Photo Flash: BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK Celebrates Opening Night
The Signature Theatre production of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and Residency 1 playwright Lynn Nottage and directed by Obie Award-winner Kamilah Forbes, recently celebrated opening night on The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center. Check out photos from the evening below!
The cast of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark includes Jenni Barber (Sunday in the Park with George) as Gloria, Jessica Frances Dukes (Yellowman) as Vera, Tony Award nominee Manoel Felciano (Amélie, Sweeney Todd) as Max/Peter, Warner Miller (Netflix's "Luke Cage") as Leroy/Herb, Carra Patterson (Jitney) as Anna Mae/Afua, Heather Alicia Simms(Signature's Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine) as Lottie/Carmen and David Turner (The Boys in the Band) as Brad/Slavick.
The creative team includes Clint Ramos(Scenic Design), Dede M. Ayite(Costume Design), Matt Frey (Lighting Design), Mikaal Sulaiman (Sound Design), Katherine Freer (Projection Design) and Daniel Kluger(Composition). The Production Stage Manager is Laura Wilson and Casting is by Caparelliotis Casting.
It's the Golden Age of Hollywood, and aspiring starlet Vera Stark works as a maid to Gloria Mitchell, an aging star grasping at her fading career. Worlds collide when Vera lands a trailblazing role in an antebellum epic starring...her boss. While Vera's portrayal of a slave turns out to be groundbreaking, decades later scholars and film buffs still grapple with the actress' legacy in Hollywood and the impact that race had on her controversial career.
Photo Credit: Omar Khan
Zainab Jah and Dede Ayite
Jeremy O. Harris, Zainab Jah, Dede Ayite, Lileana Blain-Cruz
Jeremy O. Harris and Ayad Akhter
Ayad Akhter
Danielle Davenport and Sarah Benson
Danielle Davenport and Sarah Benson
Nathan James and Toccarra Cash
Jessica Frances Dukes
Lynn Nottage and Kamilah Forbes
Harold Wolpert, Kamilah Forbes, Lynn Nottage and Paige Evans
