By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK

By: Lynn Nottage

Directed by: Michelle Aguillon

Assistant Director: Jenny Fielding

Featuring: Lisa Miller-Gillespie, Angela Courtney Rossi, Trevor Gerard Frederick, Vicki Lee, Shani Farrell, Dustin Teuber, and Jon Nuquist

A 70-year journey through the life of Vera Stark, a headstrong Black maid and budding actress – a funny and irreverent look at racial stereotypes during the Golden Age of Hollywood! Vera Stark works as a maid to Gloria Mitchell, an aging movie star grasping at her fading career. Rubbing shoulders with studio heads and movie directors, Vera lands a prominent role in a costume epic starring Gloria, but it is Vera’s portrayal of a slave turns that out to be groundbreaking and career-making. However, decades later, scholars and film buffs still argue about Vera’s legacy in Hollywood, and the impact that race had on her controversial career. Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage uses the pace and satire of 1930s movie comedies to take you on a seventy-year journey through Vera’s life and the cultural climate that shaped her.

May 19-June 3, Friday and Saturdays at 8pm, Sunday 5/28 at 2pm.

Tickets are $25, $23 for Seniors/Students, and can be purchased online at www.qptheater.com/box-office/

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