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— Daren Herbert and Marsha Regis in the Arts Club Theatre Company’s production of Intimate Apparel. Photo by David Cooper. INTIMATE APPAREL INTIMATE APPAREL Vancouver premiere February 9–March 10, 2012 A richly textured love story. It’s 1905. New York City. 35-year-old Esther is an independent African-American woman who makes a good living sewing exquisite undergarments and corsets for brides-to-be. But she yearns to wear one of her own creations. When a mysterious stranger from the Caribbean strikes up a pen-pal relationship, the romance that blooms promises to fulfill all her dreams. “Lynn Nottage is one of the leading playwrights in American theatre today,” says Bill Millerd, Artistic Managing Director of the Arts Club. “But until now her work has not seen a full professional production in Vancouver. Intimate Apparel is the perfect introduction to Nottage’s outstanding body of work. In the character of Esther, Nottage has created a loving and detailed portrait of an emotionally rich and uncompromising woman. The wonderful Marci T. House will bring her to life on our Granville Island Stage.” A graduate of the Yale University School of Drama, Nottage is a critically lauded playwright whose works are wide-ranging, from a musical for children to a play about the plight of Congolese women amidst civil war. For the latter, Ruined, she earned the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In 2007 she was awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant and cited as “a dramatist who will continue to provide us with provocative plays in which her characters confront some of society’s most complex issues.” 2004 saw the Off-Broadway premiere of Intimate Apparel, starring Viola Davis. By Lynn Nottage. Starring Anna Cummer, Lesley Ewen, Daren Herbert, Marci T. House, Marsha Regis, Jonathon Young. Director John Cooper. Set Designer Pam Johnson. Costume Designer Alison Green. Lighting Designer Itai Erdal. Sound Designer Doug Balfour. Director’s Associate Diane Roberts. Stage Manager Marion Anderson. Assistant Stage Manager Ronaye Haynes. Set Design Assistant Jessica Oostergo
Arts Club Theatre Company’s Intimate Apparel at the Granville Island Stage (1585 Johnston St.) from Feb. 9 to Mar. 10 (MEDIA OPENING: Feb. 15). Monday at 8 pm, Tuesday at 7:30 pm, Wednesday–Saturday at 8 pm, and Wednesday & Saturday at 2 pm.
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