By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

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.

Directed by Sheffia Randall-Nickerson, this production was a unique collaboration between the Departments of Theatre & Dance and Film. The movie clips played during the "live colloquium" presentation were produced by the CSU School of Film and Media Arts Faculty and Students in conjunction with the Theatre Department Faculty, Staff and Students in the CSU Theatre Black Box theatre.