By The Way, Meet Vera Stark

Written By Lynn Nottage

Directed by Rondrell McCormick

By The Way, Meet Vera Stark is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York

Jan 17 - Feb 8, 2025
Fri & Sat at 8pm, Sat & Sun at 2pm

Written by the popular Pulitzer Prize-winning African American playwright Lynn Nottage, By The Way, Meet Vera Stark takes an entertaining and revelatory look at racism in the film industry during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Inspired by the struggles of actresses like Hattie McDaniel and Butterfly McQueen, worlds collide when aspiring African American starlet Vera Stark, who works as a maid to Gloria Mitchell, an aging Caucasian star grasping at her fading career, lands a trailblazing role in an antebellum epic starring none other than her boss! The play examines Vera's 40-year career and her place in Hollywood history.

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Ticket Prices

Adult - $25
Senior - $21
Student - $21
Servicemen - $21

Actors:
Vera Stark - Denise Milfort
Gloria Mitchell - Flannery Maney
Lottie McBride / Carmen Levy-Green - Nyoka Boswell
Anna Mae Simpkins / Afua Assata Ejobo - Jazz Strong
Leroy Barksdale / Herb Forrester - Daniel Tolbert
Fredrick Slasvick / Brad Donovan - Christopher Aruffo
Maximillian Von Oster / Peter Rhys-Davies- Charles Kinder

Understudy Performance Actors:
Vera Stark - Raevyn Ferguson
Gloria Mitchell - Claire Shepard
Leroy Barksdale / Herb Forrester - Elijah Green
Fredrick Slasvick / Brad Donovan - Chris Morrison