Welcome to Little Theatre of Norfolk
Welcome to Little Theatre of Norfolk
Script Club is like a book club for theatre lovers! We will read play scripts instead of novels. Some plays may be considered for future seasons, while others have elements limiting the ability to produce them locally. Each play follows its own schedule of virtual meetings.
Current Series:
Is there a play you would like to suggest? Want to lead a Script Club?
Facilitated by Janae Thompson
In her first new play since the critically acclaimed Ruined, Lynn Nottage examines the legacy of African Americans in Hollywood in a dramatic stylistic departure from her previous work. Fluidly incorporating film and video elements into her writing for the first time, Nottage’s comedy tells the story of Vera Stark, an African American maid and budding actress who has a tangled relationship with her boss, a white Hollywood star desperately grasping to hold onto her career. Stirring audiences out of complacency by tackling racial stereotyping in the entertainment industry, Nottage highlights the paradox of black actors in 1930s Hollywood while jumping back and forward in time and location in this uniquely theatrical narrative. By the Way, Meet Vera Stark premiered in New York in 2011 and received subsequent productions at Los Angeles’s Geffen Playhouse in fall 2012 and Chicago’s Goodman Theatre and The Lyric Stage Company of Boston in spring 2013.
Discussion Date
Thursday, December 10, 6pm
Register in advance
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/script-club-by-the-way-meet-vera-stark-tickets-128717416257
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Zoom meeting.
Where to find the script
About Janae Thompson
