Photo Exclusive! Sanaa Lathan, Stephanie J. Block & More in Rehearsal for By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

It’s not every day that theater lovers get an inside look at the latest play from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Lynn Nottage’s By the Way, Meet Vera Stark is in rehearsal at off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre, and Broadway.com photographer Jenny Anderson was invited in for an exclusive behind-the-scenes shoot. Drawing from screwball comedies of the 1930s, the play takes a 70-year journey through the life of African-American maid and budding actress Vera Stark (Sanaa Lathan) and her tangled relationship with her boss, a Caucasian movie star desperately grasping to hold on to her career (Stephanie J. Block). When both women end up landing roles in the same Southern epic, the behind-the-cameras story leaves Vera with a surprising and controversial legacy. Director Jo Bonney and an all-star cast that also includes Tony winner Karen Olivo, Tony nominees Daniel Breaker and David Garrison, Kevin Isola and Kimberly Hebert Gregory will star in Nottage's play beginning April 6. Click through to meet Vera Stark in the rehearsal studio.