{"id":10800,"date":"2018-05-08T16:43:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T20:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=10800"},"modified":"2022-03-22T12:12:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T16:12:54","slug":"intimate-apparel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/intimate-apparel\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Playhouse Stages &#8216;Intimate Apparel&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10880\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10880 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0072-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Intimate Apparel\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0072-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0072-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0072-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0072-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0072.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actors rehearse for &#8220;Intimate Apparel,&#8221; which runs through Sunday at the Nelda K. Balch Playhouse, 129 Thompson St. The play is set in a New York boardinghouse in the early 1900s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10883\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10883 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0092-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Intimate Apparel\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0092-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0092-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0092-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0092-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0092.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Intimate Apparel,&#8221; which runs through Sunday at the Nelda K. Balch Playhouse, 129 Thompson St., won the 2004 New York Drama Circle and Outer Critic Circle awards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Kalamazoo College <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/festivalplayhouse\/\">Festival Playhouse<\/a> will present its final production of the academic year, \u201cIntimate Apparel,\u201d May 17-20 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/map.concept3d.com\/?id=198#!m\/184615\">Nelda K. Balch Playhouse<\/a>, 129 Thompson St.<\/p>\n<p>The play \u2013 which addresses race, love and dreams \u2013 is set in a New York City boardinghouse in the early 1900s. It concerns Esther, a young African-American woman who pursues her ambition of becoming a seamstress. Esther falls in love with Mr. Marks, a white Jewish fabric seller, although she agrees to marry George, a Caribbean man with whom she corresponds under false pretenses. The play will be directed by Karen Berthel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntimate Apparel\u201d is written by Lynn Nottage, an associate professor of theatre at Columbia University, whose plays often discuss the lives of women of African descent. She is acclaimed as one of the most poetic and honored of contemporary American playwrights, and \u201cIntimate Apparel\u201d \u2013 the winner of the 2004 New York Drama Circle and Outer Critic Circle awards \u2013 is widely considered to be her most moving and thoughtful play.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10885\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10885\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10885\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0104-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Intimate Apparel\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0104-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0104-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0104-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0104-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0104.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cIntimate Apparel\u201d \u2013 the winner of the 2004 New York Drama Circle and Outer Critic Circle awards \u2013 is widely considered to be Lynn Nottage&#8217;s most moving and thoughtful play.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10884\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10884\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10884\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0200-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"Intimate Apparel\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0200-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0200-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0200-600x415.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0200-434x300.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0200.jpg 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Intimate Apparel&#8221; focuses on Esther, who falls in love with Mr. Marks, a Jewish fabric seller, although she agrees to marry George, a Caribbean man with whom she corresponds under false pretenses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tickets, all of which are general admission, are free with a Kalamazoo College ID. Other student tickets are $5, senior tickets are $10 and adult tickets are $15. The May 17-19 shows will be at 7:30 p.m. The May 20 show will be at 2 p.m. A talkback with cast members will take place after the May 17 performance.<\/p>\n<p>Call 269-337-7333 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/festivalplayhouse.ludus.com\">festivalplayhouse.ludus.com<\/a> to reserve tickets today. Tickets also will be available at the door one hour before each show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kalamazoo College Festival Playhouse will present its final production of the academic year, \u201cIntimate Apparel,\u201d May 17-20 at the Nelda K. Balch Playhouse, 129 Thompson St. The play \u2013 which addresses race, love and dreams \u2013 is set in a New York City boardinghouse in the early 1900s. 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Balch Playhouse, 129 Thompson St. The play is set in a New York boardinghouse in the early 1900s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10883\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10883 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0092-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Intimate Apparel\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Intimate Apparel,&#8221; which runs through Sunday at the Nelda K. Balch Playhouse, 129 Thompson St., won the 2004 New York Drama Circle and Outer Critic Circle awards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Kalamazoo College <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/festivalplayhouse\/\">Festival Playhouse<\/a> will present its final production of the academic year, \u201cIntimate Apparel,\u201d May 17-20 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/map.concept3d.com\/?id=198#!m\/184615\">Nelda K. Balch Playhouse<\/a>, 129 Thompson St.<\/p>\n<p>The play \u2013 which addresses race, love and dreams \u2013 is set in a New York City boardinghouse in the early 1900s. It concerns Esther, a young African-American woman who pursues her ambition of becoming a seamstress. Esther falls in love with Mr. Marks, a white Jewish fabric seller, although she agrees to marry George, a Caribbean man with whom she corresponds under false pretenses. The play will be directed by Karen Berthel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntimate Apparel\u201d is written by Lynn Nottage, an associate professor of theatre at Columbia University, whose plays often discuss the lives of women of African descent. She is acclaimed as one of the most poetic and honored of contemporary American playwrights, and \u201cIntimate Apparel\u201d \u2013 the winner of the 2004 New York Drama Circle and Outer Critic Circle awards \u2013 is widely considered to be her most moving and thoughtful play.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10885\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10885\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10885\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0104-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Intimate Apparel\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cIntimate Apparel\u201d \u2013 the winner of the 2004 New York Drama Circle and Outer Critic Circle awards \u2013 is widely considered to be Lynn Nottage&#8217;s most moving and thoughtful play.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10884\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10884\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10884\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/05\/cMUMMA-Intimate-Apparel-0200-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"Intimate Apparel\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Intimate Apparel&#8221; focuses on Esther, who falls in love with Mr. Marks, a Jewish fabric seller, although she agrees to marry George, a Caribbean man with whom she corresponds under false pretenses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tickets, all of which are general admission, are free with a Kalamazoo College ID. Other student tickets are $5, senior tickets are $10 and adult tickets are $15. The May 17-19 shows will be at 7:30 p.m. The May 20 show will be at 2 p.m. A talkback with cast members will take place after the May 17 performance.<\/p>\n<p>Call 269-337-7333 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/festivalplayhouse.ludus.com\">festivalplayhouse.ludus.com<\/a> to reserve tickets today. Tickets also will be available at the door one hour before each show.<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10800"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10888,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10800\/revisions\/10888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10800"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=10800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}