The Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Intimate Apparel” by Lynn Nottage is onstage now at Actor’s Express. The play is set in 1905 and tells the story of Esther, a 30-year old African-American seamstress trying to realize her dreams in New York City. Actor Vallea E. Woodbury, who portrays Esther, and director Ibi Owolabi joined Lois Reitzes via Zoom to talk more about the production.
Trying to describe the play’s story without giving too much away, Woodbury said, “It is a journey of searching for love, and finding a specifically romantic love, and how this particular journey for this seamstress goes as she navigates her world.”
Owolabi also offered, “Lynn [Nottage] has talked about how Esther is based off of her grandmother and how she was surrounded by love but was at times a little blinded to it because of different societal thoughts on how love should be portrayed.”
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