By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage (English) Paperback Book

Description: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage A new comedy by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ruined. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Nottage is one of our finest playwrights, a smart, empathetic, and daring storyteller who tells a story an audience wont expect."-Time Out New York"Lynn Nottages work explores depths of humanness, the overlapping complexities of race, gender, culture and history-and the startling simplicity of desire-with a clear tenderness, with humor, with compassion."-Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prizewinning playwrightIn 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, Nottages 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 Angeless Geffen Playhouse in fall 2012 and Chicagos Goodman Theatre and The Lyric Stage Company of Boston in spring 2013.Lynn Nottages plays include the Pulitzer Prizewinning Ruined; Intimate ApparelFabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine; Crumbs from the Table of Joy; Las Meninas; Mud, River, Stone; PorKnockers; and POOF! Author Biography Lynn Nottages new play, By The Way, Meet Vera Stark, enjoyed an extended run Off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre (Lily Award, Drama Desk Nomination). It can be seen this upcoming season at The Geffen Playhouse and Goodman Theatre. Her Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined premiered at Manhattan Theatre Club and Goodman Theatre (OBIE, Lucille Lortel, New York Drama Critics Circle, Audelco, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play). It subsequently toured widely throughout US regional theatres and premiered internationally at the Almeida Theatre in London. The play has since been produced throughout the world, including Cambodia, Chad, The Caribbean, The Democratic Republic of Congo, and Germany. Her other plays include Intimate Apparel (American Theatre Critics and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best Play); Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine (OBIE Award); Crumbs from the Table of Joy; Las Meninas; Mud, River, Stone; Porknockers and POOF!.Nottage is the recipient of the 2010 Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, the Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner Award, the inaugural Horton Foote Prize for Outstanding New American Play (Ruined), Helen Hayes Award (Ruined), the Lee Reynolds Award, and the Jewish World Watch iWitness Award. Her other honors include the 2007 MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant," the National Black Theatre Festivals August Wilson Playwriting Award, the 2005 Guggenheim Grant for Playwriting, the 2004 PEN/Laura Pels Award for Drama, as well as fellowships from the Lucille Lortel Foundation, Manhattan Theatre Club, New Dramatists and New York Foundation for the Arts. She is a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama, where she is currently a visiting lecturer. She is a co-founder and producer at Market Road Films LLC, a film production company.Nottage is a board member for Theatre Communications Group, BRIC Arts Media Bklyn, Donor Direct Action, The New Black Fest, Voice and Vision, and the Dramatists Guild. Review A quicksilver construction... highly theatrical * Hollywood Reporter *Biting... provokes hearty laughter and troubling thoughts at the same time * New York Times *Spellbinding... [a] sly and slippery satire * Time Out Chicago * Long Description "Nottage is one of our finest playwrights, a smart, empathetic, and daring storyteller who tells a story an audience wont expect."--Time Out New York "Lynn Nottages work explores depths of humanness, the overlapping complexities of race, gender, culture and history--and the startling simplicity of desire--with a clear tenderness, with humor, with compassion."--Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright 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, Nottages 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 Angeless Geffen Playhouse in fall 2012 and Chicagos Goodman Theatre and The Lyric Stage Company of Boston in spring 2013. Lynn Nottages plays include the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ruined; Intimate ApparelFabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine; Crumbs from the Table of Joy; Las Meninas; Mud, River, Stone; PorKnockers; and POOF! Review Quote "Nottage is one of our finest playwrights, a smart, empathetic, and daring storyteller who tells a story an audience wont expect." --Time Out New York Description for Sales People - Acclaimed World Premiere at Second Stage Theatre in New York, NY in Fall 2011. - Successful production currently running at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, CA - Upcoming productions at Goodman Theatre in Chicago, IL and The Lyric Stage Company of Boston in spring 2013 - Nottage won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Ruined - Interactive website for By the Way, Meet Vera Stark will be launched in Spring 2013, created by the playwright in conjunction with Carnegie Mellon University. - Teaches playwriting at Yale University Details ISBN1559364424 Author Lynn Nottage Short Title BY THE WAY MEET VERA STARK Language English ISBN-10 1559364424 ISBN-13 9781559364423 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 812.54 Year 2013 Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2013-10-31 US Release Date 2013-10-31 Publication Date 2013-10-31 UK Release Date 2013-10-31 Pages 104 Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. Audience General AU Release Date 2014-01-20 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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