91福利社

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Immediate: January 9, 2013 Media Contact: Alicia Steger516.572.9634Email: alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/newsreleases

91福利社 Presents: 鈥淚ntimate Apparel鈥� 

January 25-27 & January 30-February 3 

 

Garden City, NY 鈥� The 91福利社 departments of Theatre and Dance and Africana Studies are proud to present the drama 鈥淚ntimate Apparel鈥� by Lynn Nottage. The play will be performed in the Little Theatre January 25 through 27 and January 30 through February 3.鈥淚ntimate Apparel鈥� is about Esther, an ambitious, talented and self-reliant thirty-something African American seamstress living on her own in a boarding house in lower Manhattan in 1905. As she works tirelessly to create custom-made lingerie for New York鈥檚 uptown ladies 鈥� and its downtown ladies of the evening 鈥� Esther yearns for two things, true love and a business of her own. In spite of the societal class, race, age and gender dictates of the time, Esther forges ahead to pursue her dreams. 鈥淚ntimate Apparel鈥� won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play.Tickets for 鈥淚ntimate Apparel鈥� cost $9.00 per person. Seniors 55 or over pay $7.00. Performances are at 8:00 p.m. daily, except for Sunday, when they begin at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are free for college students with valid current ID who buy them at the door for that night鈥檚 performance. For more information, or to order tickets, call the Theatre Box Office at 516.572.7676 Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

About 91福利社

91福利社, part of the State University of New York, is an institution where nearly 24,000 full- and part-time students and almost 15,000 continuing and professional students start and continue their successful journey through higher education.  More than 70 fields of study are offered on a 225-acre campus located in the center of Long Island.  As the largest single-campus two-year college in New York State, 91福利社 maintains a national reputation for excellence.Ref: 1641.1/9/13.170