[NEohioPAL] Intimate Apparel -- Auditions

[Jan Harcar]

Weathervane Playhouse Announces

AUDITIONS - OPEN CALL for

Intimate apparel

Play by Lynn Nottage

Weathervane Playhouse will hold OPEN CALL AUDITIONS for Lynn Nottage's INTIMATE APPAREL which will be performed in Weathervane's John L. Dietz Theater. Auditions will be held at Weathervane Playhouse, 1301 Weathervane Lane (in the Valley off Merriman Road) on Monday, January 5 at 7 p.m. Auditioners MAY prepare any monologue up to 2-minutes in length. Scripts and audition scenes available at the Playhouse.

11 Performances Feb. 26 - March 14, 2009

Cast Requirements:

Esther Mills: 35, African-American seamstress

Mrs. Dickson: 50, African-American proprietor of a boarding house

Mrs. Van Buren: 30s, white, wealthy socialite

Mr. Marks: 30s, Romanian Jewish immigrant, textile merchant

Mayme: 30s, African-American prostitute and dance hall performer

George: 30s, Black laborer from Barbados

Synopsis:

In 1905 Manhattan, Ester Mills sews beautiful corsets for a living. Her art and talent have earned her economic independence rare for an unmarried woman of color. At 35, Esther has no suitors but corresponds with George, a Barbadian laborer who is helping to build the Panama Canal. As the correspondence grows more passionate, George proposes to Esther and moves to New York to marry her. With the odds staked against her, Esther struggles to keep her dreams alive during a time of great social and economic change.

Director for the production is Karen Sabo, a director, actor and teacher who recently relocated to Ohio from southwestern Virginia. She has been a member of a resident acting company at two professional theaters and was a Resident Director at the Barter Theatre in Abington, VA. She is a member of Actors' Equity and her most recent project is producing a feature-length independent film called This is Not the South, written by her husband, Dr. Derek Davidson.

Janis Harcar
Director of Advancement
Weathervane Playhouse
330-836-2323 X16
www.weathervaneplayhouse.com
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