Sound Crew: Becca Easley & Karalyn Johnson (Co-Crew Chiefs) Shaketa Mills, Julie Mulvihill & Shenita Wilson