Cast Breakdown:
Roles are non-paid (2 complimentary tickets will be offered)
Esther: African American woman, Mid 30's.
Mrs. Dickson: African American, Early to Mid 50's.
Mrs. Van Buren: White American. Mid to Late 30's.
Mr. Marks: Romanian Orthodox Jewish immigrant, Mid 30's. Must be able to speak in a Jewish accent.
Mayme: African American, Early to mid 30's.
George: Barbadian immigrant, Mid to Late 30's. Must be able to speak with Barbadian accent.
Please bring headshot and resume.
Actors will be asked to read from script in a cold reading.
Synopsis:
Intimate Apparel takes place in lower Manhattan in 1905. The main character is Esther, a 35-year-old African American seamstress living alone in a boarding house run by the matronly Mrs. Dickson. Esther works tirelessly creating custom-made lingerie for New York's uptown ladies and its downtown ladies of the night. Straddling these two worlds, Esther, who is plain and sensible, yearns for love. But the most romance her lonely life affords is the stories of the origins of the exotic fabrics she buys from her Orthodox Jewish supplier, Mr. Marks. These exchanges, and her dream of one day opening her own beauty salon, sustain her until she receives a letter from George, a Barbadian labourer working on the Panama Canal, who asks her to correspond with him. Esther welcomes this romantic advance, but her position is complicated by her illiteracy, and she must rely on others to write to George for her. The relationship flourishes through their letters. Eventually George comes to New York, and Esther, against the advice of Mrs. Dickson, leaves the boarding house to marry him. Marriage to George proves different than she had imagined, and it is through the way Esther navigates this relationship that the author comments on issues of race, women's sense of worth, and the struggle against compromising one's dreams.
Audition dates:
Sun, October 26, 2014 - 7 - 9pm
Mon, October 27, 2014 - 7- 9pm
Mon, November 10, 2014 - 7 - 9pm
Tue, November 11, 2014 - 7 - 9pm
Table Read date:
Mon, November 17, 2014 - 7 - 10:00pm
Scene work:
Mon, December 1, 2014 to Wed, December 10 - 7 -9:30pm
Full cast rehearsals:
Sun, December 14, 2014 | Sun - Wed | 7 -9:30pm
Performance dates:
January 30 - February 15, 2015
Tech week:
Mon, January 26, 2015 - Thur, January 29, 2015 - 7pm until
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