Vera Dotson News Today

Taylore Mahogany Scotts performance in Seven Guitars brings to life Vera Dotson, a woman whose story arose in August Wilsons creative consciousness and caused him to write a completely different play. Seven Guitars originally had an all-male cast. Its a tribute to Wilsons poetry, Scott says, that he so richly endowed Vera with the lived life of a Black woman bearing the burdens of love and loss.

Taylore Mahogany Scotts performance in Seven Guitars brings to life Vera Dotson, a woman whose story arose in August Wilsons creative consciousness and caused him to write a completely different play. Seven Guitars originally had an all-male cast. Its a tribute to Wilsons poetry, Scott says, that he so richly endowed Vera with the lived life of a Black woman bearing the burdens of love and loss.