Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By admin on February 25, 2021

The Foothill College Theatre Arts Departments virtual performance readings of Lynn Nottages Intimate Apparel are scheduled 7:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

Directed by Thomas Times, each reading will be performed live and for free.

Set in 1905 New York City, Apparel is about Esther, a Black seamstress whose skills and discretion are much in demand, enabling her to stuff a goodly sum of money into her quilt over the years. Her plan is to find the right man and use the money she has saved to open a beauty parlor where Black women will be treated as royally as the white women she sews for.

Esther begins a correspondence with a lonesome Caribbean man named George who is working on the Panama Canal. Being illiterate, Esther has one of her patrons respond to the letters, and over time, the letters become increasingly intimate until George persuades her to marry, sight unseen.

However, Esthers heart seems to lie with the Hasidic shopkeeper from whom she buys cloth, and his heart with her, but the impossibility of the match is obvious to them both. Nique Eagen stars as Esther and Jordan Zion plays George. The cast also includes Rebecca Haley Clark (Mrs. Dickson), Marcie Rich (Mrs. Van Buren), Deborah Feisa (Mayme), Shir Ben Zeev (Mr. Marks) and Kyra Knibbs (narrator/stage directions).

To request viewing access, email [emailprotected] Type Intimate Apparel Ticket in the subject line and include your name in the body of the email, along with the date you would like access (requests must be made prior to 5 p.m. of that day).

For more information, visit foothill.edu/theatre and click the show link.

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Foothill presents readings of 'Intimate Apparel' this weekend - Los Altos Town Crier

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