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AUDITIONS:
Gallery Players is casting for their upcoming production of Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel.
Directed by Neka Cecilia Knowles and produced by Alex Rogals.
This is a non-equity production and each actor will receive a one-time $100 stipend.
Synopsis: In 1905 New York City, Esther, an African American seamstress, is in great demand for the “intimate apparel” she creates for clients, who range from wealthy white patrons to sex workers. Though dreaming of a chance to save up enough money to buy her own beauty parlor, Esther remains lonely and longs for a true romance. Through a mutual acquaintance, she begins a correspondence with a lonesome Barbadian man, George, who persuades her to marry, sight unseen. However, Esther’s heart is also drawn to the Romanian Jewish shopkeeper from whom she buys cloth, and his heart with her. Can Esther’s skill with the needle find true love?
SEASON OF GIVING:
Greetings Friends and Theatre Lovers,
Gallery Players, now in our 59th season, has kicked off with two crowd-pleasing revivals – LEGALLY BLONDE the musical and HAND TO GOD. We hope you were able to join us for one, or perhaps even both. Rounding out 2025, we hope you’ll join us for our next reading, from our reading series HAVE YOU HEARD?, TOP GIRLS by Caryl Churchill on December 15th & 16th. If new works are your passion, brace yourselves for a winter of wonderful when our BLACK BOX NEW PLAY FESTIVAL returns in 2026, as well as our New Musical Reading Series, OVERTURES. Rounding our our season we have two shows that are sure to have audiences captivated, INTIMATE APPAREL and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR.
As the season of giving is upon us, we are turning to our generous community of supporters to help us continue to bring innovative theatre to our beloved borough of Brooklyn. It is no mystery that small theaters around the country are struggling to survive. Gallery Players is deeply grateful to all our volunteers for their time and dedication. However, the costs associated with running a theatre company are many.
Your contribution can allow us to continue to offer high quality, affordable theatre and provide a creative home for many talented artists from designers to performers and every role in between. Your contributions also help us with actor and designer stipends, sets, costumes and props budgets, lighting and sound upgrades, purchasing office supplies and many other things.
This Giving Tuesday, please consider making a year-end tax-deductible donation to Gallery Players today. No gift is too small and we are ever-grateful for every contribution.
We hope to see you at Gallery soon!
Thank you and Happy Holidays.
Dominic Cuskern,
President, Gallery Players Board of Directors
Gallery Players is a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization so your donations are fully tax-deductible.
MAIN STAGE:
Gallery Players has a history of supporting emerging playwrights, fostering play development, and producing world premieres. Now in its 29th year, our playwright-focused festival aims to polish and perfect a collection of new plays and offer a home where playwrights can deepen their stagecraft and hold a mirror up to our time.
Produced by Sue Glausen, Alex Rogals & Dominic Cuskern.
GALLERY AT HOME:
This course is your backstage pass for each of our main-stage shows. Learn about the production history, dramaturgical context and more, led by the one and only Dr. Barrie Gelles!
March 11 – May 6, 2026
7:00pm – 8:30pm ET
An Online Class: 4 sessions remaining
Learn about the plays and musicals in Gallery Players’ 2025-2026 season from Dr. Barrie Gelles in the comfort of your own home, in this fun and informative series. We will discuss the production history of the play/musical, information about the co-creators, the dramaturgical context of the world of the play, and more. Each session will feature a multimedia seminar as well as a discussion. The course materials will include scripts, archival photographs, video clips, supplemental readings, and more! Participants will be sent the scripts and links to cast albums prior to each session. There are no required assignments and no required readings – but the instructor will provide plenty of materials for those who want to do some voluntary homework! Join for a session (or two) or attend all six!
GALLERY KIDS:
Gallery Players is committed to arts education. Taught by professional theater artists, our program is devoted to musical theater, personal expression, and self-confidence. Under the guidance of our talented instructors, children will learn the basics of singing and dancing, as well as what it means to participate and contribute to a group. Through storytelling, theater games, art projects and performance, kids will not only have fun but will increase their own expressiveness and positive self-image. During one spectacular week, they will create and perform their own original showcase including songs from Broadway musicals on the stage of Gallery Players’ 99-seat theater!
Registration now open for 2026 program sessions
July 27 – 31 (Entering Grades 1 – 3)
August 3 – 7 (Entering Grades 4 – 6)
Brooklyn’s premier off-off-Broadway Theatre since 1967!
Gallery Players is beloved on both sides of the Brooklyn Bridge, and is located in one of Brooklyn’s most popular neighborhoods, Park Slope. Recipient of the Off-Off Broadway Review’s 2000 Award for Lifetime Achievement and numerous New York Innovative Theatre Awards. Gallery Players is dedicated to producing classic and contemporary plays and musicals as well as premiering new works; nurturing and providing opportunities for theater artists; bringing professional-quality theater to Brooklyn audiences at an affordable cost; and instilling the appreciation of theater in future generations.
