Venice Banks on ‘Intimate Apparel’
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Joseph Giglia as Mr. Marks, the merchant Esther (Syreeta Banks) purchases her fabric from in Venice Theatre's production of "Intimate Apparel."
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Syreeta Banks, left, as Esther, with another client, Mayme, played by Lisa Richardson in "Intimate Apparel" at Venice Theatre.
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Syretta banks, standing at left, as Esther, with Kristofer Geddie as George Armstrong, the man from Barbados with whom she corresponds, until he moves to New York with plans for marriage.
“Intimate Apparel” is the stuff of Stage II at Venice Theatre.
The turn-of-the-century drama by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage opens tomorrow in the 90-seat Pinkerton Theatre at Venice Theatre. The black-box layout has proven perfect for any number of shows over the years. Depending on the topic, audiences have been placed in any number of configurations designed to make them part of a cabaret setting, in the round to catch every nuance of action in a living room, on either side of a road and even in a swamp that might be home to “Alligators,” as well as in traditional theater seating before the stage.
