Thursday, April 9, 2026
10 a.m.
Grades: 7-12
Tickets: $9, $8 Early Bird
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Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Ruined,
Lynn Nottage draws upon the screwball films of the 1930s to take a funny and
irreverent look at racial stereotypes in Hollywood. 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.
Curriculum
Connections: Film, American History,
Women’s Studies