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Sasha Andreev plays a fabric salesman who develops a friendship with a
seamstress played by Aneisa J. Hicks in early 20th century New York in … Show
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‘Intimate Apparel’

Lynn Nottage, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, tells a story
set in 1905 New York City, where a Black seamstress is seeking love and
hopes she has found it in the letters she exchanges with a man from
Barbados working on the Panama Canal. Aneisa J. Hicks makes her Asolo
Repertory Theatre debut as Esther in the production staged by Austene
Van. Feb. 28-April 18, FSU Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 N.
Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. $29-$95. 941-351-8000; asolorep.org

‘Ruby’

Delayed by the COVID pandemic, the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
presents the world premiere of a musical play by founder and artistic
director Nate Jacobs and his brother Michael Jacobs, along with Nehemiah
Luckett, Brennan Stylez and Antonio Wimberly. It’s about the 1952 murder
of a white doctor in Live Oak, Florida, by a Black woman and a case widely
covered by writer Zora Neale Hurston. Through April 7, 1012 N. Orange
Ave., Sarasota. $50, $20 for students under 25 and active military, $40 for
previews. 941-366-1505; westcoastblacktheatre.org

Musical Journey to Ireland

Singer, composer, pianist, comedian and storyteller Cahal Dunne performs
favorite Irish melodies and tales from his home in Ireland in this concert
program. 2 p.m. March 3. Charlotte Players, 1182 Market Circle, Port
Charlotte. $28, $14 for students. 941-255-1022; charlotteplayers.org

Cantors in Concert: A Musical Mitzvah for Israel

Cantors and cantorial soloists from the Sarasota area and the Bay Area
Cantorial Association are joining their voices for a concert benefiting the
Israel Emergency Fund of the Jewish Federation of North America. Among
the local congregations represented are Temple Sinai of Sarasota, Temple
Beth Israel of Longboat Key, the Jewish Congregation of Venice, and
Temple Emanu-El of Sarasota. 3 p.m. March 3, Temple Emanu-El, 151
McIntosh Road, Sarasota. Suggested donation at the door is $36 (cash or
check only). 941-383-3428

Hannah Cope and Marcelina Suchocka