Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

September 18 - October 28, 2012
Gil Cates Theater

FINAL WEEKEND!
Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright
"As delightful to look at as a Valentine's Day box of candy ... ebulliently comic!"
- Los Angeles Times
"Bubbling with delicious humor ... flat-out funny!"
- Backstage

It’s Hollywood’s heyday and the streets of Los Angeles are filled with glitz, glamour and the chance at stardom — that is as long as you have the “right” look. But when former maid Vera Stark lands a groundbreaking role in a new Southern epic, she turns Hollywood on its head and paves the way for future generations of black actresses. More than five decades later, Vera’s influence on race, film and feminism has seeped its way into pop-culture. But who is the real Vera Stark? Part comedy and part commentary, Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage’s West Coast premiere uses today’s fascination with celebrity and controversy to get to the truth behind the legend.