"By the Way, Meet Vera Stark" by Lynn Nottage | S15.E01

To begin Season 15, Jackson and Jacob discuss another play from Lynn Nottage's fabulous library: "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark." In this story of an early black film star, Nottage deploys surprising meta-theatricality to cross time periods and ask powerful questions. Listen in!  ------------------------------ Check out these other voices and their discussions of "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark": Samantha N. Sheppard, associate professor at Cornell University, lectures on Nottage and black women's film history Lynn Nottage introducing the play for Signature Theatre Nottage and cast discuss the play for The Sit Down Actor Jessica Frances Dukes on Vera Stark Interview with Nottage about two of her comedies ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue.  https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast  ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversation going! Have you read this play? Have you seen it? Comment and tell us your favorite themes, characters, plot points, etc. Did we get something wrong? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you. Find us on social media at:  Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/No-Script-The-Podcast-1675491925872541/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noscriptpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/noscriptpodcast/ ------------------------------ Thanks so much for listening! We’ll see you next week.