BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:By the Way\, Meet Vera Stark X-WR-TIMEZONE:Eastern Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260520T193502Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_41917332736603 DTSTART:20240419T233000Z DTEND:20240420T020000Z DESCRIPTION:The Department of Theatre at Hope College will present Lynn Not tage’s “By the Way\, Meet Vera Stark” on Friday-Sunday\, April 12-14 \, and Thursday-Saturday\, April 18-20\, in the DeWitt Center main theatre .\n\nThere will be evening performances on Friday-Saturday\, April 12-13\, and Thursday-Saturday\, April 18-20\, at 7:30 p.m. There will be a matin ee on Sunday\, April 14\, at 2 p.m.\n\n“By the Way\, Meet Vera Stark” follows a young\, Black maid in the 1930s as her acting career begins to t ake off. Meanwhile\, she works to navigate her relationship with her boss\ , a white woman struggling to hold on to her stardom. Seventy years later\ , critics discuss these two women\, and how their portrayals of racial ste reotypes led to their fame\, fortune and fate.\n\nIn response to the quest ions “Why this play?” and “Why now?” director Bianca Ciungan\, ass istant professor of theatre at Hope\, says\, “Often\, we don’t get to hear the full stories of those who have made significant contributions to this world\, big or small. This production gives us another chance to educ ate ourselves\, honor and recognize the journey that people have taken. Ce lebrating the triumphs and the challenges.”\n\nIn addition to Ciungan\, the college’s production team consists of Keith Pitts\, an adjunct membe r of the art and art history faculty\, as scenic designer\; Michelle Bombe \, professor of theatre and department chair\, as costume designer\; Eric Van Tassell\, assistant professor of lighting and sound design\, as lighti ng designer\; Ken Chamberlain\, assistant director of production for dance and theatre\, as co-sound designer\; MacKenzie Lakatos as guest props coo rdinator\; Stephen Krebs\, technical director for theatre and Hope Reperto ry Theatre\, as technical director\; and Anna Hill\, theatre department co stume manager and dance department costume designer\, as costume shop mana ger.\n\nAlso serving on the production team are freshmen Adeline Thalhamme r of Swartz Creek and Sarah White of Marlton\, New Jersey\, as assistant s tage managers\; sophomores Audrey Kunce of Carmel\, Indiana\, as stage man ager and Ava Bell of Farmington Hills as assistant lighting designer\; jun ior Alegría Guzmán of Quito\, Ecuador\, as dramaturg\; and senior Lydia Konings of Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, as co-sound designer.\n\nThe cast inclu des freshmen Castle Dettinger of San Diego\, California\, and Darrell Roun ds of Westland\; juniors Canyon Mannikko of Missouri City\, Texas\, and Ed en Comer of Farmington Hills\; senior Kelsey Sivertson of Holland\; fifth- year Ka’niya Houston of Chicago\, Ilinois\; and community member Kahrynn Aaliyah of Fennville.\n\nTickets for the matinee on Sunday\, April 14\, a re free. Tickets for the evening performances are $10 for regular admissi on\; $7 for senior citizens and Hope faculty and staff\; and free for Hope College students and other students ages 18 and under. Tickets are availa ble at the Events and Conferences Office located in downtown Holland in th e Anderson-Werkman Financial Center (100 E. Eighth St.). The ticket office is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be reached at 616-395-7890 . Tickets may be purchased by calling or visiting the ticket office\, onli ne at hope.edu/tickets\, or in person at the performance. Reserved tickets must be claimed 10 minutes prior to performances in order to guarantee se ating.\n\nTo inquire about accessibility or if you need accommodations to fully participate in the event\, please email accommodations@hope.edu. Up dates related to events are posted when available at hope.edu/calendar in the individual listings.\n\nThe DeWitt Student & Cultural Center is locate d at 141 E 12th St.\, facing Columbia Avenue between 10th and 13th Streets . GEO:42.787183;-86.101183 LOCATION:DeWitt Student and Cultural Center\, Theater SUMMARY:By the Way\, Meet Vera Stark URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.hope.edu/event/production_4_performances_933 3 CATEGORIES:Academics CATEGORIES:Arts and Humanities Divisions CATEGORIES:Theatre CATEGORIES:Arts CATEGORIES:Public Events END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR