Intimate Apparel

In-person auditions: Friday 11/21/2025, 6pm-8pm & Saturday 11/22/2025, 1pm – 3pm in the Boise Little Theatre’s Black Box Theater; 100 E Fort St. Boise, ID, 83712

TO SIGN UP FOR AUDITIONS: Please use the following link to schedule your 10 minute audition slot https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054AA9AE2AA3F9C52-58709172-intimate. If unable to attend in-person auditions, email fichtmanrachel@gmail.com with your self-tape by 11/22/25 by 3pm.

PLEASE USE THE SELECTED MONOLOGUE FOR THE CHARACTER YOU ARE AUDITIONING FOR: https://boiselittletheater.org/events/intimate-apparel-auditions/.

Esther Mills: 30’s. Black. Esther is an American seamstress living in New York. She lives in a boarding house and creates intimate apparel for women from various walks of life. She has watched the young women around her get married but has not been chosen herself. She is slightly timid but strong, and has dreams of love and a better life.

Mrs. Van Buren: 30’s. Caucasian; Southern. A wealthy socialite and one of Esther’s clients. Mrs. Van Buren orders fancy corsets from Esther. She is married, trapped, and longing for affection. She is warm and thoughtful, but naive to the impacts of her privilege.

George Armstrong: 30’s. Black. A laborer from Barbados working on the construction of the Panama Canal. He corresponds with Esther through letters before moving to NY to marry her. George is a smooth talker with a commanding presence and melodic voice.

Mr. Marks: 30’s. Romanian; Jewish Immigrant. A bright, fabric merchant. Torn between his orthodox religious devotion and the changing world. He and Esther share a connection through their passion for fabric and textiles and their loneliness.

*The roles of Mayme and Mrs. Dickson have been cast