Kentwood Players “By the Way, Meet Vera Stark”

Written by the popular Pulitzer Prize-winning African American playwright Lynn Nottage, By The Way, Meet Vera Stark takes an entertaining and revelatory look at racism in the film industry during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Inspired by the struggles of actresses like Hattie McDaniel and Butterfly McQueen, worlds collide when aspiring African American starlet Vera Stark, who works as a maid to Gloria Mitchell, an aging Caucasian star grasping at her fading career, lands a trailblazing role in an antebellum epic starring none other than her boss! The play examines Vera’s 40-year career and her place in Hollywood history.


From Jan. 17 through Feb. 8, 2025

Featuring: Christopher Aruffo, Nyoka Boswell, Charles Kinder, Flannery Maney, Denise Milfort, Jazz Strong, and Daniel Tolbert

Raevyn Ferguson, Elijah Green, Chris Morrison, and Claire Shepard, understudies

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