Full casting announced for INTIMATE APPAREL at Donmar Warehouse
Full casting has been announced for Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel, which plays at the Donmar Warehouse from 20 June-9 August.
Joining the previously announced Samira Wiley (Blues for an Alabama Sky, National Theatre) as Esther will be Nicola Hughes (Opening Night, West End) as Mrs Dickson, Claudia Jolly (The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs, Soho Theatre) as Mrs Van Buren, Kadiff Kirwan (The Hot Wing King, National Theatre) as George, Faith Omole (King Lear, Almeida Theatre) as Mayme, and Alex Waldmann (Farewell Mister Haffmann, Park Theatre) as Mr Marks.
The production reunites double Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Lynn Nottage with director Lynette Linton for this new production of one of Nottage’s most acclaimed plays, following their sell-out productions of Sweat and Clyde’s for the Donmar.
"Do you think there's something wrong with a woman alone?"
New York, 1905. Samira Wiley plays Esther, who sews exquisite lingerie for women from all walks of life. Successful and fiercely independent, she dreams of opening her own beauty salon, but can’t shake the longing to fall in love. When she begins to receive beautiful letters from a lonesome stranger, it looks like it could just be her ticket to happiness.
The creative team also includes set and costume designer Alex Berry, wigs, hair and make up designer Cynthia de la Rosa, lighting designer Jai Morjaria, sound designer George Dennis, composer XANA, video designer Gino Ricardo Green, movement and intimacy director Shelley Maxwell, casting directors Lotte Hines CDG & Anna Cooper CDG, and voice and dialect coach Hazel Holder.
