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By the Way, Meet Vera Stark Cast & Creative

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark is a 70-year journey through the life of Vera Stark, a headstrong African-American maid and budding actress, and her tangled relationship with her boss, a white Hollywood star desperately grasping to hold on to her career. When circumstances collide and both women land roles in the same Southern epic, the story behind the cameras leaves Vera with a surprising and controversial legacy scholars will debate for years to come.

This show is closed.

Performances ended on Jun. 12, 2011.

Show Overview

About By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark is a seventy year journey through the life of Vera Stark, a headstrong African-American maid and budding actress, and her tangled relationship with her boss, a white Hollywood star desperately grasping to hold on to her career. When circumstances collide and both women land roles in the same Southern epic, the story behind the cameras leaves Vera with a surprising and controversial legacy scholars will debate for years to come.

Cast

Gloria Mitchell
Sanaa Lathan
Vera Stark
Leroy Barksdale/Herb Forrester
Anna Mae/Afua Assata Ejobo
Kimberly Hebert Gregory
Lottie/Carmen Levy-Green
Kevin Isola
Maximillian Von Oster/Brian Blaze
David Garrison
Slasvick/Brad

Creative

Written by
Lynn Nottage
Director
Jo Bonney
Set Designer
Neil Patel
Lighting Designer
David Weiner
Costume Designer
ESosa
Original Music and Sound Designer
John Gromada
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